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River Oaks Shopping Center is no more

September 5, 2007 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13’s Mike McGuff has details of the shopping center’s demise and, for the non-faint-of-heart, pictures of the before and after: Crews began demolishing the building Tuesday around noon as supporters of historic preservation looked on

Mayor White gets a big property tax reduction

September 4, 2007 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 has the story: Mayor White’s property value went from $2.2 million last year to $1.2 million this year…because he lives in a floodplain. [The mayor’s] office said he didn’t ask for a reduction, the

Surprise! Chron facts are wrong in HISD story (updated!)

September 3, 2007 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s HISD reporting is still as stunningly incompetent as ever, with the latest example being today’s story on how HISD discriminates through uniform requirements. It is a textbook example (sorry!) of the new MSM

Is she a reporter, editorialist, or unfunny blogger?

September 3, 2007 Kevin Whited

We’ve long suggested that the Chronicle shutter its D.C. news bureau, and either rely on pooled Hearst coverage of Washington or go with wire copy. We’ve suggested as much because we can’t really see why

Rick Casey returns (and with Houston material even!)

September 2, 2007 Kevin Whited

A few Chronicle folks tipped us off to the fact that columnist Rick Casey has been prowling the building at 801 Texas Avenue, and that he would soon be returning to column duty. Today, he’s

Grand Parkway Segment C generates opposition

September 2, 2007 Anne Linehan

The Grand Parkway continues to stir up opposition — this time in Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties. Last week, a public meeting was held to solicit input for Segment C, “a 26-mile four-lane controlled access

Twelve million dollars for replacement water meters and parts

September 2, 2007 Anne Linehan

City Council agendas are often tough to translate (links to explanatory information would be most welcome), so I’m curious if this agenda item says what I think it says: 33. RECOMMENDATION from Finance & Administration

Chron headline writers strike again (cont'd)

September 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

Here’s the headline on a recent Chronicle story: Crosby physician collects $1 million in insurance / That’s after 3 homes, office, car destroyed by fire in 10-year period Here are the first two paragraphs of

Comcast: Prices are heading up

September 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s David Kaplan reports that Comcast is boosting its prices: The cable bill for Houston-area Comcast customers will soon go up an average of 6.1 percent, the company announced Friday. Exactly how much more

Task force: Burden on victims to reduce convenience store crime

September 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

Mayor White’s task force on convenience-store crime issued recommendations this week for addressing the issue. Unsurprisingly, recommendations put the burden of reducing convenience store crime mostly on the victims of the crime. Here’s is an