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The Editorial LiveJournalists: "Late, emotional, and wrong"

April 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

Over at the Lone Star Times, Matt Bramanti writes that an editorial today “nails the Chron trifecta: Late, emotional and wrong.” That’s a great motto for the Editorial LiveJournalists, actually! Bramanti’s full critique of the

It depends on the meaning of "enamored"

April 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, KTRK-13’s Miya Shay posted that the shooter who sent the Chronicle‘s Ken Hoffman numerous letters over the years (some of which were published in his columns) was “enamoured [sic]” with the columnist. On KPRC-950’s

Connelly ponders Chron.commons blogs

April 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

In his latest Hairballs column for the Houston Press, Rich Connelly considers some tasteless reader blogs on the Chron.com website. He asked Chron online guru Dwight Silverman about a couple of them, and got this

Final weekend approaches for iFest 2007

April 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

Many of you probably have already read John Nova Lomax’s Houston Press column on the 2007 International Festival, which got underway last weekend (I was out of town). Houston’s best festival, some will recall, nearly

Chron lauds Mayor White's "Boot the Mentally Retarded" shakedown

April 24, 2007 Kevin Whited

Mrs. White (aka The Editorial LiveJournalists) praises her man’s “Boot the Mentally Retarded” shakedown today: The city of Houston has achieved its goal of ending a nebulous 99-year lease at $1 per year in exchange

Maybe they have community pride in Phoenix?

April 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

In an interview with KTRH-740’s Chris Baker this afternoon, police chief Harold Hurtt stressed the importance of “community pride” in policing. That seemed very strange coming from the transient police chief who spends so many

City's human resources director leaving after three months

April 23, 2007 Anne Linehan

In January, the mayor announced a new human resources director for the city of Houston: January 17, 2007 –Mayor Bill White today announced the nomination of Norma F. Dunn, an energy company senior executive and

Will Houston's wi-fi be "sniffer"-proof?

April 23, 2007 Anne Linehan

Thanks to Tom Bazan for the heads up on this Los Angeles Times story that details a problem with public wi-fi — a lack of privacy: Public Wi-Fi is very handy for perusing the Internet

Mayor White clears way for Alvarado to regain Mayor Pro Tem title

April 22, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last week on the Chron’s City Hall blog, Matt Stiles noted a change that’s coming to the Mayor Pro Tem office; specifically, administrative duties will now be handled by the city’s finance department, as opposed

A two reporter, four contributor Chron story

April 22, 2007 Anne Linehan

How loud is the Houston Grand Prix? It took six Chronicle folks to get to the bottom of that question. Yes, it’s local and hooray for that, but come on! Six people to tackle the