BHv1 Archives - Page 474 of 656

The backlash against school bond elections

September 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday Jason Spencer wrote an interesting story exploring the changing landscape for school district bond elections. The recent Spring ISD referendum, where the district was handed a stinging defeat, is apparently indicative of a growing

Texans dump offensive coordinator Palmer

September 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s John McClain reports that the Houston Texans have fired offensive coordinator Chris Palmer, who has held the position since the birth of the team. Replacing Palmer will be offensive line coach Joe Pendry,

Editorialists whitewash mayor's treatment of MediaSource

September 18, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle editorialists engaged in revisionism regarding Council’s decision not to renew the MediaSource contract: Already hit by criticism from both conservative council members and Mayor Bill White for the quality of its programming,

10 lessons the Chronicle's editorial board learned from Katrina

September 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

If you click on the “Editorial” link at Chron.com, you’ll see that there are only op-ed columns today. That got my curiosity up, so I sent someone to fetch the paper and I turned to

Diversity can lead to human trafficking?

September 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

A Chronicle story yesterday on four Mexican nationals who have been accused of human trafficking, contained a strange quote explaining why Houston has a problem with forced prostitution: “It’s a problem that does happen all

Chronicle follows-up on three stories of survival

September 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

Melanie Markley and Dale Lezon have written a terrific piece today where they check-in on three groups of evacuees who originally appeared on the Chronicle‘s pages in the horrifying early days of Katrina’s aftermath. What

Chron editorial board needs to brush up on Middle East history

September 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

The PowerLine guys admit they don’t “go after Maureen Dowd anymore, because there isn’t any sport in it.” The Chronicle‘s editorial board is fast approaching that point, except that they are the opinion voice for

Mack: Patrick's running

September 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle columnist Kristen Mack devoted Friday’s column to KSEV-700 talker Dan Patrick, who continues to sound like he’s serious about running for state Senate District 7 seat. Mack addresses two questions that might potentially have

Let's get some publicity and aid for Vietnamese evacuees

September 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

One of the aspects of Hurricane Katrina that is not making big headlines is the large Vietnamese population which has been affected. Laurence Simon has mentioned this several times on his blog, most recently yesterday

HISD still has its arms wide open

September 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

According to this KPRC-2 story about some high-profile visitors to an HISD middle school, there are now more than 4,000 evacuee students in HISD schools. More than 4,000! Just think about what it has taken