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Continental gives Mayor White's Prop. G a big boost

October 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

Continental Airlines has decided to throw all its weight behind Proposition G, Mayor White’s effort to do an end-run around Proposition 2 (via KHOU-11): Political insiders have told 11 News that Continental plans to spend

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KTRK: Council to take up graffiti ordinance this week

October 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Mark Garay reports that Council is about to take up the latest proposal to deal with the city’s graffiti problem: It’s a million dollar problem in Houston, and one you may notice when you

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TxDOT is planting trees; Wulfe & Co. is bulldozing them

October 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee has an informative Q & A with a TxDOT official, discussing all the tree planting (reforestation) TxDOT has been doing along our freeways: Q: So basically you’re planting something like a real forest,

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Hines covers Washington … via the internet and C-SPAN

October 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s good that the Chronicle has its very own D.C. bureau, with a coveted spot in the White House briefing room on the fifth row with other regional newspapers AND its very own opinion columnist

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Councilmember suggests a smoking ban revenue stream

October 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

Now and then a local news story will feature an idea or quote from a local pol that seems so familiar. Here’s an example from a KTRH-740 story on the latest smoking ban debate: Meanwhile,

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Revenue caps likely to force property tax rate cut

October 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740’s Brent Fuller reported on Thursday that the City of Houston may have to offer a larger tax-rate cut than Mayor White had planned: A 2004 voter-approved referendum, known as the “tax cap” or “Proposition

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Food and drink roundup (10-06-2006 edition)

October 6, 2006 Callie Markantonis

Oh my, how time flies. It’s been ages since a roundup went up. Let’s get started, shall we? Alison Cook loved the burgers at Christian’s Tailgate Bar & Grill in Midtown. I don’t know if

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Two councilmembers asked for payroll-related records

October 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

The latest developments in the investigation related to the Mayor Pro Tem’s office got buried somewhat by yesterday’s power outage at Chron.com. As Matt Stiles reported for the Chronicle, the DA’s office has asked for

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Cy-Fair ISD to raise tax rates; trustees don't feel residents' pain

October 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

So, officials in Cy-Fair ISD (home of the fabulous $70 million Berry Center) want to raise the property tax rate and some local residents are none too happy about that idea (KTRH-740): The school district’s

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Parts of downtown without power

October 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 is reporting that parts of downtown are without power this morning because of a fire at a power substation. We’re told that the outage has affected the offices of the Chronicle. The Chron.com main

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