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New parking meters: world class, cutting edge AND trailblazing!

April 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

From KHOU-11’s story: This project represents the nation’s first parking meter system that does not rely on a cellular network but will communicate using a dedicated 802.11g WiFi network. Uh oh. Why does that sound

Lifestyles of the rich and academic

April 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Tresaugue, who has done an excellent job covering the spending scandal involving TSU president Priscilla Slade, checks in today with some additional details on Slade’s spending obtained via public information requests: Slade’s

Trite headline of the day

April 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 ran the following headline today: City of Houston steps in to help hurricane victims It’s hard to believe, I know.

Higher ed and flying (inferior airlines) get more expensive in Houston

April 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The cost of flying from Hobby Airport will soon be more expensive thanks to your elected officials on Houston City Council: Travelers flying in and out of Houston’s Hobby Airport will likely face a $3

Mayor White: fighting crime takes time

April 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

Yesterday Sedosi highlighted Mayor White’s plea for Houstonians to hang in there while the city fights crime: Basically the theme of his message is: “just wait, and try not to get shot or killed while

Trainloads of Metro meetings

April 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

The Metro meetings page is filled with opportunities to discuss the new University line. Also, Rep. John Culberson will be holding a town hall-type meeting on April 12: The April 12 town hall meeting will

Where are the editors? (con't)

April 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

Check out the Chron oops Tom Kirkendall found in a story about witness preparation that referenced Martha Stewart’s trial: Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Except when you realize that Stewart elected not to testify during her

Chris Baker on the Chavez baseball coach story

April 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

Chris Baker went off on quite a rant against HISD in the Chavez baseball coach incident. Chris berated HISD spokesman Terry Abbott because the district hasn’t fired Rudy Rios. I agree Rudy Rios shouldn’t be

Council approves "cutting edge" parking meters (updated)

April 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

City Council has approved a $15 million contract for 1,500 world-class parking meters. The company awarded the contract? ACS. We last heard of ACS as a red light camera contender, and in January, Metro chose

New municipal court computer system plods along

April 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

Over the weekend, KTRK-13 excitedly reported on a new computer system for the municipal courts: Saturday morning, a new, state-of-the-art computer system went online at the municipal courthouse downtown. The goal is to, one day,