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Mayor, Chron editorialists now see merit in Wiseman's complaint

July 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

On July 3, the Chronicle ran a mean-spirited editorial criticizing Councilmember Wiseman’s stance on Houston MediaSource’s programming. The editorial advanced a bizarre theory of the First Amendment and prior restraint that seems pervasive at Houston

City to repair damaged HPD radio towers

July 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Back in February, KHOU-11 uncovered a city-commissioned report that told the sorry tale of Houston’s emergency radio system. Today KHOU reports that Council has authorized funds to address one problem cited in the study —

911 call center stumbled last night

July 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

KTRH-740 has a small blurb up about a problem at the Houston Emergency Center last night: Houston police had problems getting calls from the emergency center last night. A controller problem prevented police cars from

The priorities of Houston-area advocacy groups

July 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston-area movers and shakers held an emergency meeting (complete with media folks) to deal with something that won’t happen until OCTOBER, yet the same movers and shakers don’t appear to have held an emergency meeting

TxDOT's being sneaky with its I-45 expansion plan report

July 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Charles Kuffner received an email from the Citizens Transportation Coalition regarding TxDOT and its I-45 expansion plan: It appears that TxDOT is keeping citizens, stakeholders, and elected leaders along the I-45 corridor in the dark

Houston does a little land-grab; Spring Branch ISD isn't happy

July 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

When the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision came down (eminent domain), Mayor Bill White assured us that the city of Houston is not interested in condemning land for private development. But he didn’t say anything about

MediaSource to Berry: We know better than you!

July 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller checks in on a City Council committee meeting today, and finds that city leaders aren’t impressed with Houston MediaSource’s exercising its alleged First Amendment rights by airing full frontal nudity: 11 News

Cable line falls; light rail shuts down for two hours

July 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston’s 7.5 miles of downtown light rail came to a halt yesterday: Houston’s light rail system came to a complete halt after a cable line hit the ground, knocking out the rail’s power. It happened

TMC officials concerned about "stray current" damage

July 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

KTRH-740 is reporting that Texas Medical Center officials are concerned about potential damage caused by the “stray current” associated with Metro’s light rail: Texas Medical Center officials want answers from Metro about the light-rail line’s

More "olds" from the editorial idealists

July 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Last weekend, we noted that it seemed like James Howard Gibbons and his band of editorial idealists must have been in a big hurry to get away from 801 Texas Avenue for a long weekend,