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Chron: Eversole expects FBI probe to force him out

September 7, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Liz Austin Peterson reports that Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole thinks the FBI is about to try to take him out: Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole said Thursday that he expects to be

Danger Train apparently strikes pedestrian; KPRC website pulls story (updated)

September 6, 2008 Kevin Whited

Earlier in the week, the Danger Train apparently struck a pedestrian. The original story was here on the KPRC-2 site, but that link no longer works, so here is the cached google version. A version

Continental decides to imitate future Star Alliance brethren

September 5, 2008 Kevin Whited

Continental Airlines today joined most of the other legacy carriers (and its future Star partners in particular) in the race to add fees and take away perks. Here’s an excerpt from Mark Babineck’s report for

More downsizing at the Chronicle

September 5, 2008 Anne Linehan

Over at Lone Star Times, Matt Bramanti notes that the Chronicle is facing more downsizing: The Houston Chronicle offered voluntary buyouts to its employees today, with a goal of reducing staff by roughly 80 full-time

Annise Parker speaks out on BARC

September 5, 2008 ubu roi

A few months ago, several of us speculated that Annise Parker might be seriously eying a run for mayor of Houston, after White is term-limited out. Shortly after that, any suspicions I had on the

Texas Watchdog calls out City of Houston on ethics statements

September 4, 2008 Kevin Whited

Over on the Texas Watchdog site, Trent Seibert and Crystal Hubbard have posted a story on City of Houston’s apparent difficulties complying with a state ethics disclosure law. Here’s an excerpt from the story: Houston

Houston blog talk linkpost: 09/03/08

September 3, 2008 Kevin Whited

Richard Justice crosses the line (Houston's Clear Thinkers) The Ballad of Richard Justice and Stephanie Stradley (Ballz) Ashby Highrise: Down to a Loading Dock? (Swamplot) OK, I want to write a column, but I don't

Chron: Dogs overheat in city vehicle while animal control officer dines

September 2, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Bill Murphy reports some truly disturbing news regarding the deaths of several dogs under the “care” of a City of Houston employee: Eight dogs died last week after a city animal control officer

Labor Day weekend

August 30, 2008 Anne Linehan

Things might be a little quiet around here (unless something interesting pops up, such as a hurricane!), so here’s hoping you all have a wonderful, relaxing holiday weekend.

Spanish language schools pose problem for Spring Branch mom

August 28, 2008 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, Paul Knight broke an interesting story on the Houston Press‘ Hair Balls blog about a Spring Branch mom who has had difficulty enrolling her kids in school because… they speak English (not Spanish). Really!