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What's Jon Lindsay up to now?

March 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston Architecture Info Forum has posted a bill that state Sen. Jon Lindsay (I’m suspicious already) has filed “relating to the planning, construction, and operation of toll road projects by certain counties.” Since Sen. Lindsay

Councilwoman calls for SAFEclear audit

March 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

KPRC-2 is reporting that Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is requesting an audit of the SAFEclear program: Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs asked the city controller for a thorough accounting of the controversial program. “It’s important to know not

Texas shield law for journalists rears its head again

March 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

A few weeks back, the Chronicle editors wrote an editorial encouraging the Legislature to pass HB188, a bill that would give journalists special privileges — in essence, a shield law. We pointed out then that

Houston's tricky water billing method

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

I’d call this a creative way to increase water revenues: Let’s say your March bill says you used 3,000 gallons, but unknown to you, you actually used 3,800 gallons. The additional 800 gallons are rolled

Chron: high gas prices makes Metro appealing

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Owen Courreges points out that in today’s Chronicle editorial on high gas prices, the editorial board takes an opportunity to promote Metro: The more the price of gasoline increases, the better Houston Metro’s $2 day

Hispanics support school vouchers

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

A large percentage of Hispanics in Harris County support school vouchers, according to a new poll: In a poll sponsored by a group working to pass a school voucher bill, almost 73 percent of Harris

New mainstream = secretive group that targets GOP?

March 30, 2005 Kevin Whited

Orrin Judd points us to an editorial posted to The Hill that excoriates Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), an interest group that promotes greater transparency in politics but, as the editorial points

Filling city coffers

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a letter to the editor in today’s Chronicle: A tax to fill coffers If the city of Houston is broke, then why not just say so and stop coming up with all these ways

HPD crime lab has new leadership to conduct probe

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle is reporting a development in the HPD crime lab probe: The former inspector general for the U.S. Justice Department will head the probe of the Houston Police Department’s embattled crime laboratory. The City

SAFEclear success?

March 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

This morning the Chronicle ran a story that said Mayor White was going to announce some SAFEclear statistics. Matt Bramanti at Lone Star Times has some thoughts on the story that was running earlier this