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Mayor touts subsidized housing spending

October 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

With all the excitement over the naming of the park (not to mention our soggy Monday), some news from the weekend didn’t get much attention. As KTRK-13 reported, your city just committed $2-3 million to

Hotel Icon: Where PR doesn't quite match reality

October 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal posts this real-estate news: Real estate investor and developer Lowe Enterprises Investors has acquired Hotel Icon — a 135-room luxury hotel located in downtown Houston — for undisclosed terms from an

KHOU gets into the non-descriptive description act

October 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 reports that HPD is on the lookout for a bad guy: Houston police are looking for a suspect in a string of crimes that started around 8 p.m. Tuesday. The suspect is wanted for

Houston Greeters

October 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

Beginning October 26, visitors to Houston can turn to local volunteer “greeters” to learn more about the city (via Houston Business Journal): The Houston Greeters is a free service which pairs visitors and new residents

Smoking ban expansion passes overwhelmingly

October 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

After all the talk last week about possible amendments to the proposed smoking ban and lack of consensus and alleged uncertainty, Council today overwhelmingly expanded the smoking ban, approving the ordinance 13-2 while shooting down

Michael Berry is podcasting

October 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

As Michael Berry promised last week, podcasts of his KPRC-950 show are now available. For those who can’t catch the show live or just prefer the convenience of podcasts, they’re available here. I’ve missed Councilmember

Emergency vehicle-only onramp

October 17, 2006 Anne Linehan

In Monday’s Move It! column, Rad Sallee reports that TxDOT’s new Blodgett to 59 south onramp is for emergency vehicles only. Really: For several months now, the daily list of road closings from the Texas

Downtown park named Discovery Green

October 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

Houston’s new downtown hobo destination now has a name: Discovery Green. Mike Snyder has the details for the Chronicle.

KTRK CrimeTracker: There's some percentage of crime downtown, we think

October 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 broke out the CrimeTracker to take a look at downtown crime. Here’s the online report: Overall, violent crime is up 4%. Of the 138 reported violent crimes, 93 of them happened between 7pm and

How the Chron turns good news into bad news

October 16, 2006 Anne Linehan

Last week, as part of a news round up, the Chron printed a blurb about HISD seeking class-size waivers from the state. See if you can spot something a bit odd: Class-size waiver requests increase