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Why the city should not be in the loan business

June 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yes, this is one problem Mayor White inherited, but it still illustrates why Houston should not be in the loan business: City officials are hoping to work out a new financial agreement with the owners

Food and drink roundup (06-19-2005 edition)

June 19, 2005 Callie Markantonis

It’s a little late, but here is this week’s food and drink roundup. Robb Walsh tries Arcodoro Ristorante Italiano in the Galleria area and leaves us with a primer on Sardinian cuisine. Peggy Grodinsky heads

Robison: Perry promoting "prejudice and divisiveness"

June 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

Weekend partisan lefty ranter and weekday “objective Austin news bureau chief” Clay Robison criticizes Governor Perry today for his support of traditional versus gay marriage in Texas: For better or worse, Perry has hitched his

Queen Sheila: Boosting Houston light rail at age six

June 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

Rad Sallee’s Chronicle article on METRO, which Anne Linehan noted earlier, contains this interesting paraphrase of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said she organized the meeting at Texas Southern University with

It's a Metro Sunday!

June 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle has two stories and three opinion pieces on Mayor White’s new and improved Metro expansion plan.

News flash: Mayor White is looking out for Houstonians

June 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

In today’s Chronicle, Mayor White has an op-ed where he says that if we don’t like his new $2 billion Metro expansion plan, don’t blame Metro — blame him. The column is filled with utopian

Exxon-Mobil scholarships and grants

June 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Jack Williams of KUHF-88.7 reported Friday on money given by Exxon-Mobil for college scholarships and grants: Exxon-Mobil today is celebrating a new contribution milestone, with a number of local students on the receiving end of

HISD supports governor's veto

June 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed the Legislature’s school financing plan. In light of that, here is HISD Superintendent Abe Saavedra’s statement supporting the veto: We welcome any efforts the governor can make to get the

Blogger radio on BizRadio 1320

June 18, 2005 Kevin Whited

Anne Linehan will be talking about various blogHOUSTON topics from the past week on the BizRadio 1320 blogger segment on Saturday morning at about 10:15. She’ll be joined by Charles Kuffner, and host Jon-Michial Carter.

Rep. Jackson Lee holding Metro townhall meeting today

June 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

Metro officials are hitting the PR trail, as they attempt to defend Mayor White’s new $2 billion expansion proposal, a plan that differs dramatically from the Metro Solutions plan voters approved in 2003. Today’s Chronicle