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Holiday slowdown linkpost

December 27, 2008 Anne Linehan

We’re still playing with new Christmas toys, but here are a few local stories that have caught our attention: Vasquez sworn in as county tax assessor City sends woman a $4,700 water bill as an

Are you procrastinating? Or have you finished all your shopping? With just one weekend left before Christmas, the average person has completed nearly 65 percent of their holiday shopping. But about 44.5 million people, or

People like their cars

December 23, 2008 Anne Linehan

Yesterday’s Move It! column noted that METRO’s ridership is down: Ridership went down in November for all of Metro’s primary modes of transportation: rail, Park and Ride and local bus service. The slide in Metro’s

Area transit agency manipulating statistics? Just call it the Houston Way

December 20, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rosanna Ruiz reports that the performance of METRO’s bus service is registering complaints from management and riders alike: Metro buses continue to run late and have failed to achieve the agency’s modest goal

Better wait a few days before trying the recipes (cont'd)

December 20, 2008 Kevin Whited

As we’ve noted before, it’s always good to wait a few days (for corrections) before trying any recipe that appears in the Chronicle. Here’s something from recent corrections that helps make the point: A recipe

Elizabeth Shelton sues driver she hit, while drunk, for her mental suffering!

December 18, 2008 Jason

Remember Elizabeth Shelton? The daughter of the Harris County judge who was drunk, rear ended a box truck and ended up killing her boyfriend who was her passenger? I can’t remember her ever showing remorse

METRO police babysit the Danger Train

December 18, 2008 Anne Linehan

For the past month, METRO police officers have been doing something a little different: The transit agency has parked officers at six downtown intersections every day for the past month, aimed at preventing motorists from

A New Year's resolution for Houston: Be more eventful in 2009!

December 17, 2008 Anne Linehan

This reminded me of when Carol Alvarado said Houston was “event-ed out” in 2006: The Bayou City fell six spots to No. 13 on the 2008 list of “Most Eventful Cities,” a survey published by

Airport survey to cost almost $700k

December 17, 2008 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 reports that city council has approved Houston Airport System’s request for a passenger survey: The people that run Houston two major airports want to know what you think about them. They asked the city

Surprise! Mayor White wants to be Senator White

December 16, 2008 Anne Linehan

It’s official: Mayor White is running for the U.S. Senate. His campaign and his supporters will portray him as a moderate Democrat, a businessman who gets things done. What they won’t mention is that he’s