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Time for a new round of Metro bus route cuts

November 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Metro must still think the path to increased ridership includes cutting bus routes, because Metro has a new round of “service adjustments” ready to go: METRO will conduct two public hearings to receive comments on

Cragg Hines isn't a fan of Judge Alito

November 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

Matt Bramanti points out today’s Cragg Hines column on Supreme Court nominee Sam Alito: IF you like machine guns, you’ll love Sam Alito. [snip] Alito, a rock star to conservatives who scuttled Bush’s nomination of

Temporary red light camera delay

November 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

via KTRK-13: Red light cameras that were supposed to be in place Tuesday at busy downtown intersections already face a snag. The cameras designed to catch red light runners were supposed to begin a trial

World-class panhandling

November 1, 2005 Kevin Whited

Laurence Simon had an interesting experience with Houston’s homeless and METRO. METRO really doesn’t need to commission $250,000 studies to figure out why people aren’t enamored of their transportation system. Reading Laurence’s blog would cost

Chron Breaking News: Iran is dangerous

November 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s editors are entertaining (in a clueless sort of way) as today they discover that Iran is dangerous: AT first, last week’s anti-Israel rant by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seemed like a throwback. On

Chronicle still having trouble with proper identification

November 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

On Sunday the Chronicle ran a two reporter story on grieving Houston families who have lost a family member to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s reader rep, James Campbell, posted on readers’

A teensy bit of government truth-telling

October 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

This notice is on the city of Houston’s website: Tax Rate Notification The City of Houston adopted a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year’s tax rate. The

Robison: Prop 2 proponents really no different from KKK

October 31, 2005 Kevin Whited

Clay Robison’s Sunday op-ed is some pretty asinine journalism, even considering the source (who’s an expert): STATE Rep. Warren Chisum apparently was surprised when the Ku Klux Klan announced plans to hold a pre-election rally

Chron's Casey has the pulse of GOP and taxes

October 31, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s lefty metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist wants readers to think he’s got the pulse of Republicans and taxes. Really! Here’s the start of Rick Casey’s most recent column of (mostly) unsourced gossip: A

Chron's Cohen breaks promise with readers

October 31, 2005 Kevin Whited

Way back on August 28, Chronicle reader representative James Campbell tried a gimmick on his struggling blog: Readers could submit questions for editor Jeff Cohen, and he’d post the replies “during the week of September