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Reliant clinic closes; Local ERs expect to fill the void

September 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston’s emergency rooms are expecting to see lots of new patients now that the main clinic at the Reliant shelter has closed: The main clinic at the Reliant shelter closed its doors on Thursday and

Who should investigate Katrina response?

September 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

It was hardly surprising that Chronicle columnist Rick Casey, whose editorializing on the metro/state news pages sometimes resembles the editorializing on the actual editorial pages, endorsed the editorial board’s position that an independent commission be

But can Bob Stein explain where dust bunnies come from?

September 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

We are amused by local-expert-on-almost-everything Bob Stein, of Rice University. He’s an avid bicyclist, he’s the Chron‘s political go-to guy, he’s one of the brains behind Houston’s beloved SAFEclear program, he’s an expert on city

Chron (again) misses HISD editorial opportunity

September 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday a Chronicle editorial praised some individual efforts during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Singled out for kudos were T. Boone Pickens for flying a planeload of dogs out of Baton Rouge to animal shelters

HPD changes its mind on conducting day laborer stings

September 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

One could get whiplash trying to follow HPD decisionmaking. First HPD was photographing “day laborers” (our newest euphemism to describe illegal immigrants apparently) as a means of ID, then HPD said it wouldn’t take any

Council refuses to renew MediaSource contract

September 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

Houston City Council gave Mayor White a rare setback today, refusing to approve the MediaSource contract. The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports: In a confusing and unexpected vote today, a divided City Council refused to renew

Citizen-journalists look inside the shelters

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Tom Kirkendall calls attention to a blog by South Texas College of Law professors Tracy McGaugh and Kathy Bergin, who are making daily trips to volunteer at the city’s official evacuee shelters: Each day, the

Blossom likes Dave Ward

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Ken Hoffman chronicles the Houston media thoughts of Blossom, a Boston Terrier, in his regular pet adoption column: “I love when newscasters lose their temper on the air. Dave Ward blew his top when a

Hurtt: Crime rates haven't gone up since Katrina

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that city officials are saying that Houston has not seen a spike in crime as a result of the influx of evacuees: Dealing with the influx of Hurricane Katrina evacuees

More on the DeLay Astrodome appearance

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, photographer F. Carter Smith emailed me regarding an earlier blog post about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s comments at the Reliant hurricane relief site. I’m posting his photo (bottom) and email with permission (secured