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City has spent $20 million on furniture for Katrina evacuees

February 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, KTRK-13’s Christine Dobbin reported that the City of Houston has spent nearly $20 million to provide furniture to Katrina evacuees: Hurricane Katrina survivors have another opportunity to get back on their feet. This time,

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Two days later: Chron covers tow/impound proposal

February 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

Two days after KTRH-740 talker Chris Baker spent a fair amount of time on City Hall rumblings about adopting tow/impound legislation for vehicles that aren’t properly insured and get into wrecks, the Chronicle (which has

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Is the 911 bureaucracy putting lives at risk?

February 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan reports on the city 911 bureaucracy’s “80-second” rule for calltakers: It’s called the 80-second rule. That’s how long they can spend with you on the phone. Those who take the calls say

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Is council about to put some teeth in auto insurance requirements?

February 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Dallas city council recently approved a measure to tow and impound cars involved in automobile accidents if the drivers cannot produce proof of insurance: The Dallas Police Auto Pound is where cars involved in

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Milo: Still bitter after all these years

February 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Brian McTaggart previews Milo Hamilton’s forthcoming book today and plugs the announcer’s promotional appearances. As far as the topic of Harry Caray goes, the book is about as expected: Hamilton and Caray worked

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Chronicle's Casey confuses facts (updated)

February 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rick Casey appears to make a big blunder in his column on the State Senate District 7 candidates today: Is radio celebrity Dan Patrick trying to buy the state Senate seat being vacated

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Shutter the D.C. bureau (cont'd)

February 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, Rep. Tom DeLay (R) was reappointed to the House Appropriations Committee. He was assigned to two subcommittees (Science, State, Justice & Commerce and Homeland Security) that should allow him to exert significant influence on

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Metro denied $300 million in federal funding

February 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 reports that Metro will not be getting the $300 million in federal funding on which it had been counting: The future of the Metro Solution’s Plan has always depended on federal money. It’s a

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Krispy Kreme closing its Houston stores

February 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

Bloomberg reports that Krispy Kreme will be closing its Houston-area stores: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., the second-largest U.S. doughnut chain, will close all six stores in Houston to end a dispute with a franchisee. The

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This is running the city like a business?

February 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports that our businessman-mayor is considering an advertising educational campaign for electricity firms that don’t have their names attached to a football stadium: Now, Houston’s mayor wants to encourage more people to

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