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Why hasn't The Queen fixed this?

September 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Jeff Ehling reports that FEMA’s Houston hurricane headquarters experienced some problems today: There was a long line of people waiting in the heat outside FEMA’s hurricane headquarters in Houston Wednesday. The disaster recovery center

DeLay's tormentor: Partisan or just power mad?

September 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

There’s a telling line from Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle in the Chronicle‘s reporting of today’s indictment of Tom DeLay: “I have done nothing wrong … I am innocent,” DeLay told a Capitol Hill

The rush to be world class

September 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

Jenna Colley and Jonathan Selden of the Houston Business Journal report on Mayor White and his Council bending over backwards and doing handflips in order to secure the new Houston Pavilions development: Months of negotiations

In the aftermath of Katrina…

September 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

The editorial idealists used that phrase yet again today. It’s really past time to retire it.

Chron editorialists take on gay-marriage amendment (again)

September 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorialists continue to agitate against the gay-marriage constitutional amendment that goes to Texas voters later this year: This November, Texans will vote on Proposition 2, a proposed constitutional amendment that would silence further

Who knew welfare statism created slums and dependency?

September 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial idealists certainly are the pessimistic bunch: Unfortunately, many of the 15,000 sites FEMA has identified are miles away from New Orleans. Many are located far from schools, stores and work centers, and

(HISD) school employees drove evacuees home from shelters

September 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

We told you the other day about HISD providing the city with last minute shelters and then HISD driving over 400 of those evacuees back to where they came from. Yesterday Matt Stiles wrote a

Rita placeholder (HURRICANE RITA v. HOUSTON)

September 27, 2005 Kevin Whited

We’re going to follow Laurence Simon’s lead and use this post as a placeholder for the Rita announcement that was stuck at the top during the excitement. ALERT: MAYOR WHITE AND JUDGE ECKELS ASK THAT

Goin' stir crazy

September 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

via the Chronicle: Some of those who ventured out for some shopping Sunday acknowledged that they really didn’t need much. But the trip to the store was a good excuse to get out of the

Government agencies need to rework evacuation plans

September 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

This Chronicle story addresses some of the issues we have been discussing on Houston blogs — the massive traffic jam last Wednesday and Thursday: Hurricane planners have a little ditty that goes, “run from the