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World Series appearance should boost Astros' value, revenues

November 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal‘s Jim Greer reports that the Astros’ successful season should boost the franchise’s value: The afterglow from the best season and first National League baseball championship in the 44-year history of the

African-American museum on city council agenda

November 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

Look what’s coming before Houston City Council on Tuesday: 33. ORDINANCE authorizing the City of Houston to accept $72,168.00 Economic Development Initiative (“EDI”) Special Projects Grant awarded by the United States Department of Housing and

Red light cameras are here; are speed cameras next?

November 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

Matt Stiles has a story in the Chronicle about the red light cameras that started operating today, and Chris Baker is talking about it on his show (KTRH-740). The city’s spin is that it’s all

Constructive criticism of the Chron.com redesign

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

A commenter to Dwight Silverman’s blog left this link as an example of how he’d prefer Chron.com to look. I don’t dislike the Chron.com redesign, but I really like this guy’s suggested improvements. Maybe the

Digging deeper on the Texans' woes

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

This week, Chronicle sports columnists/bloggers John Lopez and Richard Justice have offered some interesting insight into the woes of the Texans. Lopez’s column from earlier in the week examined Dom Capers’ management of his coaching

Advertising exec explains the decline of Safeway-Randalls

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

Advertising executive Bill Penczak penned a column for the Houston Business Journal last week on the decline of Randalls supermarkets. The article doesn’t necessarily cover ground that bloggers and commenters haven’t already, but the argument

Houston's most happening political scientist reappears

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

One of blogHOUSTON’s favorite professional political scientists, Professor Bob Stein, made an appearance in Kristen Mack’s Friday politics column (notable for its reporting on the Aiyer/Lovell race — more on that later). Professor Stein is

Metro financial news

November 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday, the Chronicle brought us news that Metro has been granted $12 million in federal funding: Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority will receive $12 million for two future transit corridors, thanks to a Transportation Department spending

City fires HEC employees who fled Rita

November 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Fourteen Houston Emergency Center employees who did not report to work during the run-up to Hurricane Rita have been fired: More than a dozen employees with the 911 Houston Emergency Center were fired for not

HPD: 131 sex offenders in the Houston area (updated)

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

On Friday, KTRK-13 and the Chronicle both reported that approximately 131 sex offenders from Louisiana are believed to have settled in the Houston area. The Chronicle‘s Rosanna Ruiz reports: Lt. Robert Manzo, a Houston Police