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A new Out-of-Town-Brown

September 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Alexis Grant reports on the hilarity that ensued at Council when the topic of Councilmember Peter Brown’s vacation in France (and missed Council meetings) came up: [Councilmember Peter] Brown missed two meetings last

Chron finally gets Sekula-Gibbs to answer important question

September 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Congratulations to the Chronicle! After several suggestions from this blog (and even a few emails), a professional journalist covering doctor-councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs’ bid for Congress finally decided to ask her (for the record) why she’s

The perfect time to dump news in a black hole

September 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

When is the perfect time for the city to announce news certain to go into the media black hole? On a Friday afternoon that kicks off a three-day weekend, of course! [UBU ROI TAKES OVER

West Houston residents blast MayorWhiteChiefHurtt on crime

August 31, 2006 Kevin Whited

MayorWhiteChiefHurtt were grilled by West Houston residents on Wednesday night, as 1,700 people turned out to a public meeting on (what else?) violent crime and inadequate policing. Here is an excerpt from the Chronicle‘s reporting:

A helpful PSA from HPD

August 31, 2006 Anne Linehan

Look what HPD posted today: License Plate Obstruction Information August 31, 2006 — Recently there have been some questions regarding State of Texas traffic laws. The below information may be useful: [snip] QUESTION 2: Is

Chief Hurtt to be honored on Friday

August 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

There’s an email making the rounds that a fair number of readers have forwarded to me, and maybe other readers will be interested in it: You Are Invited To A Reception Honoring Harold Hurtt –

METRO generates familiar complaints on southeast side

August 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

In departing from the METRO Solutions plan approved by voters in 2003, METRO is having some familiar problems on the southeast side: More than 120 people attended the formal public hearing, which was held to

KHOU: TXDOT will consider Camacho I-45 tunnel proposal

August 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Wendell Edwards checks in on Gonzalo Camacho, who apparently has managed to get TXDOT at least to listen to his proposals to use tunnels to expand I-45: When he heard TxDOT was studying how

Chron.com editorial page linkblog goes stale

August 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

Earlier in the week, we read with some dismay on Dwight Silverman’s blog that he would be taking off for the week. The Chronicle tech columnist is also a big poobah for things online at

Banjo Jones: Hearst targeting free community newspapers?

August 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

Banjo Jones calls attention to what appears to be an online survey intended for employees of the Houston Chronicle. Here’s the intro screen: Welcome to the Houston Chronicle Community Newspaper Survey. We’re gathering information on