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Mayor trying to save MediaSource contract

August 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that Mayor White will again delay a Council vote on the contract with Houston MediaSource: Mayor Bill White wants to delay again a City Council vote on renewing Houston’s cable

On the road to academic health

August 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember Gayle Fallon’s sneering reaction to Dr. Saavedra’s reform plans for three underachieving HISD high schools: “They backed themselves into a corner on staffing and they don’t know how to fix it,” said Gayle Fallon,

Can we get some plain old security at Metro stops? (updated)

August 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle and KTRK-13 each have a short story about a woman who was raped at a Metro bus stop Sunday night. KRIV-26’s story last night included a look at the empty security guard booth

IAH is tops in on-time performance

August 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Bush Intercontinental has the nation’s best on-time performance rate: As far as on-time arrivals and on-time departures are concerned, no other major airport in the country has a higher rate of on-time performance than the

Thank goodness the Tex-Mex is good or else they'd REALLY be ticked off!

August 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Phew! Do you think Julie Mason is a wee bit unhappy about spending August in Crawford? RELATED: Bush Country Faces Grim Shortages of Latte, Galleries (Iowahawk)

The House Majority Leader's new press man is dreamy!

August 8, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle D.C. bureau’s Samantha Levine has posted a fawning profile of Kevin Madden, the new communications director for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Here’s an excerpt: To Madden, the assignment with DeLay is as

Camacho touts benefits of tunneling for I-45 expansion

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Back in June, the Houston Press ran a feature on Gonzalo Camacho, a traffic/civil engineer with a unique approach to TXDOT’s announced intentions to expand I-45 — tunneling. Here’s the gist of Camacho’s proposal: There’s

O'Connor sues Harris County Appraisal District

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Recently, Patrick O’Connor brought suit against the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD)and the Appraisal Review Board (ARB). Last week, he wrote an op-ed for the Chronicle explaining the lawsuit. Here’s an excerpt: Our state Legislature

The requirement seems benign for good reason

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

From time to time, the Chronicle editorialists produce truly entertaining work. Today’s editorial on foreign-aid related to AIDS is a good example: WHETHER it’s creating a nation of orphans in Botswana or widowing women across

DeLay criticizes, White/Hurtt support, HPD sanctuary policy

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial board isn’t going to like this pointed criticism of MayorWhiteChiefHurtt from the House Majority Leader, which means they may comment on it in a week or so: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay