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Council votes to waste $150,000

June 4, 2008 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13’s Miya Shay reports that City Council has authorized spending $150,000 to defend Chief Hurtt’s ridiculous no-facial-hair policy: The city council has decided to spend $150,000 to hire outside council to defend itself against this

A tag team from two of our least useful local public servants

June 3, 2008 Kevin Whited

METRO’s expensive blogger posts the transcript of the web chat with the ever-entertaining Chief Lambert.

Mrs. White doesn't like Chief Hurtt's beard policy

June 3, 2008 Kevin Whited

Mrs. White has weighed in against Chief Hurtt’s misguided beard policy: At a time when Houston’s police force is severely understaffed, City Council has ladled out authorization to spend up to $150,000 on outside counsel

Lose an Eye: Why transportation planning fails

June 3, 2008 Kevin Whited

Cory Crow points out that transit enthusiasts who insist that the ONLY mobility solution for Houston is getting people out of cars aren’t offering a solution at all.

LST: What's a little cutting and pasting in the Chron ideal state?

June 3, 2008 Kevin Whited

Last week, Matt Bramanti caught the Chron Editorial LiveJournalists cutting and pasting from an old New York Times story (without quotation marks). Since the Editorial LiveJournalists reference the Times once, it’s not exactly plagiarism, but

Annise Parker to help people open checking accounts (really!)

June 2, 2008 Kevin Whited

City Controller Annise Parker apparently doesn’t have enough to keep her busy, so she’s taking on a project that, in a better-run city, might well have been delegated to a junior-level mayoral aide: Like other

METRO finally to transfer land held for Main developers

June 2, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Nancy Sarnoff reports that METRO is about to sell some land that it has been holding for developers along Main: Owners of the Continental Club and other investors are buying two Midtown blocks

A PSA from the Church of Dan

June 2, 2008 Kevin Whited

The nominally independent Lone Star Times offers up the praise for Dan Patrick today. A begathon can’t be far off….

They're not slums — they're investment opportunities!

June 2, 2008 Kevin Whited

Remember those slum apartments Matt Stiles has been reporting on? Some of the units are for sale, and Swamplot links to some of the rather *ahem* positive descriptions.

Congratulations, Michael Berry

June 2, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Insite posts that former councilman Michael Berry is now a father. Congratulations!