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Chron's new cartoonist debuts

February 16, 2006 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s new cartoonist starts work today. Can anyone point us to where the editorial cartoon is located on Chron.com? Maybe we need more coffee, but we can’t find it. UPDATE: Ahh. The Chron‘s Dean

Bonusgate: Is yesterday's news just the beginning? (updated)

February 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

Further to the news that broke yesterday regarding the Mayor Pro Tem’s office, Houblog today suggests that the practice of doling out illegitimate “bonuses” to municipal employees may extend well beyond the immediate scandal, and

A birdie tells us that…

February 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado will be making an appearance on the Chris Baker program today, on KTRH-740. It should be interesting to hear what she has to say about yesterday’s news about the raid

Food and drink roundup (02-15-06 edition)

February 15, 2006 Callie Markantonis

It’s time for another food and drink roundup, kids. There are quite a few links to offer up today. Let’s get started, shall we? Alison Cook and Robb Walsh both seemed to have had a

Did Rick Casey's research assistant get a pink slip?

February 15, 2006 Anne Linehan

Here’s Rich Connelly last week: I.V. Hilliard is the black Joel Osteen — a telegenic preacher at a Houston megachurch who hobnobs with celebrities and lives the good life. It appears he’s like Osteen in

Is Houston ready for downtown surveillance cameras?

February 15, 2006 Anne Linehan

Wow, Chief Hurtt really has a thing for cameras: Surveillance cameras monitored by police could be installed along Main Street in an effort to deter crime in the downtown area, Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt

KTRH: Mayor Pro Tem's staff suspended (updated)

February 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 reports that several members of Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado’s office have been suspended: KTRH News has learned that four members of Houston City Council member Carol Alvarado’s office have been suspended. The suspensions

A new Chron Eye: Clyde Smith Jr.

February 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

Another convicted murderer is headed to the Texas death chamber today, and that means it’s time for another edition of Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy, in which journalistic ethics the political preferences

Soccer team to get a new name?

February 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 recently reported that the professional sensitives in town were very upset about the name of Houston’s new soccer team. The director of UH’s Mexican-American Studies program even let it be known that he would

Make that a Milo (Cheap Shot and Sour Grapes)

February 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

Folks in Chicago have come up with an amusing response to Milo Hamilton’s new book that blasts the late Harry Caray: Thursday, Harry Caray’s Restaurant will be the headquarters for the 8th annual Toast to