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METRO: New, highly compensated PR staffer with little experience “a bargain”

February 8, 2011 Kevin Whited

We never commented on a Chronicle story from the weekend that looked at METRO’s latest prized edition to its bloated and expensive PR department. Here are a few key grafs: Next week, Jerome Gray, a

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News and views roundup (02/07/2011 edition)

February 7, 2011 Kevin Whited

Here are some Monday morning links, to get your week rolling: Opinion: Insurance Institute Traffic Camera Study Flawed (TheNewspaper.com) Opinion: Insurance Institute Traffic Camera Study Flawed, Part 2 (TheNewspaper.com) Nevertheless, you’ll continue to see proponents

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If you don’t need to be out and about…

February 4, 2011 Kevin Whited

It’s probably a good idea to stay off the roads. Here is a Transtar image of the problems this morning:

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News and views roundup (02/02/2011 edition)

February 2, 2011 Kevin Whited

It’s time for a link roundup to clear out all the stuff we never quite got around to blogging about: Green: Budget Shortfall Increased by $23M (Isiah Carey, KRIV-26 News) I know — let’s give

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Chron: City to contribute another $3 million to soccer stadium

February 1, 2011 Kevin Whited

Further details have emerged on how much more taxpayer support will be going towards the soccer stadium that isn’t going to cost taxpayers anything: The city is poised to strike a 30-year deal giving back

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Olds: Chron discovers House GOP leaders targeting FTA New Starts rail funding

January 31, 2011 Kevin Whited

A full week ago, we noted in this blog post that FTA New Starts funding has been targeted by House Republican leaders for potential deficit reduction. We further noted that such cuts could seriously jeopardize

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Still no credibility: Chron ed board blames pension mess on Austin, term limits

January 30, 2011 Kevin Whited

The last time the Chronicle editorial board weighed in on the municipal pension mess, we pointed out why it has no credibility on the issue and should be ignored. The Chonicle editorial board has weighed

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Bill King on muni pensions, part four

January 28, 2011 Kevin Whited

Bill King continues his series on Houston’s municipal pension problems with his proposed long-term fix: The only permanent fix is to scrap defined-benefit plans in favor of defined-contribution plans. With defined-contribution plans we will always

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KTRK-13’s Tim Heller slams Chronicle weather “reporting”

January 26, 2011 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 meteorologist Tim Heller cracks on some of the silly weather editorializing that has been published lately on the news pages of the Houston Chronicle: Here we go again. The Houston Chronicle published another article

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Downtown District hires bodyguards for downtown visitors and residents

January 26, 2011 Anne Linehan

If this doesn’t make you want to frolic downtown, Bob Eury doesn’t know what will: A new team of guides, trained in first aid, hospitality and other helping skills, is working the streets of downtown

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