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Harris County GOP posts guide to Houston-area elections

May 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

On Saturday, May 7, a number of Houston-area municipalities (Deer Park, Hilshire Village, Jersey Village, Morgan’s Point, Pasadena, Seabrook, West University Place) will be holding elections. The Harris County Republican Party has posted its candidate

Tolled overpasses for Grand Parkway scrapped in Fort Bend County

May 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Chris Elam points to this story on Fort Bend County’s Grand Parkway that says TxDOT has decided not to build tolled overpasses, due to the negative reaction from Katy residents: Pressure from Katy-area residents led

MeMo documents downtown tow truck/HPD revenue stream

May 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kyrie O’Connor verges dangerously close to blogHOUSTON territory today: Almost every day between 4 and 5 I glance down onto the street and note the tow-truck activity outside my spacious but ill-appointed office

Food and drink roundup (05-05-2005 edition)

May 5, 2005 Callie Markantonis

Once again, it’s time for a food and drink roundup. Two weeks of food and drink reviews follow. Alison Cook traveled south of the city to check out Floyd Landry’s newest incarnation, Floyd’s Cajun Seafood.

Flynn: Happy belated birthday, Houston Press

May 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

George Flynn at the Houston Press is celebrating the 15-year anniversary of the weekly publication: In November 1989, a scrawny, 48-page tabloid took to the streets of the city, looking for a fight. The new

Gibbons: We're behind you Jeff!

May 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

James Howard Gibbons and crew are upset today about the NBA’s treatment of the Rockets’ Jeff Van Gundy. Gibbons is so upset that he devoted a house editorial to blasting away in defense of the

TAKS cheating probe is complete: 12 schools cleared, three are not

May 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday HISD announced that it had completed its investigation into TAKS cheating; twelve schools were cleared and three were not: Twelve Houston schools were cleared of any testing improprieties in a sweeping investigation by the

Is a lack of left turn signals contributing to red light running problem?

May 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s an interesting letter in today’s Chronicle, in relation to red light cameras: Missing turn signals Regarding the Chronicle’s May 3 article “No boundaries exist for red-light running”: I found it interesting that one of

Chronicle's Rice digs deeper on HPD harassment lawsuit

May 4, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s Harvey Rice followed up with some excellent reporting on last week’s story about the HPD officer awarded $600,000 in a sexual harassment lawsuit: A female police officer who won a $600,000 verdict

The Texas dream: taxing people out of their homes

May 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Like many people, I think Texas’ property tax appraisal system is really out of whack. Taxing entities are allowed to raise appraisals up to 10% a year and if a homeowner doesn’t agree with that