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City Council approves expanded MAP

March 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle has some details on City Council’s approval of an expanded MAP to make SAFEclear more citizen-friendly: The agreement with the Metropolitan Transit Authority to put another $1.1 million toward MAP seals a deal

Food and drink roundup (03-03-2005 edition)

March 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

Sadly, a recent obsession with French cuisine intensifies this week. Robb Walsh’s ongoing commentary on food and politics French continues with La Tour d’Argent as this week’s vehicle. Alison Cook at least pens an interesting

The WaPo visits Tom DeLay country

March 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

Tom Kirkendall calls attention to this Washington Post column, in which reporter Mike Allen was dispatched to Sugar Land to check in on House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R) and relations with the locals. KSEV-700

Chron Eye For the Former Juvenile Death Row Killer Guys

March 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

With a recent lull in death-penalty executions in Texas, the Chronicle hasn’t had a chance to run a new Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy in a while. One day after three separate

Baseball as America to visit Museum of Fine Arts

March 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

Ken Hoffman reports that the Baseball as America exhibition will be visiting the Museum of Fine Arts. Exhibition dates are May 21 through August 14. More information can be found on the Baseball as America

Some HISD truthtelling on the Chron's opinion pages

March 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

HISD has taken some real hits lately — some deserved and some not. Some of the undeserved hits have been courtesy of some less-than-stellar reporting from the Chronicle. Today, the Chronicle runs a terrific op-ed

Surely this will garner an Emmy

March 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

KPRC-2 is sure tackling the important issues. A couple of weeks ago the station decided it was necessary to test the claims of the Hanky Panky thong panty, which describes itself as the “most comfortable

HPD crime lab fails to gain accreditation

March 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Steve McVicker reports that the Houston Police Department has failed in its latest attempt to gain accreditation for the crime lab: A national panel rejected the Houston Police Department’s effort to have its

Houston is on the political fad forefront

March 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Politicians are fad followers, according to the Reason blog, Out of Control. Let’s look at the list and see if we can recognize any of the trends: If you’re an elected official and you want

Anti-death-penalty Chron celebrates decision

March 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

The anti-death-penalty Chronicle must have been an ecstatic place yesterday, judging from today’s output from the newspaper’s staff columnists. Rick Casey dialed up an anti-death-penalty activist (sadly, not editor Jeff Cohen’s wife) so his column