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Richmond rail line voted down before

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee’s Move It! column today says that Richmond Avenue rail is not a new idea. It was first proposed back in the early 1980s, but ran into problems: Retired architect Edward “Ted” Richardson dropped

Help Andrea Clarke

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

John Hawkins at Right Wing News blog came across a disturbing story playing out right here in Houston. It involves a woman who is on a respirator and receiving dialysis, and hospital officials have decided

Metro's new smart card system appears to be working

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

Now that Metro has a new company working on its smart card system, things appear to be moving along at a much faster clip: Some bus riders may already have noticed a small box mounted

Black voter turnout in New Orleans was big…or maybe not

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

What to make of New Orleans’ mayoral election? According to the Chronicle, black voters made the difference for Mayor Ray Nagin: The most intriguing news out of this city’s mayoral primary election is the story

Outstanding property tax radio

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

Dan Patrick (KSEV-700) has just finished debating someone, whose name I couldn’t quite catch, on the Sharp Tax Plan. Dan’s position was that this really is a tax increase, albeit on some businesses; that without

Food and drink roundup (04-24-2006 edition)

April 24, 2006 Callie Markantonis

Time for a quick and easy food and drink roundup. Alison Cook does her turn reviewing Dolce Vita Pizzeria Enoteca and rates it quite highly. Robb Walsh finds the normal hour-and-a-half wait at Ra Sushi

HPD officer earns more than mayor; Chief Hurtt unconcerned

April 23, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle reporters Matt Stiles and Steve McVicker report today on an HPD officer whose salary topped that of Mayor White last year: As a senior officer in the Houston Police Department, William Lindsey Jr. received

The B-Team reports/emotes on Slade

April 23, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matthew Tresaugue has done some excellent work covering Priscilla Slade and her spending scandal at Texas Southern University. Unfortunately, Tresaugue’s name is nowhere to be found on the weekend reporting on the Slade

Who is Boone Clayton?

April 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s nice that the Houston Hearst daily decided to send one of its Big 12 reporters out to cover the University of Houston baseball game last night. It would be even nicer if the Big

Chief Hurtt's Thursday press conference

April 21, 2006 Anne Linehan

It appears Chief Hurtt held a press conference Thursday touching on a range of issues: At a Thursday press conference, Chief Harold Hurtt said the force was doing extensive recruiting all over the country to