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Metro cancels two public meetings on bus route changes

November 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember Metro had scheduled public meetings Wednesday, to discuss that really long list of bus service “improvements”? Well, Metro cancelled them: The Metropolitan Transit Authority has canceled two public meetings that were scheduled for noon

Will HPD's new camera truck lead to confiscated cars?

November 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Check out HPD’s latest toy: There’s a brand-new pickup truck decked out with video cameras cruising around town. While people are making u-turns and gawking as it passes them, it seems that truck is helping

Chronicle sees steep 6% drop in circulation (updated!)

November 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

The latest newspaper circulation numbers have been reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and the Chronicle has suffered another decline in readership: Average weekday circulation of America’s 20 biggest newspapers for the six-month period

Maybe Tilman Fertitta could build a Park & Ride ferris wheel?

November 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

METRO, once a regional mobility organization, is moving full speed ahead with its new real-estate development mission: In its second venture into “transit-oriented development,” the Metropolitan Transit Authority is planning a four-story Park & Ride

It's more like year one than year four

November 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Richard Justice is about as critical of Texans GM Charley Casserly today as any Chronicle sportswriter to date: They played about as well as they can play. Afterward, they had to know it. Even as

The commuter rail pipe dream

November 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday, Tory Gattis had an op-ed in the Chronicle exploring how overrated commuter rail is, especially when compared to other transit options: The Metropolitan Transit Authority has preliminary plans for heavy commuter lines in the

Mayor White wants world-class internet bubble

November 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports on a last-minute campaign pledge by Mayor White: Mayor Bill White stated Monday that if he wins re-election, one of the first things he’ll do is push forward a plan to

A (CIA) leak the Chron editorialists like

November 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

They don’t like the leak that “outed” the not-really-undercover CIA staffer Valerie Plame Wilson: Although not a crime, both Libby and Rove falsely gave their personal assurance to President Bush and the public that they

Our technocratic-progressive mayor is all about efficiency

November 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

Anne Linehan ran across this AP story by Wendy Benjaminson on Mayor White. Here’s a telling excerpt: While White gets high marks for efficiency, city officials and advocates for the poor have begun to question

Mayor White to reappoint Billy Burge to Sports Authority board

November 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Look what’s on the City Council agenda for this week: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of MR. WILLIAM F. BURGE, III, as Chair, to the HARRIS COUNTY-HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS,