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Bill Simmons says farewell to Houston

February 20, 2006 Kevin Whited

Now that he’s sold a few books at the River Oaks/Upper Kirby Borders, ESPN.com’s “Sports Guy” Bill Simmons is back to dissing Houston: In the past four years, I made four separate trips to Houston

Editorial Livejournalists try, fail to rewrite Constitution (yet again)

February 20, 2006 Kevin Whited

Matt Bramanti catches the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists misrepresenting the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution again: Today’s president argues that the Constitution grants implied powers to the commander in chief that cannot be infringed, even by

Bonusgate: When will the DA's office get involved?

February 20, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 reports the latest on the bonus scandal at Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado’s office: City controller Annise Parker says indications are that the payments just fell through the cracks within City Hall bureaucracy. She

All Cheney all the time

February 19, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s crack D.C. bureau was on the Cheney case this weekend! Michael Hedges and Bennett Roth inform us that (shockingly!) Democrats have criticized Cheney’s hunting in the past. Yes, it took two D.C. bureau

Just the guy to put in charge of millions of public dollars

February 19, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle runs a long profile of Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade today. Slade recently came under fire when significant expenses related to her private residence were improperly charged to Texas Southern. Matthew Tresaugue’s

Editorial LiveJournalists help portray Alvarado as victim

February 19, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists had one of those secretive editorial board meetings a few days ago with embattled Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado (apparently, the Editorial LiveJournalists’ calls for disclosure and transparency don’t extend to

Chronicle has spacing concerns in VP shooting incident

February 19, 2006 Anne Linehan

Unlike the public in general, the media is still very gung-ho to find out what Vice President Cheney is (surely) covering up regarding that accidental shooting, and the Chronicle is not going to miss out.

Local Blog Talk section

February 19, 2006 Kevin Whited

A while back, we added a “local blog talk” section to the sidebar. The idea was to highlight local blog posts that touch on the topics of interest to us here. I had mentioned I

EnWritten and EnBlogged: Slampo on the first three weeks

February 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

We’re three weeks into the Enron trial, and Slampo gives his perspective on the matter in EnWritten and EnBlogged. How many of you are paying close attention to the Enron proceedings at this point? I

Brays Bayou widening project

February 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

A project to help alleviate flooding along Brays Bayou up to Lawndale Street will begin in April: The Harris County Flood Control District recently awarded a $6.8 million contract to BRH-Garver Construction L.P., to begin