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Chron discovers ongoing pension plan problems

March 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein begins his recent article on the continuing precarious state of municipal pension finances in a peculiar manner: City officials told the truth last year when they said new agreements lowering worker

Chron and WaPo manufacture DeLay news

March 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

So, the Washington Post beats the D.C. bureau of the Houston Chronicle to campaign finance news about a Houston-area Congressman. What to do if you’re the Chronicle? Simple — just follow the lead of Post

Residents protest a looming bus route cancellation

March 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

Some residents who depend on bus 64 are not happy that the route is on the chopping block: The people who ride Route 64 said it’s a necessity. So as word gets around that the

Dreaming of Joe's BBQ in the White House

March 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 has the story of a local BBQ chef/owner who is in the running to become the new White House chef: Joe Saladino of Joe’s Bar-B-Q says he could bowl the Bush’s over with his

It's not a coincidence because?

March 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reported last week that another building in a historic neighborhood has been lost to a fire. His report included the following: Thursday’s blaze broke out in the 1200 block of Elysian near

Cohen hails successful libel defense

March 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle is hailing a Texas Supreme Court decision dismissing a libel suit brought against the newspaper by former Smith County District Attorney Jack Skeen. The court found that Skeen had not demonstrated that Chronicle

Move Casey to the editorial page

March 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

We haven’t had much to say about Chron columnist Rick Casey lately because his columns usually speak well enough on their own (that’s not meant as a compliment). From time to time, though, it’s useful

Chron still covering school privatization (non)controversy

March 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Kristen Mack is the latest Chronicle reporter to write on the HISD-is-privatizing-high schools, made-for-newspaper brouhaha. Today’s story covers a protest at Sam Houston High School: HISD Superintendent Abe Saavedra faced another crowd of angry parents

New DeLay allegations, but not from the local newspaper

March 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Laurence Simon calls attention to this article on the latest campaign finance allegations against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R), which found their way into the New York Times from the Washington Post via Reuters.

Chronicle says "fatwa" speaks for all religions

March 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle editorial board writes a very bizarre thing in an editorial about the one year anniversary of the al Qaeda bombing in Madrid. The editorial also mentions the “fatwa” issued by Spain’s Islamic Commission