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Ohio corruption trial wraps up; Houston investigation continues

August 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein reports on the Ohio trial of Cleveland businessman Nate Gray that snared several former Brown Administration officials: The Cleveland, Ohio, businessman accused of bribing two Houston officials was convicted on 36

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Metro board meeting topics: "smart cards" and Tasers

August 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee went to yesterday’s Metro board meeting and reports that Metro’s “smart card” system will soon be back in development again: The Metropolitan Transit Authority board voted Thursday to hire another firm because the

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Fleck knocks down Chron "firewall" between news/editorial

August 18, 2005 Kevin Whited

Back on August 4, we noted the delay in the Bromwich investigation of the HPD crime lab, and wrote, The Chronicle editorial board is really going to have to stretch to blame this on Harris

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The Astrodome Hotel boondoggle

August 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

So, some group has obtained funding to turn the Astrodome into a hotel/village. What a ridiculous idea. Sedosi, Tom Kirkendall and Owen Courreges covered the main problems of this impending fiasco very nicely. Here’s Sedosi:

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Chron swings, misses on 9-11 march/concert

August 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial board almost had it. They were so close today. They managed to put out a topic sentence with some potential: The decision by Bush administration officials to sponsor a march from the

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Big man: Chron gossip columnist takes on low-level bureaucrat

August 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey apparently didn’t have anything to write about today. But, he didn’t let that stop him. Here’s a snippet from today’s column of gossip: May I be so

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Press readers respond to Taste of Texas review

August 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

Last week, Houston Press food critic Robb Walsh posted a review of Taste of Texas that took an unusual turn into personal and political territory. blogHOUSTONians pointed out the problems with the review. The latest

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Does the Chronicle have an "inside-the-loop" bias?

August 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

John Wagner makes an interesting point about the Chronicle: Just about every weekend, you can find an obvious representation of the Houston Chronicle’s “inside-the-loop” bias. It works like this: Anything downtown-related is cool; anything outside

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The heat in Crawford's getting to the journalists also

August 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

A Crawford dispatch from the Chronicle D.C. bureau’s Julie Mason, like much of that bureau’s reporting, suffers from some problems. There’s this: Sheehan’s 10-day vigil took its new turn when Fred Mattlage, from nearby Hewitt,

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Metro's July revenue plummets more than 50%

August 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Tom Bazan emails Metro’s July’s farebox revenue numbers: The METRO fare box revenue for July 2005 DECLINED 56.6% ($1,654,991.17) from July 2004 ($3,817,130.00). Further, for the pro-METRORail folks, the TVM (Ticket Vending Machine) revenue for

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