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Move It!, by Rad Sallee

May 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today we get our first Move It! column by Rad Sallee. He discusses Metro bus drivers who have driven one million miles, accident-free; Trans-Texas Corridor studies; and a recurring pothole in the Montrose area.

A breaking news editorial?

May 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Two days ago, the Chronicle reported, very fairly I thought, about the decision of HISD administrator Margaret Stroud to retire after the results of an HISD investigation into her son’s employment with the district. She

Let ttweak handle the next Super Bowl bid

May 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

Ken Hoffman has an interesting observation regarding Houston’s loss of the 2009 Super Bowl: The thing I wonder about is, whenever Houston goes after a major event, we send the same tired group of people

A look at the intersection of Main and Jefferson

May 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle reported a couple of days ago that the man killed recently by a MetroRail train was not legally impaired. Also, Don Gallagher — who moderates the Houston-MET Yahoo group — visited the intersection

Harris County late with 300,000 property tax appraisals

May 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

The deadline to protest a property tax appraisal is Tuesday, but according to KHOU-11, hundreds of thousands of Harris County homeowners still haven’t received an appraisal: When it comes to notifying homeowners about 2005 appraisals,

Customers should double-check utility meter reading

May 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 decided to check out how accurate utility meter reading is: Sanford Dow is one of thousands of customers who feel they’ve been ripped off. Dow explains that the water bill was outrageously high, as

An odd omission in Chron editorial

May 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

I have two questions regarding today’s Chronicle editorial titled, “BETTER PROBATION: Governor should sign bill to keep dangerous criminals behind bars and help others go straight”: While partisan bickering prevails in Washington, a measure of

HISD official out after investigation into son's employment

May 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

An internal HISD investigation, prompted by a Chronicle inquiry, has sent a top HISD official packing: The Houston school district’s chief school administrator agreed Friday to retire and repay the $63,000 her son was paid

Summer reading?

May 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s the link to Mayor White’s proposed 2006 city budget. And here’s the link to Metro’s FY2004 Annual Report, including Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). You have to skip to Page 16 to begin reading

Maybe this is why we need red light camera revenue

May 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

The city of Houston is expected to lose $2 million next year due to diminishing telephone landline franchise fees. More and more people are ending traditional phone service and relying only on cellphones, and that