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When exactly are those Metro public input meetings?

January 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

Ummm: METRO will conduct two public hearings to receive comments on considered service adjustments for Sunday, January 23, 2006. According to my calendar, Sunday is January 22nd which makes January 23rd a Monday. Which is

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Slampo: Chron's celebration of Luck continues

January 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

Slampo isn’t impressed with the Chronicle‘s ongoing series on Oliver Luck, the new chief of Houston’s Major League Soccer franchise: A Houston Chronicle sportswriter was at it again this morning, filing the paper’s latest installment

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Chron: Bad news story is mining company's fault (updated)

January 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

In what is a stunningly fast turnaround time for a Chronicle editorial, the LiveJournalists have written an apologia for yesterday’s erroneous miner story titled, “It’s Not Our Fault!”: A West Virginia official told reporters that

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Talking about Houston on O'Reilly

January 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

Our own Anne Linehan will be appearing in a segment on the O’Reilly Factor on Fox News tonight. She and O’Reilly will be discussing various Houston matters. It should be fun! UPDATE: I don’t have

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New acronym unveiled to take on crime

January 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Christine Dobbyn reports that Chief Hurtt has unveiled a new acronym in his effort to get a handle on Houston’s violent crime problem: Chief Harold Hurtt announced a new initiative, the Neighborhood Enforcement Team

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Are these editorials in the vaunted ideal state?

January 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists must be tired from their New Year’s celebrations. How else to explain today’s editorials? First, there was the expected worshipful celebration of Mayor White’s inaugural address and the council’s diversity: The

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"Earthshaking news" from the D.C. bureau

January 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

We’re not the only ones unimpressed with output from the Chronicle‘s D.C. bureau. Houblog comments on a story by Bennett Roth in today’s edition: The Chronicle breathlessly informs us that the Abramoff investigation “could spell

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Erroneous headline and story in paper can't be erased

January 4, 2006 Anne Linehan

Here’s a Chronicle headline on Page One of today’s paper: Bells ring out for 12 rescued miners: “They’re alive!” shout relatives, hours after one worker is found dead by searchers. It appears the story in

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METRO commemorates Braille Day

January 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

METRO received criticism on the fiftieth anniversary of Rosa Parks’ famous act of civil rights activism on a Montgomery bus for not doing enough to commemorate the act. Perhaps civil rights activists should be thankful,

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Tough, smart LiveJournalists take on mean Islamic textbooks

January 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s always entertaining when the Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists go international. Today’s effort was especially good, displaying the sort of na

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