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NYC has the solution to Houston's "explosive crime situation"

July 26, 2006 Anne Linehan

KUHF-88.7 ran a story yesterday about Houston Police Officers Union President Hans Marticiuc asking Mayor White and City Council to referee a meeting between the union and HPD Chief Harold Hurtt. This, of course, was

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KTRH: No 2016 Olympics for Houston

July 26, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 just reported that Houston’s bid for the 2016 Olympics didn’t make the cut. San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago remain in the running.

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KTRH: Councilmembers balk at Bromwich funding request

July 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

Back in June, the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reported that some members of City Council were balking at the latest request for funding from Michael Bromwich, who is heading the investigation of the HPD crime lab.

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Pray if you like, but also put together a hurricane kit

July 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Alexis Grant reports on a Third-Ward community initiative to help prepare the community for emergencies: It may have been fun, but the drill behind a community center in south Houston had a serious

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Alvarado defends sanctuary policy

July 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

Councilmember and temporarily-former-Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado was able to speak to reporters yesterday, instead of using her spokesperson, on the topic of the city’s sanctuary policy: Nearly a month after a Houston group announced

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Third Ward residents oppose rail through TSU

July 25, 2006 Anne Linehan

Some Third Ward residents attended last night’s Metro (New and Improved) Solutions meeting to protest Metro’s desire to run light rail through the TSU campus (Rosanna Ruiz, Chronicle): Dozens gathered around aerial maps at the

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Is the city cranking up the Spur 527 revenue stream?

July 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

As Spur 527 was slowly re-opened, the speed limits were set at 35 mph on the road. Back at the end of May, project engineer Quincy Allen told the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee that speed limits

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Richmond/Westpark rail debate continues

July 24, 2006 Kevin Whited

Over the weekend, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee checked in on business owners along Richmond near Shepherd, who are opposed to METRO’s plans to lay rail down their street (as opposed to Westpark, the street approved

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City of Houston Agenda 7-25(26)-06

July 24, 2006 ubu roi

It’s time for the weekly City of Houston Council Agenda post, and it’s the first one to appear here at blogHOUSTON! There was no council meeting last week, so I was able to devote more

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It took three TXDOT representatives to say that?

July 24, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee investigated a reader complaint at the end of today’s Move It column: Speaking of Richmond, Dave Waltrip and Tracy Ferguson wondered when work on the road near the West Loop will

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