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Chron columnist still pushing for new soccer stadium

January 11, 2007 Anne Linehan

Check out the latest effort from the Chron‘s soccer columnist to stir up some interest in a new home for the Houston Dynamo: The Dynamo need a facility where they can control scheduling, concessions, parking

Harris County deputy acquitted

January 10, 2007 Kevin Whited

Over at Red Ink Texas, Rorschach brings us the news that a Harris County deputy charged with aggravated assault by a public official for shooting at a suspect during a car chase has been acquitted.

Mayor bows to reality on Council special election

January 10, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack reports that Mayor White has set a May election date to fill the seat once held by Doctor-former Congresswoman Shelley Sekula Gibbs, who resigned her seat to go to Washington for

Blog zinger of the young year

January 10, 2007 Kevin Whited

HouStoned’s Richard Connelly concludes this post on Paula Zahn’s foray into the Houston Taser/racism debate with the blog zinger of the young year. Laurence Simon follows up with a zinger of a comment himself. We

Graybeard robs Houston bank, escapes on his bicycle

January 10, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle reports that an old guy on a bike knocked over a bank yesterday: The FBI Bank Robbery Task Force is seeking assistance in identifying a man who escaped on a bicycle after robbing

Dan Patrick loses first Senate battle

January 9, 2007 Kevin Whited

As various media outlets and blogs have noted, local talker and new state senator Dan Patrick lost his first Senate battle today. Patrick ran on a pledge of eliminating the so-called “blocker bill” tradition in

Did that Jimmy Hendricks guy play the guitar?

January 9, 2007 Kevin Whited

Slampo’s Place made us laugh out loud with this one.

Parts of the ideal state sometimes get stale

January 9, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Dwight Silverman is in Las Vegas covering the 2007 CES, and as usual when Silverman is busy, his whimsical link blog on the Chron.com opinion page is being neglected. It hasn’t seen an

More breaking coverage you CAN get elsewhere

January 9, 2007 Kevin Whited

Was the new Chron city desk editor enjoying the morning TV news with his Froot Loops again today? It sure seems like it from this brief report that was posted on Chron.com this morning: Several

Write On Metro

January 8, 2007 Anne Linehan

Metro’s blog is underway…with a welcome post. Hopefully posting will pick up speed. I’m disappointed with the site’s look. I don’t know what the correct tech terms are, but the site seems to be lacking