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Unfunny radio alert

January 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

MeMo’s going to be on the radio tomorrow morning: 6. FYI: (shameless self-promotion) MeMo will be on her favorite radio show, Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me Saturday at 10 a.m. on KUHF 88.7 And

Food and drink roundup (1-13-2005 edition)

January 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Houston’s food and drink reviewers are just plain … nice this week. Alison Cook plans on returning to Saffron, despite the weak wine list, inconsistent service, shortages of menu items, and other problems described in

Chronicle beefs up circulation numbers with "freebies"

January 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Banjo Jones notes that the Chronicle has made a New York Times top ten list: In the shady business of newspaper circulation figures, the Houston Chronicle ranks 5th in the USA for the percentage of

International festival returning to downtown Houston

January 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston International Festival will be returning to downtown, after a one-year stint on the parking lots of the Reliant sports complex. Weather and location combined to make last year’s international festival one of the

Metro pulls security guards from Park and Ride lots

January 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 did some investigating and discovered that Metro isn’t manning security booths at Park and Ride lots anymore: Metro Park and Ride locations will no longer be watched over by security guards. Metro has decided

Some thoughts on the SAFEclear revisions

January 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

As Anne Linehan noted earlier, Mayor White has announced changes to the controversial SAFEclear program that has been a hot topic on talk radio and blogs (especially this one) for over a week now. The

$AFEclear lives on

January 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

A KPRC-950 newsbreak just mentioned that Mayor White may propose that tows for people who cannot afford $75 should be subsidized by raising the towing fees for others drivers. Maybe the mayor reads blogHOUSTON. And

HISD's breakfast program to be audited

January 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s been an interesting few weeks for HISD and new superintendent Abe Saavedra. Saavedra has had to focus on a cheating scandal and now it’s time for an audit of the district’s subsidized breakfast program:

Chronicle publishes more $AFEclear letters

January 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Again, the Chronicle is running quite a few letters to the editor on the $AFEclear topic. There is one from councilman Michael Berry who isn’t happy that the Chronicle‘s editorial over the weekend characterized the

Digging a deeper $AFEclear hole

January 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Mayor White has proposed “free” tows, in the $AFEclear program, for minor breakdowns such as when a car has a flat tire or runs out of gas. But (there’s always a but), it won’t really