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Third time isn't a charm to kill red light cameras

July 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rick Casey spotted something in the Texas House tax reform bill: The tax bill has tucked in it, and noticed by virtually no one, a measure that would kill Mayor Bill White’s proposal to install

They just can't help themselves

July 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial idealists just can’t help themselves sometimes: For better or worse — and it’s often worse — most of the world experiences the United States through our commercial culture or military strength. Yes,

Texas Medical Center hospitals rank highly in US News survey

July 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

The annual US News and World Report survey of “America’s Best Hospitals” has been released, and once again Houston and the Texas Medical Center are well represented. Tom Kirkendall has the details. The Houston Business

DMN previews new Lakewood Church

July 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Bruce Nichols, the Dallas Morning News‘ man in Houston, has a sneak preview of the new Lakewood Church and its enthusiastic leader: Besides prominence and easy access, the remodeled facility will feature the latest bells

Why more sports columnists should have blogs

July 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle published an interesting Richard Justice column on former Astro Jeff Kent. Also yesterday, Justice posted some additional details about Kent on his SportsJustice blog. The combination worked, nicely.

Mayor White — working to improve Houston's schools?

July 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald has this entry in its Editors Blog about Houston sprawl: If there’s a city where sprawl isn’t just tolerated but celebrated, it’s Houston. After all, this is a place where people

Dr. Lee P. Brown joins Unity National Bank board

July 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Former Mayor Lee P. Brown has been busy: A local business group led by Dr. Lee P. Brown, the former Houston mayor, and Kase L. Lawal, chairman and chief executive officer of CAMAC International Inc.,

A Fleck Editorial LiveJournal: Into the sea (or toilet?)

July 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

Tim Fleck joins James Howard Gibbons, Andrea Georgsson, and Judy Minshew as official Chronicle LiveJournalists today! In his usual style of drive-by-attack journalism, Fleck uses an editorial board meeting with HISD Superintendent Abe Saavedra to

Minutemen generate Houston hysteria

July 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

I started reading this Chronicle story about the upcoming Apocalypse, otherwise known as the Minutemen-are-coming-to-town, and I could barely get past the second paragraph I was laughing so hard: “The city of Houston is a

Wiseman wins converts on Houston MediaSource controversy

July 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that Houston MediaSource, the organization that came under fire from Councilmember Addie Wiseman a little over a week ago for allegedly running obscene/vulgar programming on a public access channel, now