Mike McGuff points us to this H Texas feature on Dave Ward, the venerable KTRK-13 news anchor. Ward is about to celebrate 40 years on the air in Houston, and many many years of leading
The Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists blast City Hall lobbyists today: Mayor Bill White, who has made his disdain for City Hall lobbyists well-known during his two terms, doubts they will have much effect on the outcome.
The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder today updates us on Mayor White’s new downtown hobo destination park, which will be named on Monday: The explorer archetype is a powerful theme in classical literature, from Odysseus’ quest to
The Houston Business Journal reports the latest state sales tax disbursements: The state of Texas collected $1.51 billion in sales tax revenue in September, 13.7 percent more than the same period a year ago. Texas
The Editorial LiveJournalists are relieved that FEMA is (again) not enforcing a housing recertification “deadline”: Houston social service agencies and Hurricane Katrina victims living in the city welcomed a decision by Federal Emergency Management Agency
It’s time for property tax bills to hit the mail, but the good news is Harris County isn’t ready (via KTRH-740): Harris County residents won’t be seeing their property tax bills the first week in
Slampo‘s been poring over City Council’s campaign finance reports, and is sharing the fun in the form of trivia quizzes. Here are part one and part two. Better keep checking in. Who knows what Slampo
Heard in the Linehan mobile Friday evening: a pro-smoking ban ad on KTRH-740 that said if Houston wants to be World Class, then Houston needs a smoking ban. And don’t forget to call City Council.
A big reason why my blogging has been so limited lately is because my children are all immersed in activities — swimming, gymnastics, baseball, honors band, and orchestra. You should see the weekly activity schedule
It’s Friday the 13th, and KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey posts an account of Houston’s very own paranormal investigators. They call themselves the Phenomena Police, and have a website that resembles the dvd case of a good