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Houston's bad guys grow more brazen

July 13, 2006 Kevin Whited

As HPD’s presence on the street continues to decline, it seems as if the city’s bad guys are growing ever more brazen. Here’s a report from KHOU-11 on a recent repeat robbery in north Houston:

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Tollett takes extended leave of absence from GHCVB, avoids firing

July 13, 2006 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 posts the news that Jordy Tollett will be taking a “leave of absence” from his post as President of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau: The president of the Greater Houston Convention and

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Danger Train field trip set for July 15, 2006

July 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

The blogHOUSTON Danger Train field trip has been set for July 15, 2006. As first discussed in this comment thread, the idea is to ride the light rail, hop off to take some photos of

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Houston hospital invokes Texas futile-care law (cont'd)

July 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

Over the past weekend, the Chronicle reported on another instance of a local hospital invoking the Texas futile-care law in an effort to terminate care of a patient. As Todd Ackerman writes, this latest instance

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Houston Press launches group blog

July 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

Houston’s main alt-weekly has finally embraced alt-media in the form of a blog. HouStoned looks to be a group effort, with commentary from names familiar and not-so-familiar at the Houston Press. So far, it has

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New faces at the little blog

July 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s time to introduce a few new posters at blogHOUSTON, although they should be familiar to Houston blog readers. Ubu Roi will be posting here on the main blog about local affairs. He is the

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Recapping the Grand Parkway F-2 public meetings

July 12, 2006 Anne Linehan

Last night and tonight were the public’s opportunity to comment on the “new” route of the Grand Parkway F-2 segment, which will bulldoze its way through Spring. Connie O’Donnell went last night and you can

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Mayor, Council to get HPD leadership survey results next week

July 12, 2006 Anne Linehan

The Houston Police Officers Union management surveys are in and KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan got a look at some of the results: When Harold Hurtt was named Houston’s police chief on February 24 th 2004, the

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Mayor White names assistant for multifamily housing

July 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, Mayor White named a former Democratic party operative and real-estate executive as his special assistant for multifamily housing. The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder reports: Mayor Bill White has named lawyer, real estate executive and

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A different kind of Chron eye

July 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

In the past, we’ve made fun of the Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy, in which Chronicle writers go out of their way to profile cold-blooded killers in the best possible light. Yesterday,

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