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Downtown park public meeting Wednesday

October 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Houston Downtown Park Conservancy will present design ideas for the new downtown park at a meeting this Wednesday: The Houston Downtown Park Conservancy will share initial design concepts for Houston’s new downtown park at

Asinine zero-tolerance policies

October 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

Chris Baker is discussing this zero-tolerance stupidity coming out of Cy-Fair ISD. (I guess you know where I come down on this issue.) Zero-tolerance policies (in my opinion) are helpful crutches for lazy school administrators.

Texans will not go winless this season

October 30, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston Texans will not go winless this season, as they managed to stink less than another of the league’s worst teams today, and pulled out a three-point victory at home despite generating only 237

It's full steam ahead at Metro's Real Estate Development Dept.

October 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Last week I wondered what about a development project mentioned in a Metro board meeting agenda: Request Board authorization for the President & CEO to negotiate, execute and deliver agreements relating to a transit oriented

Chron: young people can sink Prop. 2 (and save the Republic!)

October 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s editorial board laments that more young people don’t vote, in an editorial about Prop. 2: The vote on Proposition 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot, a proposal that would ban gay couples’ right

Houston buys $750,000 worth of Metro passes for city employees

October 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Check out what Tom Bazan noticed on last week’s city council agenda: 35. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS for Purchase of Employee Transit Passes;

Red light cameras increase accidents (cont'd)

October 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

via The Newspaper: Accidents have increased in Philadelphia, PA, and in Fort Collins, CO, at intersections where red light cameras have been installed. Also in Fort Collins, one second was added to the yellow light

Casey acts as Mayor's PR man on tax increase

October 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

The state legislature recently passed “truth in taxation” legislation that requires certain taxing entities to acknowledge that resultant increases in property tax revenues be labeled tax increases if the taxing entity chooses to set a

(Revisionist) analysis poses as DC bureau news

October 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

Bennett Roth of the Chronicle‘s underwhelming D.C. bureau seems hardly unable to contain himself over the Libby indictments: The criminal charges against the vice president’s chief of staff are rooted in the controversy over the

Chron obsesses over tired story

October 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle devotes yet more column space to the story of Councilmember Carol Alvarado’s strange indifference towards actually obtaining her college degree, and the University of Houston’s unusual speed in approving her waiver and granting