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HAIR BALLS has some sneering good fun with an all-too-typical case of “sudden acceleration” in Galveston (apparently, the gas pedal was mistaken for the brake). Of course, when the poster’s wife had a bout with

MATT BRAMANTI forced this correction today from the Chronicle editorial board: The editorial “Other worldly” in Thursday’s Chronicle incorrectly stated that the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the heavily favored Soviet squad to win the

HEY ALL, Time for a beer, we think. A group is descending on the West Alabama Icehouse today about 6pm for some cold brews, the typical blogger BS, and some cool tunes from old fav

SWAMPLOT mocks the unscientific online “poll” being spun by Astrodome redevelopment boosters as evidence that folks want to spend $1 billion+ on the boondoggle they’ve constructed. As we noted earlier today, the Harris County Sports

THIS INTERESTING LINE was tucked away in Bradley Olson’s Chronicle recap of the unanimous Council vote to approve the budget: Some council members questioned how Parker will cut $22 million in spending during the coming

TORY GATTIS asks and answers an interesting question regarding the latest Astrodome redevelopment proposal: How does demolition cost almost as much as two new Reliant Stadiums, you might ask? Well, they cleverly included their real

HERE’S ANOTHER SERIOUS PROBLEM that Mayor Annise Parker has inherited from the Bill White/Harold Hurtt dynamic duo (as reported by Moises Mendoza and James Pinkerton for the Chronicle): In the Houston Police Department’s fingerprint lab,

HOUBLOG posts that the word at Public Works is that director Michael Marcotte has tendered his resignation. Houblog says multiple sources claim Mayor Annise Parker requested the resignation. UPDATE (06/25/2010): The Chronicle finally got around

THE AUSTIN DISTRICT COURT where the City filed its effort to uphold the massive water-rate increase (a case subsequently joined by water-rate increase opponents Hotze and Bettencourt) has found in favor of the City. Documents

MIKE MCGUFF notes that longtime KUHF news anchor Jim Bell is retiring (here’s hoping he has more time for online commentary now!). McGuff also reports that Chronicle legal journalist Mary Flood is leaving the newspaper.