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Chron: Suspected illegal immigrants out on bail frequently disappear (UPDATED)

November 17, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has posted some troubling reporting by Susan Carroll on illegal immigration and crime in the Houston area. Here’s an excerpt from the story: A Houston Chronicle investigation found dozens of cases in Harris

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A new Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy!

November 17, 2008 Kevin Whited

Allan Turner offers up a Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy* today. The Death Row Killer Guy’s lawyer declined to talk to the Chronicle, and the newspaper could not reach members of the

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Dolcefino shines light on arts spending, draws fire from arts community

November 16, 2008 Kevin Whited

Over the past week, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino spent some time looking at publicly funded art in Houston. In this report, Dolcefino criticizes the expense of various projects and the lack of completed projects, and talks

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There's (more) poo poo in the bayou!

November 16, 2008 Kevin Whited

Last week, KTRK-13 reported on another nasty mess in one of our bayous: Volunteers made a gross discovery in Buffalo Bayou while trying to clean up a park. They found sewage leaking into the bayou.

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Papal exhibit coming to local museum

November 14, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal reports that Houston will be hosting a unique papal exhibit later this month: Houston’s National Museum of Funeral History will host the world’s first papal exhibit outside of the Vatican on

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What's in an election? Perhaps more than a name

November 14, 2008 Kevin Whited

The local newspaper’s teen diarist chronicles one (losing) local judicial candidate’s lament that her unusual name may have caused her loss last week. It reads a little like a bad Lifetime movie (or is “bad

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Local corporate alt-weekly wants a political blogger

November 14, 2008 Kevin Whited

Remember back in the day when the Public News and the Houston Press covered local politics, and alt-media names like Fleck and Simmon and Woodall actually mattered? That seems like a long time ago. These

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That's Peter Brown, ARCHITECT

November 13, 2008 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire has a great quote from Councilmember Peter Brown on some goofy construction at the new Costco on Richmond: We found a traffic signal and utility pole sticking out of a handicap ramp

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The Big Flip: HC GOP recriminations and navel-gazing (11/12/08 edition)

November 12, 2008 Kevin Whited

Texas Watchdog calls our attention to some interesting posts on National Review about Harris County’s flip to the Dems Last Thursday, David Frum apparently noticed the flip. Since then, he’s added three posts of reader

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Another Houston driver takes on Danger Train, loses

November 12, 2008 Kevin Whited

In a rare bit of reporting on the topic, the Chron notes that a Danger Train crash took place earlier: Three passengers on a MetroRail train were taken to a hospital this morning after the

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