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A METRO solution that doesn't affect the problem

August 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

Traffic was apparently a problem for the big soccer doubleheader at Reliant tonight: The sold-out soccer doubleheader caused major traffic snarls on streets and freeways today near Reliant Stadium. Although the first game kicked off

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West Houston residents complain about crime, shortage of officers

August 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle neighborhood reporter Carissa D. Lamkahouan reports on a West Houston meeting on (what else) surging crime: [A]bout 160 … west Houston residents had a chance to air their frustrations about area crime at a

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Is Lee Brown running the Chronicle's remodeling project?

August 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

In this week’s Houston Press, Rich Connelly notes that a big downtown booster isn’t exactly leading by example: Just off Market Square, near the center of the area that’s supposed to be triggering a downtown

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Pat Gray blasts fellow talker's red-light chatter

August 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

On his unblog, KPRC-950 morning host Pat Gray is cracking on fellow KPRC talker Michael Berry for his assertions in favor of red-light cameras. I would link to it, but the Clear Channel non-blogs do

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Metro's packin' them in like sardines

August 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

Either I am really reading this wrong, or Metro’s press release needs some proofreading: METRO will introduce service adjustments starting August 13, 2006. Most of these adjustments are designed to reallocate service from poorly performing

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Debra Duncan's off the (radio) air

August 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

Mike McGuff was the first one to spot it. And now Isiah Carey is trying to find out what’s up. What happened to Debra Duncan’s afternoon KTRH-740 show? A commenter on Mike’s blog says she

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Chron discovers world-class "downtown ambassadors"

August 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle runs a happy little article from Alexis Grant on the city’s parking enforcement officers, or, if you will, the new “Downtown Ambassadors.” The story line seemed a bit familiar, however, and a little

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City official spins for hotels that owe Houston big bucks

August 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that the White Administration is still dealing with another of the Lee P. Brown administration’s messes: Two downtown hotels that have fallen seriously behind repaying $15 million in city-sponsored loans

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Confusion reigns supreme with Metro's University Line

August 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

The latest story on Councilwoman Anne Clutterbuck’s proposed University line route is a bit strange. Not because of Rad Sallee’s reporting, but because of the material he has to work with: Houston Councilwoman Anne Clutterbuck

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Chron eye for the death-row writer gal!

August 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

There’s a new book out on the death penalty, Back from the Dead: One woman’s search for the men who walked off America’s death row by Joan Cheever. The Houston Chronicle, which is rarely subtle

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