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Chron reader rep, pollster defend DeLay poll

January 23, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Chronicle and its pollsters continue to stand by a poll and reporting that have come under strong criticism from the local blogosphere. This weekend, Chronicle reader representative James Campbell penned a column in

Finishing up the Brays Bayou urban tidal marsh project

January 23, 2006 Anne Linehan

Check out KUHF’s (88.7) story on a pretty neat tidal marsh project along Brays Bayou: Set along Brays Bayou in southeast Houston, an urban freshwater tidal marsh is nearly complete, a unique project that will

Thankfully, we have a vigilant watchdog media looking out for us

January 23, 2006 Anne Linehan

Okay, here’s Rad Sallee’s story from last November about Metro’s cancelled, er, never scheduled public meetings: Last week, the Metropolitan Transit Authority abruptly canceled two public meetings on proposed changes in 59 of its 85

Seeking a civic vision that actually benefits most citizens

January 23, 2006 Anne Linehan

John Wagner has an interesting post up about men who made a difference in Houston, specifically the Chronicle‘s former publisher Richard J.V. Johnson and Texas Commerce Bank’s former chairman Ben Love, both of whom died

Editorial LiveJournalists misrepresent Fourth Amendment, again

January 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists misrepresented the Fourth Amendment once again today: The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution bars the government from conducting warrantless searches and seizures. No it doesn’t. The Fourth Amendment bars unreasonable searches

France is the ideal state!

January 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

Remember so long ago when Chronicle editorial page editor (or the Chief Editorial LiveJournalist as we like to call him) James Howard Gibbons lectured bloggers on the superiority of “magazine commentary and editorial pages in

Checking in on Senate District 7

January 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack takes a look at the candidates vying for the Republican nomination for the state Senate District 7 seat in this story. As she notes, Dan Patrick remains the frontrunner, and the

Why no Hoffman blog?

January 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

Ken Hoffman answers the question that many local bloggers have been asking for a while: How come every other writer has a blog at the Chronicle except you? Dave Palmer, Houston What do you think

Fine, but who made the error?

January 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Wednesday, the Chronicle ran the following in a story about Shimon Peres, who spoke recently in Houston: Peres’ show of support for Olmert may not raise many eyebrows, given that both are tied to

Is diversity just for those other teams hiring coaches?

January 21, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s interesting to watch the Chronicle‘s sport columnists dance around the issue of minorities in sports management roles, and the performance of local teams in that regard.