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Tyler Cowen and commenters address Houston, zoning, and land-use restrictions

September 23, 2009 Kevin Whited

Tyler Cowen’s Marginal Revolution blog recently linked to this old (2005) paper by Michael Lewyn on “How Overregulation Creates Sprawl (Even in a City without Zoning).” As readers well know, Houston does not have the

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Chronicle is (quietly) looking for some reporters

September 22, 2009 Kevin Whited

We’ve been hearing rumors from journalist friends attending conferences that the Houston Chronicle has been quietly advertising some jobs for a while now, but hadn’t been able to track down anything concrete (the Chron “reader

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Letter writer Andrew Prieditis visits with blogHOUSTON

September 21, 2009 Kevin Whited

While catching up on the Chron letters page back in August, we ran across a writer (Andrew Prieditis) who managed to have two letters published in one week, a violation of the newspaper’s stated letters

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Shay: Council turf battle over NASA?

September 21, 2009 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Miya Shay blogs about a little turf battle between At-Large Councilmember and Mayoral Candidate Peter Brown and Councilmember Mike Sullivan. Apparently, Brown suggested that Council take up some vague resolution in support of NASA.

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Linkpost: 09/20/09

September 20, 2009 Kevin Whited

The little blog may have taken the weekend off, but many folks were posting away. Here’s a selection from local blogs. Oh, and how about those Texans?!

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Chron: METRO approves massive new budget, fare increases; public in the dark until last minute

September 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Carolyn Feibel reports that METRO approved a massive new budget today that contains another round of fare increases. Feibel reported this morning on the proposed fare increase. There hasn’t been much awareness or

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Senate-Candidate White orders investigation into Mayor White's favorite "low-income advocacy group"

September 17, 2009 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 ran this tidbit yesterday afternoon: Houston Mayor Bill White is taking a closer look at the city’s connection to the low-income Houston advocacy group ACORN. That comes after the group’s CEO, Bertha Lewis, ordered

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TV news elaborates on recent print stories

September 16, 2009 Kevin Whited

On Sunday, the Chronicle broke the news that area taxpayers might have to bail out the Sports Authority, despite repeated promises that such a thing could NEVER happen. In a followup blog post, Anne Linehan

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Linkpost: 09/15/09

September 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

The local blog talk backlog has gotten a little ridiculous, so here is a selection of good links from the last few days. City Council Candidate Lives A Life Of Danger, He Says (Hair Balls)

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Rice Prof gives good grades to SAFEclear program he helped design

September 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

In today’s Chronicle, Carolyn Feibel reports on a study by Bob Stein (Houston’s expert on everything) that found a correlation between SAFEclear response times and a reduction in traffic accidents: Houston’s mandatory towing program has

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