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Topiary inspiration

August 19, 2009 Anne Linehan

METRO has announced a new “Swiftline” bus service, not to be confused with the “Quickline” bus service. You’ll recall the Quickline service was behind schedule, not necessarily quick, and inspired METRO to create topiary bunnies.

Council to take up Fusco's contract tomorrow (updated)

August 18, 2009 Kevin Whited

Craig Malisow at the Houston Press Hair Balls blog informs that City Council will take up the question of BARC “Change Agent” Gerry Fusco’s ridiculous contract tomorrow (August 19). People who follow the matter —

King: Raise the rail in the Med Center

August 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

In Sunday’s Chronicle, area businessman and former Kemah Mayor Bill King described problems with the rail line in The Medical Center area with which blogHOUSTON readers are very familiar: An at-grade alignment in a dense

Linkpost: 08/17/09

August 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

I may physically be where the buffalo roam tonight, but I’m still reading Houston blogs, and you should be too! Not Just Your Average Run-of-the-Mill Hispanic Museum, But a “First-Class” Hispanic Museum (Slampo's Place) The

KTRK: "Gateway to Houston" to remain dark

August 16, 2009 Kevin Whited

Back in January, KTRK-13 reported on the sad state of the fiber-optic lighting on the stylish bridges that span Southwest Freeway. KTRK has followed up with an update: Unfortunately, TXDOT will not be restoring the

Where in Texas is Mayor White? (cont'd)

August 15, 2009 Anne Linehan

Last Tuesday Senate-Candidate White was in Longview, talking about bringing people together, and getting things done: “I know how to bring people together and get things done,” White said. Er, exactly. Anyway, it’s so soothingly

Houston-area watchdog reporting roundup

August 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

Houston local media have engaged in some interesting local watchdog reporting over the last week (or so), most of which we did not manage to highlight here.* KTRK-13’s Undercover Man Wayne Dolcefino looked into a

Linkpost: 08/14/09

August 14, 2009 Kevin Whited

It’s the “I am a doctor, but not a physician” edition of local blog talk. Enjoy the links! One Hundred Years of Sugar-tude (Or Maybe Half Of That) (Slampo's Place) Could the Chron ditch the

Another Chron adventure in bad journalism (updated)

August 13, 2009 Kevin Whited

It has not been a very good week or so for the Houston Chronicle. Recall that the newspaper recently violated their own letters policy by running two letters by Andrew Prieditis within several days. As

Houston Press documents two Chron adventures in bad journalism

August 11, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chron‘s junior metro/state diarist Lisa Falkenberg ventured outside of her comfort zone today to try, once again, to cover a grownup topic. The effort wasn’t much more successful than her first foray into the