Some of the Chronicle sportswriters are becoming excited over the prospect of a dedicated new Houston Dynamo stadium boondoggle downtown. Glenn Davis weighs in with the following: Let me borrow a real estate phrase: Location,
Contrary to initial local media accounts that allowed family and friends to portray a suspected robber as a “good person” and as “not armed,” the truth is he wasn’t a very good person and he
A few days ago, the Chronicle ran a letter from local government watchdog Bob Lemer on the continuing municipal employees pension fund problems. Here are a few key points he made: The city’s June 30,
With continued windfall tax revenue flowing into Metro, one wonders why Metro can’t maintain its own bus stops/shelters, and provide a level of bus service that would actually benefit Harris County residents (I’d link to
This weekend Houston’s nationally acclaimed mystery bookstore offers a series of booksignings sure to draw out the mystery lovers. Murder by the Book (2342 Bissonnet) consistently draws big names in the mystery field and is
Ken Hoffman’s latest Chronicle column looked a little odd, in that it didn’t have the usual plug for the columnist’s longtime KPRC-950 radio gig on Wednesdays. Sure enough, Hoffman informs that he’s no longer doing
The message local media were supposed to take away from the unveiling of the Mayor’s new budget yesterday was increased public safety spending without a property tax rate increase. Instead, as Matt Stiles reports for
I was on my way back from lunch earlier on Buffalo Speedway when I heard a boom, all the traffic lights went dead, and I saw billowing black smoke off to the east. Apparently, a
Do you sometimes get the idea that the Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists are envious of their former colleague, Frank Michel, the mayor’s communications director? It has seemed that way so far this week. On Tuesday, the
HPD assistant police chief and blogHOUSTON favorite (for entertainment value!) Martha Montalvo is quoted in a KPRC-2 story on the decision to pull officers from the street to help out in the property room after