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What Memorial Day means to the Chronicle editors

May 25, 2009 Anne Linehan

Unca Darrell has the sorry details of the Chronicle‘s Memorial Day editorial. Here’s a taste: The Chronicle simply does not share the intense love of country and respect for our military that most Americans feel.

METRO Solutions: $150,000 per new rail transit rider?

May 25, 2009 Kevin Whited

In a post today, blogger and blogHOUSTON commenter Neal Meyer takes apart the three-hour-commute prediction of Ray Chong, until recently one of the City of Houston’s traffic bureaucrats. That’s well worth reading in itself, but

HPD Officer in critical condition

May 24, 2009 Jason

On May 23, 2009, at around 3 a.m., Houston Police were on the scene of an accident when a suspected drunk driver injured HPD Officer Lloyd Morrison. Authorities said Officer Lloyd Morrison stopped to investigate

More on Richard Vacar's hasty departure (updated)

May 24, 2009 Anne Linehan

We noted last week that eyebrows were raised when Richard Vacar hastily retired as head of the Houston Airport system. Today, the Chron’s Bradley Olson has more, and it appears the non-profit agency Vacar created

Mayor White gets first-hand look at Safe Clear

May 23, 2009 Jason

In a story that can only make one laugh, Mayor Bill White’s daughter’s car was towed as a result of his own program. Rushing to the scene of the burning Gallery Furniture warehouse Thursday as

Introducing local fire photos

May 22, 2009 Jason

While on the scene of this fire that made the news, there were many people taking pictures with their cell phone cameras. I ran into a Houston Firefighter taking pictures. He told me of his

Blog vacation

May 20, 2009 Kevin Whited

Memorial Day weekend is quickly approaching, and that means the little blog is going on vacation for a few days, as some of us are headed out of town and some of us just like

KHOU: Dump truck flattens (occupied) wheelchair

May 18, 2009 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 reports on a grisly accident in south Houston: A man trying to cross Old Spanish Trail in his wheelchair was hit by a dump truck Monday afternoon. It happened around 2 p.m. at the

Favorite headline of the day

May 18, 2009 Kevin Whited

One doesn’t see a headline like this every day, even in the big city: Houston center helping transgenders in need (KTRK-13 News) Everyone can use a helping hand from time to time.

Mayor White's 2010 budget

May 17, 2009 Anne Linehan

Yesterday, one of the Chronicle’s two multiple editorial writers praised Mayor White’s fiscal brilliance as Houston faces the “harsh economics” of today: It’s a credit to the term-limited mayor’s management skills that the final spending