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Upper Kirby TIRZ to put construction on hold for holiday shopping

November 10, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rosanna Ruiz notes that progress (in the form of the massive Kirby reconstruction/drainage project) will be delayed over the holidays, so Upper Kirby businesses can sell you stuff: Construction work will pause from

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'We stopped in because we saw the bulldog'

November 10, 2008 Anne Linehan

How many of you have been driving down the freeway, when a giant inflatable gorilla caught your eye, and you said, “I gotta go shopping!”? Well, if some city councilmembers have their way, the big

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City removes negligent apartment owner, enters "uncharted territory"

November 8, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle’s Matt Stiles and Bradley Olson have details on the city’s actions this week in removing the owner of a rundown apartment complex: In the latest case involving La Casita Apartments, 313 Sunnyside, Mayor

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Bicyclist Bob Stein goes international, downplays Obama's accomplishments vis-a-vis Hillary Clinton

November 8, 2008 Kevin Whited

Bicyclist Bob Stein, Houston’s (Democratic) expert on everything and every (lazy) local political journalist’s go-to man for the obvious quote, has gone international! The bicyclist is featured in today’s Ottawa Citizen: Bob Stein, author and

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County attorney-elect promotes watchdog role

November 8, 2008 Kevin Whited

Many of us are weary of both pre-election and post-election commentary, but here’s a snippet on Harris County Attorney-elect Vince Ryan that’s worth posting: Ryan, a lawyer, said he is the right person to be

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Election '08: The next day

November 5, 2008 Kevin Whited

As expected, the Harris County GOP took quite a pounding last night, although it was not the complete sweep that seemed like a real possibility. We have an ongoing discussion in this comments thread from

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Election Day '08 is here!

November 3, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Big Election is finally upon us, and we’ll soon say goodbye to all the annoying political ads, mailers, signs, robocalls, and the like, at least for a little while (but Peter Brown really wants

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A quarter of a million to tag taco trucks?

November 3, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Carolyn Feibel posts that Council this week will consider an expenditure of $250,000 and a bit of change for a radio tag system that will be used to track whether taco trucks are

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Pasadena to get METRO service

November 2, 2008 Anne Linehan

Meanwhile, the outer reaches of Harris County still get nothing. Except taxed, of course. The last Chron Move It! column had news of Pasadena’s new service: Metro approved a proposal to expand bus service to

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In anticipation of the the Grand Parkway's F-2 segment…

November 2, 2008 Anne Linehan

…a Dallas developer has bought a chunk of land at Spring Steubner and Kuykendahl for a new retail center: The undeveloped land bought by Hopkins Commercial Real Estate Inc. is located at the southeast corner

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