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A hands-on kind of mayor

July 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Mayor’s bike ride turns into crimefighting mission — KTRK-13 During a holiday weekend, all government offices are closed and you don’t expect our elected officials to do much more than appear at parades and other

What ails Houston's pools

July 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s Leigh Hopper reports that Houston’s pools appear to be suffering from aging and a lack of supervisory oversight: With record numbers of child drownings this summer in unsupervised swimming spots, 35 free, city-operated

The black hole that is Metro*

July 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

We hinted that the state’s performance audit of Metro showed a very unhealthy transit agency. Today Rad Sallee provides some details: Comparing Metro’s numbers for fiscal years 2001 and 2004, the audit shows a 29

Airport parking: less complicated, more expensive

July 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

But of course: Drivers at Houston’s two airports will find it easier, less complicated and slightly more expensive to park at Bush Intercontinental and Hobby airports, under new rates that take effect today [last Friday,

Sunday Chron editorial page recycles "olds"

July 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

James Howard Gibbons must have been really eager to get out of the offices at 801 Texas Avenue on Friday to get started on a long weekend, because he certainly left a dud of an

More op-eds on mayor's Metro expansion plan

July 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday it was Reps. Gene Green and Sheila Jackson Lee who, while expressing concern for the lack of community involvement in determining the new plan, failed to express any concern over Metro’s continued slashing of

Out of the (biz)radio game

July 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

We normally plug the BizRadio 1320 blogger segment every Saturday morning, but this will likely be our last plug for a while. The blogHOUSTON crew needed to scale back the time commitment, plus we thought

Where are the Houston Post archives?

July 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle reader representative and blogger James Campbell answers a question that he probably gets from quite a few readers (including us) today: Why aren’t the Houston Post archives available online? The decision not to place

New York Times, bloggers supplement local crime lab coverage

July 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

The New York Times has weighed in with coverage of Michael Bromwich’s damning report on the HPD crime lab, and Ralph Blumenthal accurately conveys the report’s criticism of management within the crime lab, as well

HISD trustee says camp more important than teachers

July 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

I’m sure this was a very worthwhile program for HISD students…but it’s camp. A learning camp, yes. But it’s a camp, nonetheless. And while going away to camp is a great experience for many kids,