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HPD reassigns officer critical of chase policy

January 19, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 is reporting that HPD has reassigned officer Tom Nixon from patrol duty to desk duty, while they review Nixon’s criticism of HPD’s chase policy. Houston talk radio has been buzzing about Nixon’s comments for

Hurtt concedes continuing uptick in homicides (update)

January 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt announced today that January has already seen 21 homicides in Houston, a significant uptick from last year over the same period. KHOU-11 and the Chronicle have both posted stories to

The return of the Editorial LiveJournal

January 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s been ages since a member of the Chronicle editorial board treated us to an Editorial LiveJournal. We thought we’d had so much fun at their expense that perhaps they retired them. We were wrong.

Dueling MLK parades are a potential new revenue stream

January 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle today reports that one day after holding a joint parade to honor Martin Luther King, two groups returned to squabbling: Less than 24 hours after holding a joint parade to honor the Rev.

Parks employee suspended after arrest

January 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Jeff Mcshan reports the following disturbing news A city of Houston employee who is suspected of being a child predator was suspended from his job Wednesday. Thomas Randall Jennings, 55, works for Parks and

Lindsay to endorse Hamric

January 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

Sedosi notes that state Sen. Jon Linsday will endorse Rep. Peggy Hamric for SD 7, which makes absolute perfect sense to me. Hamric is in favor of the Grand Parkway F2 segment being built through

Tomorrow is Metro board meeting day

January 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

Metro will be holding board meetings tomorrow, which means today we get a hint of what will be discussed. The agendas make for some interesting reading. Let’s dive in: 4. Expression of METRO’s support for

A Ken Hoffman fix every Wednesday!

January 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

It’s Wednesday (I have a calendar, unlike Metro) and Pat Gray is explaining the new lineup for KPRC-950 on Wednesday mornings. Since Councilman Michael Berry has Council obligations on Wednesdays, Pat Gray will do an

Danger Train power outage means downtown cars are safe

January 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

Yesterday Laurence was joyful because he’d had a perfect METRO day. Today everything is back to normal. Metro apologizes for the inconvenience to dozens of riders. (And again, buses save the day.)

Flawed Chron/Murray/Stein survey continues to draw attention (updated)

January 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

David Benzion posts that Dr. David Hill of Hill Research Consultants was interviewed yesterday by Fox News (national) about the flaws in that poll on Tom DeLay that the Chronicle rushed to the field following