Well, this one flew under our radar: at the end of October, the city held two public input meetings regarding a property tax increase a proposal to increase total tax revenues (see forum for correction):
What’s Metro up to these days? Well, certainly not 50% more bus service, but there are other things keeping Metro officials busy, such as building neighborhoods, developing bottled water and bike repair amenities, and creating
The Chronicle recently ran this entertaining correction: A story on Page B1 Sunday gave incorrect information about Ramadan. The Muslim holy month is not held during a fixed time each year as was reported in
In the latest celebration of Mayor White’s effort to blanket the city with wireless internet access, the Chronicle included this quote: Local politicians and community and business leaders were enthusiastic about the network’s potential. It
While Houston’s red light cameras may be cranking out the tickets like crazy, many of those on the receiving end aren’t rushing to pay the fines (via KTRH-740): Only 11 percent of people who received
Just a few days ago, a judge ordered a Vietnamese nonprofit organization to stop running ads promising items of value in exchange for turning out to vote, a circumstance that is prohibited by election law.
As predicted yesterday, the Chronicle‘s press-release-spin-posing-as-news article on the newspaper’s latest big circulation decline has been posted. Here’s the lede: The Houston Chronicle is now the seventh-largest metropolitan newspaper in the nation on Sundays —
It took two more SafeClear-related deaths for city officials to revisit their program (here was the first) to see how tow truck drivers are getting their licenses (via the Chronicle): The city has suspended the
Editor & Publisher is reporting that the nation’s major newspapers have seen more erosion in circulation, according to the latest data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Here is Jennifer Saba’s assessment for E&P: The
There’s a new Chron Eye For The Death Row Killer Guy posted today. The Chron Eye is the local Hearst daily’s regular effort to humanize death-row killers as they await execution. This one is by