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Not every city is afraid of a "food fight"

September 16, 2007 Anne Linehan

Mayor White and City Council may not have the stomach for a bidding battle over the right to operate food concessions at Bush Intercontinental, but Albuquerque, New Mexico, has no such qualms. That city is

MayorWhiteChiefHurtt's latest big idea

September 15, 2007 Anne Linehan

HPD wants drones. For traffic management. Really. KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan has the story: Sources tell 11 News that Mayor Bill White, and Police Chief Harold Hurtt came up with the idea to use drones —

The price tag for downtown's "revitalization"? Five billion dollars!

September 15, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last week, Kevin noted a KHOU-11 story on the continuing decline of downtown’s nightlife. Then, Tom Kirkendall added this bit of context: This [decline] despite the fact that various local governmental entities have invested at

LULAC wipes egg from its face…

September 14, 2007 Jason

Remember this officer-involved shooting? The reaction from LULAC and the robber’s own mother were typical knee-jerk reactions without digesting all of the facts. Remember, the officer shot this guy as he ran towards him with

The Spirit of Marvin lives on at KTRK

September 13, 2007 Kevin Whited

Mike McGuff informs that the Spirit of Marvin lives on at KTRK. Consumer reporter Jeff Ehling will be continuing Zindler’s tradition of reporting on restaurants. Here is the web version of Ehling’s first report, which

KHOU: HPD "cracks down" on downtown-area homeless

September 13, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Karla Barguiarena reports that HPD is cracking down on crimes committed by the homeless: For months, HPD says they’ve been inundated with complaints about crime committed by the homeless. “You have everything from crimes

Arts scene benefits from Houston economic boom

September 13, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Charles Ward reports that Houston’s booming economy means boom times for the city’s arts scene as well: Houstonians may complain about $3-per-gallon gasoline, but managers of the city’s major performing-arts groups have to

Running the city like a (family) business

September 12, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Carolyn Feibel reports that Council today is expected to consider a sweetheart airport concession extension for a politically connected contractor, instead of opening the bid process: Mayor Bill White and the City Council

Some trees have all the luck

September 12, 2007 Anne Linehan

The Kirby Drive road widening project is threatening nearly 300 trees, and tree-lovers all over Houston are raising a hue and cry: Save the Kirby Drive trees! (Trees for Houston) Kirby Drive reconstruction plans pose

Commissioners Court approves extenstion for Astrodome redevelopment group

September 11, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that Commissioners Court has approved an extension for developers to secure financing for the proposed Astrodome redevelopment: The Harris County Commissioners Court approved an extension Tuesday for developers to come up