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Councilman Garcia helps neighborhoods with cleanup program

July 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

Wow! Here’s a program worth highlighting and applauding: Out there, Bennett said, are rodents and insects living inside wood and bricks that a storm blew off the next-door building onto her yard. And she wants

That's no way to treat a friend

July 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

There’s been a bit of a brouhaha the past couple of days on KSEV-700 where state Sen. Kyle Janek has been taken out to the proverbial woodshed. Sedosi has a summation and some thoughts on

Kirkendall reflects on Enron broadband trial

July 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

By now, Houstonians are surely aware of the outcome in the Enron broadband trial, which resulted in no convictions. The Chronicle‘s Mary Flood reports: Three months after the Enron Internet fraud trial began, prosecutors failed

Joe Barton joins Chron "bad guy" list

July 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial board decided today that Rep. Joe Barton (R) is its latest “bad guy.” Why? Rep. Barton had the audacity to request that scientists who are funded by the national government to study

Alternarag versus Dr. Nice

July 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston Press has posted a highly critical piece on Dr. Steven Hotze and his practice of alternative medicine. Readers can decide for themselves whether the reporting is compelling, but this snippet certainly detracts from

Who's obsessed with race in America?

July 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s an interesting look into the Chron‘s world: criminals must not be identified by race: The implication that the Chronicle aids and abets criminals when we don’t report the race of a suspect is off

Maybe he thinks he's Saint Patrick?

July 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

Banjo Jones posts a two–parter that questions the fashion sense of Chronicle sports columnist and blogger Richard Justice. That green is just hideous. Definitely not world-class.

DeLay and Hines on the same page

July 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Associated Press reported today that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay would support the repeal of the Wright Amendment, which restricts flights from Love Field in Dallas: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Wednesday that

Alarmist headline isn't backed up by Chron story

July 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a headline in today’s Chronicle: New grad rate formula OK’d by 45 states, but not Texas Oh no! What is wrong with Texas? Texas was one of five states that did not agree to

The Hill (but not the Chron): Cornyn to run for leadership post

July 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Hill reports that Sen. John Cornyn will be challenging Sen. John Ensign for vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the number five Senate post in the Republican party. The Chronicle‘s D.C. bureau? From