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Chronicle should have stuck with AP copy on Martinez stay

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

With the recent revelation that a conservative blogger hired by the Washington Post was actually a plagiarist (a story carried in today’s Chronicle), it’s probably worth asking what constitutes legitimate use of wire copy in

Patrick continues political evolution (cont'd)

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

Fresh off his convincing victory over three primary opponents, Texas Senate candidate and local talker Dan Patrick will be getting a little help from Texas lobbyists to retire his campaign debt. The Chronicle‘s Clay Robison

HPD to boost police academy classes?

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Monica Guzman reports that HPD is finalizing a plan to boost HPD cadet classes in order to address the worsening manpower problem: If the city approves funding, HPD’s 20 proposed academy classes could

Alvarado headlining "financial literacy" seminar

March 24, 2006 Kevin Whited

David Benzion at Lone Star Times notes that former Mayor Pro Tem and current Councilmember Carol Alvarado will be holding a “Town Hall Meeting On Financial Literacy” this weekend with State Sen. Rodney Ellis. As

Mack connects the red light camera dots

March 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

We (bH bloggers and commenters) have speculated before on any connections the winning red light camera vendor (ATS) might have with MayorWhiteChiefHurtt. Today Kristen Mack has the details: HPD maintains that ATS won because it

Chronicle reporters analyze city's performance-pay spending

March 24, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles and Alexis Grant have been poring over records of bonuses to Houston municipal employees, and write about their findings in a story today. Their entire story is worth reading, but I’m

Press release coverage of the Parking Commission

March 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

As noted here, City Council approved Mayor White’s appointments to the new Parking Commission, and the mayor has issued a press release. KPRC-2, being ever vigilant, got the press release and posted a little something:

METRO bus hits downtown pedestrian

March 23, 2006 Kevin Whited

The KHOU-11 news blog reports that a METRO bus has struck a pedestrian (again): A mother and daughter were crossing the street when the 67-year-old mom was struck by a Metro bus at the intersection

Chron reader rep cracks on TMi page (again)

March 23, 2006 Kevin Whited

For the second time, the Houston Chronicle reader representative has publicly called out the newspaper’s inane TMi page (in the STAR section) for questionable editorial judgment. Here is what James Campbell wrote today, in the

Alvarado now the subject of criminal inquiry

March 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

After several weeks of (misleading) assurances from Mayor White and Carol Alvarado’s PR people that Alvarado was not the subject of the investigation by OIG, it turns out that Alvarado is being investigated by the