Isiah Carey posts a report of how some in the Kashmere High School community are working hard to save the school: The Insite was at a meeting of African American ministers who came together to
Controller Annise Parker has posted the Fiscal Year 2007 audit plans on the city’s website. Notably missing from the list are any operations of the Housing and Community Development Department, which have proved to be
KTRK-13 ran a story earlier that’s become all too familiar. As Kevin Quinn reported, a Houston man was involved in a non-injury traffic accident and called 911. He suspected the other driver was intoxicated, which
This is one of those stories where all you can do is shake your head and wonder at the sheer stupidity and incompetence that is out there: Priscilla Slade, the former Texas Southern University president
In one of their two editorials today, the Editorial LiveJournalists criticize the United States for allegedly disrespecting the sovereignty of Nicaragua (with regard to upcoming elections). In their other editorial today, the Editorial LiveJournalists criticize
Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles posted a nice profile of Fred Fichman, the new executive director of Houston MediaSource. This excerpt seems worth highlighting: [Fichman] said he sees MediaSource as a training ground, where budding
As the City of Houston and Metro continue to rake in windfall sales tax revenues month after month (we know this thanks to the tireless efforts of Tom Bazan), Metro is refusing to honor another
Apparently, police union chief Hans Marticiuc and Councilmember Michael Berry weren’t the only ones who didn’t take kindly to being blindsided by Chief Hurtt’s decision last week radically to change HPD’s chase policy, without input
Today, the Chronicle ran the inevitable fluff piece on the write-in Congressional campaign of doctor-councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. This snippet caught our eye: Sekula-Gibbs said from the start that she would play by the party’s rules,
Normally, I delete what I judge to be extraneous text, and often paraphrase in order to make the legalese a lot more readable; also, comments added are a mix of my own opinions, best guesses,