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This testimonial won't be seen in a glossy Metro brochure

June 24, 2005 Anne Linehan

You know how Metro is spending $250,000 to figure out why its ridership is declining? Perhaps Metro officials should talk to actual riders, such as Laurence Simon: Know what I think? I think that METRO

Chron's reader rep is blogging!

June 24, 2005 Anne Linehan

What a wonderful Friday afternooon surprise: When I recently mentioned to a Chronicle colleague that I soon would be writing a blog titled About:Chron, he joked: “It’s about time.” Yes, it is. But more precisely,

Freeport moves "aggressively" to seize waterfront property

June 24, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s just so un-American it makes me want to cry: With Thursday’s Supreme Court decision, Freeport officials instructed attorneys to begin preparing legal documents to seize three pieces of waterfront property along the Old Brazos

One more reason to create a Houston Parking Authority?

June 24, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s another handy piece of news that can be used by Mayor White in his quest to get a Houston Parking Authority: The people who broadcast from the KPFT studios park their cars on Lovett

Spirit-filled city council approves mayor's budget

June 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

City council approved Mayor White’s proposed budget yesterday and Matt Stiles provides some details: The council, with two dissenting votes, approved the general fund — the tax- and fee-supported portion that covers city departments’ operating

Eckels: "My intention is to stay right here"

June 23, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Bill Murphy reports that Harris County Judge Robert Eckels will apparently seek re-election: As part of the fallout from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s decision not to run for governor, County Judge Robert Eckels

Bush is a band

June 23, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorialists begin a paragraph of a staff rant about “unfettered authoritarian government” as follows: Bush likes to view the threat of terrorism in black and white, which in many instances is a perfectly

Feldstein reports on Cleveland corruption trial

June 23, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein reports on the ongoing Cleveland corruption trial that involves former Brown Administration officials Monique McGilbra and Oliver Spellman: Former city building services director Monique McGilbra has already pleaded guilty in Cleveland

LULAC won't like this

June 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

HPD has begun photographing day laborers as a method of identification: For months, people have complained day laborers trespass on their private property while waiting for work. This week, Houston police started a new initiative,

A hint of what Mayor White spoke about at the Progressive Forum

June 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s not much, but it’s more than any other local media outlet gave us: Mayor Bill White basked in his pro-environment credentials June 13 when he appeared with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the Hobby