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Mayor White's Ride Alongs

February 1, 2006 Anne Linehan

Mayor White has gone on patrol with HPD again: Mayor Bill White got a first-hand look at what police officers see on a regular basis Tuesday night when he rode along in a squad car.

"Elephant snot" graffiti remover

February 1, 2006 Anne Linehan

HPD is looking for the perfect graffiti remover: The Houston Police Department is looking into new options for graffiti removal that don’t include the traditional paint over. One alternative uses something called elephant snot. “I

Editorial LiveJournal: Mr. Gibbons and the car show!

February 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Chronicle editorial page ventured into personal-diary territory again today, as opinion page editor James Howard Gibbons carried on about the Houston auto show and purchasing a car. Here are some excerpts: Every 12

More on the Port Authority resignation

February 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle editorial board focused on a question that Sedosi raised in regard to the resignation of a Port Authority commissioner: Recently, after Thompson-Draper complained about fellow Commissioner Kase Lawal’s status as vice chairman,

Don't take the kids to Memorial Park

January 31, 2006 Anne Linehan

This is not good: Riding through Memorial Park’s Picnic Lane loop is popular among bicyclists. But it is also a hotspot for illicit rendezvous. Houston Police Officer Kenny Cech took 11 News into the woods

Sheila Jackson Lee at the SOTU

January 31, 2006 Anne Linehan

Banjo’s got the pics: You can set your watch to it. Every year, right after the President of the United States makes his way into the U.S. House chamber to deliver the State of the

Campaign finance and double standards (the series)

January 31, 2006 Kevin Whited

Houblog comments on SEIU’s ongoing efforts to organize municipal employees. And the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists finally address SEIU’s possibly illegal efforts to elect Sue Lovell to City Council: The unions have also engaged in political

Local volunteer to be recognized at State of the Union speech

January 31, 2006 Anne Linehan

Judge Eckels’ office has sent out a press release with the news that a Harris County Citizen Corps volunteer will be sitting with First Lady Laura Bush during tonight’s State of the Union address: Harris

Acronyms and task forces can't mask manpower shortage

January 31, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Mike Zientek reports more disturbing news about HPD response times: Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt answered questions from 11 News about the slow response time to a hotel shooting that ended with a man

Fireworks at City Council

January 31, 2006 Kevin Whited

City Council business under Mayor White has tended to have all the excitement of paint drying, which has been quite a contrast to the last, acrimonious years of the reign of Lee P. Brown. However,