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Council cuts MediaSource budget

June 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles gets us up to speed on yesterday’s Council vote to cut funding to Houston MediaSource: The City Council today extended the contract with the organization that runs Houston’s cable public-access channel

Isiah Carey whips the Mayor's press shop into action

June 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

We’re becoming big fans of KRIV-26 reporter Isiah Carey’s blog. At first, it was the free-wheeling nature of the thing that captured our attention. One suspects that KRIV’s news director either doesn’t read the blog

The things Press reporters go through…

June 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

In the latest Houston Press, reporter Craig Malisow recounts his nerve-wracking experiences researching a story on the murky world of online pharmacies. In the course of doing research on various message boards, Malisow managed inadvertently

Shara Fryer leaving KTRK-13

June 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 announced today that Shara Fryer would be leaving the station: KTRK General Manager Henry Florsheim announced that former Eyewitness News anchor Shara Fryer is leaving ABC13. Shara was the longest serving woman news anchor

Here are the first red light camera intersections!

June 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13’s Jeff Ehling gives us a heads up on the first intersections to receive red light cameras: The first group of ten red light cameras used to monitor red light running will be installed at

Thanks, blogHOUSTONians

June 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

Thanks to the folks who came out to Byzantio last night for our little gathering. It was a good time, and the night just flew by. We tend to manage only about two of these

Mayor White wants big rigs included in Safeclear program

June 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

The next phase in the revamped Safeclear program is coming to light as HPD is negotiating with local big rig towing companies that can clear disabled 18-wheelers: Houston will expand its “Safe Clear” towing program

Area taxpayers may not see promised Perry/Sharp tax reduction

June 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, the Houston Business Journal ran this assessment from Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt of the likely impact of the Perry/Sharp education/tax package on taxpayers in the Houston-Harris County area: Harris County Tax

Carey: KPRC-2 news gets a shakeup

June 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey posts the news that there’s been a shakeup at KPRC-2: Reliable sources tell The Insite news director Nancy Shafran has been let go after 12 years at the NBC affiliate station. We’re

Graffiti-proofing products would put the city on offense

June 7, 2006 Anne Linehan

Slampo read a Chron This Week story last week (got that?) about graffiti eradication efforts in southwest Houston, and he points out that things aren’t looking up: The bad news is the Sisyphusean futility of