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Ken Caminiti, RIP

October 11, 2004 Kevin Whited

Former Astro Ken Caminiti died of a heart attack in New York on Sunday. Caminiti was always a fan favorite in town, but had his best (MVP) season after being traded from the Astros. In

Cragg Hines hasn't discovered Google

October 10, 2004 Anne Linehan

It’s Sunday, so Cragg Hines offers up some of his very insightful political insight. Today he’s concerned with voting irregularities in Ohio: CANTON, Ohio — Linda Fogle hurries from the Stark County Board of Elections

Ongoing construction along Houston's eastern corridor

October 10, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Baytown Sun‘s Kristopher Banks does an excellent job highlighting planned and ongoing construction projects along Houston’s eastern corridor, especially I-10. This quote should give pause, however: Of course, there is always the possibility of

Robison gives himself away

October 10, 2004 Kevin Whited

Clay Robison, the Chronicle‘s Austin news bureau chief, moonlights as a hyperpartisan editorialist on weekends. It’s an arrangement that doesn’t seem to give Jeff Cohen pause, although Texas Media Watch’s Sherry Sylvester has frequently pointed

Covering the news important to… DFW Dwellers?

October 10, 2004 Kevin Whited

Thomas Korosec writes about a problem that many Houstonians experience every New Year’s Eve, Fourth of July, and Cinco de Mayo: guns fired into the air by revelers. Unfortunately, Korosec isn’t talking about Houston’s problem.

Yes, the Chronicle is often amusing

October 10, 2004 Anne Linehan

Here’s a letter in today’s Chronicle: Were he around, Beethoven would have been amused by the Chronicle’s Sept. 24 headline, “Symphony cancels 2 Beethoven operas.” Beethoven wrote only one opera. Also, his sixth symphony is

A roundup of blog postings on our topics

October 10, 2004 Kevin Whited

Over the last few days, local bloggers have hit some of the topics we like to cover here, and we’d like to call attention to some of them. Chris Elam posts a “not-so-concise, but detailed

The Press fills in where the Chron falls down

October 9, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Houston Chronicle dropped the ball earlier this week regarding complaints made by Barbara Davis, a former supporter of Ted Poe who has turned on the Congressional candidate and former judge. Davis, who has largely

Dallas recruits Houston for police officers

October 8, 2004 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Jason Whitely reports that the Dallas Police Department is aggressively recruiting Houston for new officers: Houston and surrounding counties could be losing more police officers and potential new recruits because of an aggressive effort

Mayor White comes out for smoking ban

October 8, 2004 Kevin Whited

Ron Nissimov reports that Mayor White has endorsed a more moderate version of the smoking ban that has been supported by council member Shelley Sekula-Gibbs: Houston restaurants may soon be smoke-free. Mayor Bill White announced