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Harris County sees increase in hotel occupancy taxes

December 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Houston Business Journal reports: Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt said Friday that his office had collected and distributed more than $8.1 million in hotel-occupancy taxes during the third quarter of 2005, an increase

Earthquakes are coming — and they expect their own stadium

December 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

via John Wagner and Laurence Simon, I see that the San Jose Earthquakes have decided to come to Hurricane country: The San Jose Earthquakes will relocate immediately to Houston, Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber

Joe Nixon opposes Grand Parkway Spring F2 segment

December 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

I received this email today: Statement by Rep. Joe Nixon on Grand Parkway: “I favor the original route through Montgomery County, north of where it is now planned.” Excellent! With two of the four SD

HPD trying to boost traffic-citation revenue stream?

December 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

Richard Connelly speculates that HPD may be under the gun to boost the traffic-citation revenue stream: You may have noticed it around town lately — a half-dozen or so cop cars at some intersection, pulling

Grand Parkway F2 segment DEIS is ready

December 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

In the forum here, connie passes on the news that the Second Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Study for the Grand Parkway’s F2 segment will be presented at a public hearing at the end of January.

Ellis opposes Grand Parkway through Spring

December 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

Recently I mentioned that I had written to SD 7 candidates asking where they stood on the F2 segment of the Grand Parkway: I also have not heard from Joe Nixon’s or Mark Ellis’ campaigns,

Metro sponsors anti-crime rally

December 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a Metro press release on an anti-crime rally it held yesterday (although the release wasn’t posted yesterday morning when I checked Metro’s site): This summer, with crime encroaching on the Southeast Transit Center, METRO

Council approves MediaSource contract

December 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that City Council has finally approved a contract with Houston MediaSource, the (recently) controversial custodian of the public access channel: It took more than five months, but City Council today

HISD news

December 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston-area school districts have really answered the call to welcome Hurricane Katrina evacuees and as we know from local news headlines, it hasn’t always gone smoothly. Well, here are some nice stories from HISD, of

HPD looks to hire officers from other cities

December 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan reports on another way the city is trying to fix HPD’s manpower shortage: It’s not a done deal yet, but Houston City Councilmember Adrian Garcia has confirmed that the city is looking