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Houston Press "Best Of" time

September 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston Press serves up its annual “Best Of” issue today. Be sure to go check out all the nifty award winners the Press staff have chosen (and if you want some fun, contrast those

WaPo editorializes on DeLay indictment; Chron silent

September 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Washington Post managed a fast turnaround on the DeLay indictment, with an editorial in today’s edition that is somewhat skeptical of Ronnie Earle’s action: Nonetheless, at least on the evidence presented so far, the

DeLay indicted by Texas grand jury

September 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Associated Press is reporting that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has been indicted by a Texas grand jury: A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy

Why hasn't The Queen fixed this?

September 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Jeff Ehling reports that FEMA’s Houston hurricane headquarters experienced some problems today: There was a long line of people waiting in the heat outside FEMA’s hurricane headquarters in Houston Wednesday. The disaster recovery center

DeLay's tormentor: Partisan or just power mad?

September 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

There’s a telling line from Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle in the Chronicle‘s reporting of today’s indictment of Tom DeLay: “I have done nothing wrong … I am innocent,” DeLay told a Capitol Hill

The rush to be world class

September 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

Jenna Colley and Jonathan Selden of the Houston Business Journal report on Mayor White and his Council bending over backwards and doing handflips in order to secure the new Houston Pavilions development: Months of negotiations

In the aftermath of Katrina…

September 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

The editorial idealists used that phrase yet again today. It’s really past time to retire it.

Chron editorialists take on gay-marriage amendment (again)

September 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorialists continue to agitate against the gay-marriage constitutional amendment that goes to Texas voters later this year: This November, Texans will vote on Proposition 2, a proposed constitutional amendment that would silence further

Who knew welfare statism created slums and dependency?

September 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial idealists certainly are the pessimistic bunch: Unfortunately, many of the 15,000 sites FEMA has identified are miles away from New Orleans. Many are located far from schools, stores and work centers, and

(HISD) school employees drove evacuees home from shelters

September 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

We told you the other day about HISD providing the city with last minute shelters and then HISD driving over 400 of those evacuees back to where they came from. Yesterday Matt Stiles wrote a