We were amused by this recent appearance in the Chronicle by hospitality consultant/advocate John Keeling: Houston-area hotel occupancy is expected to fall to 63.9 percent this year, down from 67.9 percent in 2008, according to
Matt Bramanti calls our attention to this story by Chron reporter Todd Ackerman. As Bramanti notes, a number of phrases in the reporting seem to be lifted from this press release with hardly any change
Chron transit reporter Rosanna Ruiz is shaping up so far to be much more diligent and probing than her two most recent predecessors on the beat. METRO isn’t quite used to the local newspaper being
We recently commented on the news that Hearst newspaper executives are discussing putting some of their online content behind a paid firewall and raising subscriber rates. Locally, there has been something of a backlash to
METRO’s board has unanimously approved the big rail contract that the public was not allowed to see or debate before the big vote yesterday and which, they contend, was still being negotiated right up to
Last night, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino continued his look at Mayor White’s Mobility Response Team. City Controller and mayoral candidate Annise Parker even weighed in: “This is a failure of training. It’s a failure of leadership.
Episode I: First he gets slapped with a lawsuit for defamation. Episode II: Then he makes a big production portraying himself as the victim of a big brother attempt to silence his dissenting voice. Episode
Last night, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino continued his investigative reporting on Mayor White’s Mobility Response Team program. Here’s is an excerpt, although the video is even more fun: The lights were working. The train was doing
The Chronicle‘s Rosanna Ruiz reports today that METRO refuses to hand over any information about the multi-billion dollar contract that it will vote on tomorrow: The Metropolitan Transit Authority continued to withhold the anticipated overall
We had to borrow from a recent post by Clear Thinker Tom Kirkendall, because the headline was our immediate reaction to this news about Carol Alvarado’s big proposal: State Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, who as