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King: City budget in deficit since 2004

May 7, 2009 Kevin Whited

Today’s Chronicle ran an op-ed from Bill King, the businessman and former mayor of Kemah who reportedly considered running for mayor and city council in Houston but decided against it. While we are all familiar

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Chron editorial writer gets timely (for the Chron, anyway)

May 7, 2009 Kevin Whited

On Monday, we commented on the possibility that Houston voters might get a chance to modify term limits for municipal offices. Today, one of the the Chron‘s two editorial writers* weighed in on the topic.

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Maybe topiary turtles would have been a better choice

May 7, 2009 Anne Linehan

Remember how METRO hoped sunglass-wearing elephants would make riders keep an eye out for terrorism? Well, METRO’s marketing department had another brainstorming session, and the end result is topiary bunnies to make riders think of

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Originality is overrated (at least judging from the metro/state columns)

May 7, 2009 Kevin Whited

A reader emails the following links and a question, as follows: Lisa Falkenberg: H-Town’s pride on the line Rick Casey: State lawmaker: ‘I’m a victim’ Is it too much to ask from the columnists at

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Some days, the healthy choice may not be going for a jog

May 5, 2009 Kevin Whited

A METRO police officer today shot and killed a man who, according to reports, acted in a threatening manner with a knife despite being Tased by officers several times. A woman pushing a stroller nearby

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Here's an easy one

May 5, 2009 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Ted Oberg asks, “Did we overreact to swine flu threat?” Yes.

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State lege takes up municipal term limits

May 4, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles posts that Houston voters might soon get a chance to vote on revisions to the city’s term limits: The bill, authored by state reps. Garnet Coleman and Carol Alvarado, would call

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Houstonians still concerned about crime, despite talking points

May 4, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Bradley Olson ponders why Houston political candidates continue to talk about crime, even though Houston crime statistics have shown some improvement: Crime has emerged as a top issue for Houston political candidates this

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Is Houston's storm planning inadequate?

May 4, 2009 Kevin Whited

There is way too much disjointed filler in this week’s “Move It” column (which is more about infrastructure in general than transit), so we’re going to play editor and cut it to what’s really interesting

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Reed: Questions about cost of rail expansion "remain largely unanswered"

May 3, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Examiner News‘ Michael Reed posts this update on the ongoing debate over the cost of METRO’s planned light-rail expansion: The Metro Transit Authority signed a contract last week with Parsons Transportation Group to build

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