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Doctor-Congresswoman scares off D.C. staffers

November 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

Roll Call is reporting (subscriber-only) that Doctor-Congresswoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs has already managed to rub some people the wrong way early in what will be a short tenure in Congress: The woman who was sworn in

Brent Fuller moves on to the Caymans

November 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

A reader passed along word and KTRH 740’s crack City Hall reporter Brent Fuller confirms that today is his last day on the job for the news/talk station. Fuller says he’ll be moving to the

Blown over newspaper boxes? There oughta be a law!

November 15, 2006 Anne Linehan

Did we ever find out if City Council passed the ordinance it was considering recently to regulate newspaper boxes? Because KHOU-11 has raw video of today’s very windy conditions, and included in the video is

HPD cracks down on rush hour french fry street marketers

November 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Ken Hoffman noticed that HPD managed quickly to clear the road of people who were obstructing traffic in the Galleria area: Remember when I wrote about Bistro Moderne at the Hotel Derek giving

Saves you money!

November 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, the Chronicle‘s Loren Steffy wrote a nice column on the success of Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale. Locally, we’re so familiar with Mack that we don’t always think about how he’s built his successful

Smile for the cameras!

November 13, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH 740’s Brent Fuller reports that red-light cameras will be clicking away at ten more intersections today. The new intersections covered by red-light cameras are: East Freeway westbound service road @ Uvalde Sam Houston Parkway

Food and drink roundup (11-12-2006 edition)

November 12, 2006 Callie Markantonis

Let’s start the week off with a food and drink roundup, shall we? Alison Cook visits Catalan Food and Wine, and her inner foodie loves it. She also visits the Memorial Dr. edition of La

Slampo: You can't break a dog from suckin' eggs

November 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

Slampo posted a fun roundup of comments from media and pols after the election. The whole thing is worth reading, but what Slampo characterized as Rick Casey’s early ad copy for Bill White’s next campaign

Berlin is not in France

November 12, 2006 Anne Linehan

UH Professor David Dow wrote an op-ed for today’s Chron bemoaning the fact that Saddam Hussein will likely be hanged for his crimes. What caught my eye, though, is a rather glaring error in the

Mrs. White takes care of her man

November 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Editorial LiveJournalists, once dubbed Mrs. White by Sedosi Alhambra for their tendency to trumpet the mayor’s pet projects and priorities, have offered their unsurprising perspective on the city’s new efforts to punish apartments where