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An accident METRO officials couldn't blame on anyone but themselves

July 12, 2009 Anne Linehan

Back on June 16th, Kevin Whited noted, incredulously, that the Danger Train somehow managed to derail, run into a power pole, and rear-end another train. It was unclear if METRO PD Chief Tom Lambert found

Coming soon to downtown: A train-traffic-pedestrian-infrastructure adventure only METRO could love!

July 12, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder reported on Wednesday that a revision to the archaic codes used by Mayor White to curry favor with powerful supporters and block the Ashby highrise development could conflict with the city’s

Latest sales tax revenue allocations

July 12, 2009 Anne Linehan

Both the city of Houston’s and METRO’s sales tax revenue allocations have declined again. Houston’s is down 4.7%, and METRO’s is down 2.7% compared to July of last year. Thanks to Tom Bazan for continuing

Why Bill White chose to run for senate

July 12, 2009 Anne Linehan

From Rick Casey’s June 27th column: He said Friday he is convinced that his background in energy both in the private sector and in Washington as deputy secretary of energy in the Clinton administration, as

Gang of robbers off the streets!

July 11, 2009 Jason

For the last several months several businesses were getting robbed in the west side of Houston. The businesses primarily hit were Subway restaurants. So HPD decided to watch Subway restaurants when – lo and behold!

Linkpost: 07/10/09

July 10, 2009 Kevin Whited

Here’s some blog reading to kick off the weekend. Kennel Statistics at BARC (Bears Hope) Euthanized (dogs only) April: 730 May: 950 June: 923 3 month total = 2,603 Average for 3 months = 867.66.

It's a good thing there are layers of editors and fact-checkers…

July 10, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle print edition (and, by extension, e-edition) does something peculiar on its editorial page. For its op-eds, an editor apparently summarizes each story, in the form of those graphical blurbs that allegedly make the

Texas Watchdog shines light on shadowy Houston Airport System business dealings

July 9, 2009 Kevin Whited

Today, Texas Watchdog has broken a big story on the Houston Airport System that details an intricate web of shadowy private-public companies (some of which are incorporated offshore) that are partly staffed by public employees

Linkpost: 07/08/09

July 8, 2009 Kevin Whited

Linky goodness for you on this rather cool looking date. Enjoy! Oh, and by the way — you can select the links and open them all in new tabs in Firefox 3.5, if you are

Roundup: Mayor White promises "change agent" for BARC

July 8, 2009 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, Craig Malisow posted the news to the Hair Balls blog that BARC bureau chief Ray Sim had been fired, and that BARC’s spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the reasons behind the firing. Bradley Olson