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Steffy: KLOL is victim of deregulation

November 19, 2004 Anne Linehan

Loren Steffy has a column in today’s Chronicle about the demise of KLOL-101. He says the blame is not with Clear Channel, but with Washington, D.C. and deregulation. He calls it the “Wal-Marting of the

Opposition to the Grand Parkway

November 19, 2004 Anne Linehan

State Rep. Debbie Riddle has spoken out strongly against the Grand Parkway section that is scheduled to be built through Spring: Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Houston, used the Grand Parkway Association’s 20th annual report to the

Metro still waiting for working "smart card" system

November 19, 2004 Anne Linehan

The story in the Chronicle this morning about Metro hiring a consultant to monitor a contractor who has yet to deliver the “smart card” system, is humorous, in a sad, wasting-more-taxpayer-dollars kind of way: The

Live music roundup (11-18-2004 edition)

November 18, 2004 Kevin Whited

As usual, David Cobb has posted his weekly rock-oriented live music roundup. The following are notable live alt-country/Americana/Texas country music shows around town this weekend. Thursday, November 18 Micky and the Motorcars, Blanco’s Friday, November

Hearings scheduled for Metro service "changes"

November 18, 2004 Anne Linehan

We noted here Metro’s latest proposal of service changes (mostly service cuts) and if you have a sharp eye you’ll spot the little notice in today’s Chronicle alerting Houstonians to tomorrow’s Metro hearings to “discuss”

Scabby Hates El Paso

November 18, 2004 Ethan Glading

Scabby The Rat made an appearance today in downtown Houston. The 13-foot-tall inflatable rat is famous for his management hatin’ and his menacing scowl. Also, he has appeared in an episode of The Sopranos. The

Covering what's important to…NYC residents

November 18, 2004 Anne Linehan

With all there is to see and do in Texas, what do you suppose MeMo chose to give front page “star” treatment today? New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, of course: It’s huge and

KHOU's unfortunate language

November 17, 2004 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 reports on a big raid on prostitution houses in Houston: Houston Police Vice Squad officers have shut down 10 houses of prostitution. Police raided the locations of the Wildflower Group and Escape in Houston

Maybe that's why he's undercover

November 17, 2004 Kevin Whited

A man who turned out to have a loaded gun wandered into HPD on Monday and demanded to see Police Chief Harold Hurtt. Fortunately, the man was arrested without incident. Police Chief Hurtt was out

Denigrating Rod Paige

November 17, 2004 Anne Linehan

Here’s the last paragraph from today’s Chronicle editorial on outgoing Education Secretary Rod Paige: Perhaps the greatest irony of Paige’s career is that although he grew up in segregated schools in Mississippi and served as