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Katrina evacuees stressing Houston emergency services

February 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Jeremy Desel reports that Houston emergency services are being taxed by Katrina evacuees: In the months since Katrina total EMS Responses are up 10 percent to a yearly total of 234,259 last year. Total

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Holm: Pension funding crisis not over

February 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

Tom Bazan forwarded this interesting blurb about the city’s ongoing troubles with its pension plans from KTRH-740 earlier this week: According to the city council’s new pension committee chair Pam Holm as long as the

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HGO's 52nd season: family-friendly offerings

February 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

The Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2006-2007 season with a focus on appealing to a younger audience: Houston Grand Opera has announced the details of its fifty-second season — the first under new general

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Slampo: Chron editorials are grand Olympian pronouncements!

February 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

The Chron‘s bilingual education editorial from the other day has become fodder for Slampo. Guess who comes out ahead? Here’s a brief excerpt: The editorial is relatively mealy-mouthed when it comes to taking a discernible

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Nestor not giving up on Houston's red light camera contract

February 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

Nestor was one of the companies vying for Houston’s red light camera contract, and it’s a company facing some serious financial problems. Now Nestor has issued a press release saying it will “pursue every avenue

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HISD's State of the Schools: creating a college-bound culture

February 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

Dr. Abe Saavedra gave HISD’s State of the Schools speech yesterday and, by all (media) accounts, it appears HISD is focusing on getting students prepared for and into college. To that end, Dr. Saavedra wants

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Media losing interest in Enron proceedings

February 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Mike Tolson writes that media interest in the Enron trial is already starting to fade: It’s a far cry from the early days, when news organizations tried to outdo each other with tales

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Doug Miller hit piece on Dan Patrick omits detail

February 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller ran a hit piece on talk show host/Texas Senate candidate Dan Patrick today: Dan Patrick’s job as a talk show host got him into politics. Now it seems his political opponents were

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Editorial LiveJournalists: Do as we say…

February 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Editorial LiveJournalists took out a little frustration on oil companies. Owen Courr

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Are speed cameras next for Houston?

February 7, 2006 Anne Linehan

Following up on Kevin’s post about the city of Houston choosing a red light camera vendor, I’d like to add that American Traffic Solutions, Inc., is also a big fan of speed cameras: In a

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