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CHRON.COM’S WHIMSICAL LINK BLOG box has been quiet for about a week now. That must mean that the only guy (apparently) in the Hearst empire who can update the thing is on vacation or otherwise

SLAMPO checks in on the latest antics of favorite councilmember Al(oysius) Hoang.

CORY CROW posts two perspectives on the Summit/Compaq Center sale (three, actually, counting his).

AMERICA’S WORST BIG CITY DAILY was forced to run a correction today after a joke* in MeMo‘s Star section missed the mark: AS April Fools’ Day approaches, we called psychologist Muriel Meicler to see if

ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS AGO, Bill White appointee Richard Celli resigned from the City of Houston’s Housing and Community Development Department (seemingly under pressure). Last week, Mayor Annise Parker quietly appointed former councilmember Ada Edwards to

KUHF’S JACK WILLIAMS runs an interesting perspective on the economic impact of sports stadiums: Andrew Zimbalist, a noted sports economist, says you can’t just plop a stadium downtown and expect the area around it to

KTRK-13 just reported that METRO, unlike some American transit agencies, will not be increasing security in response to the Russian bombings, but will be monitoring the situation closely. Two quick thoughts: 1) All those broken

THE CHRONICLE has posted a new Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy. It sticks to the formula pretty well.

THE LOCAL QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL SPORTS AGENCY THAT has been on shaky financial footing several times in recent years (including, er, now!) will oversee construction of the quasi-privately funded Dynamo stadium, and then manage it. Will the

UNBIASED *wink* OBSERVER DAVID WOLFF writes that “an objective review of Metro’s progress during this board’s tenure would conclude that we accomplished a great deal…. and have positioned the organization for a bright future.” On