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Saavedra tackles TAKS cheating

January 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

HISD is addressing the TAKS cheating scandal: Saavedra said he will ask the Houston Independent School District’s school board at its meeting next week to approve the creation of the new Office of Inspector General

Dan Patrick interviewing Sen. Whitmire

January 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Dan Patrick (KSEV-700) is interviewing state Sen. John Whitmire right now. Since Patrick is in favor of the $AFEclear program and Whitmire has expressed his concern and has called for a moratorium, this might be

Chronicle hatchet job on Texas medical community

January 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Last week, the Chronicle ran a fairly egregious editorial slamming the Texas medical profession: The outrageous saga of Houston surgeon Eric Scheffey is an indictment of the medical profession and those who are supposed to

KPRC poll: White policies not helping mobility

January 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

A new KPRC-2 poll suggests that Houstonians are not buying Mayor White’s claims about improving mobility in the city: In an exclusive Local 2 Flashpoll, SurveyUSA asked approximately 500 Houstonians, “if they think the mayor’s

AAA reimbursement policy

January 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston Metroblogging points out AAA of Texas’ reimbursement policy for the $AFEclear program. There are some limitations and catches: Standard AAA members can be reimbursed up to $75 for the Safe Clear fee, which includes

Downtown courthouse gets valet parking

January 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 has a story about a new valet parking service at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse: “The 90-day test service is a brainchild of Ampco System Parking. “It’s to provide a service to those trying

Mayor: drivers have no right to change a flat

January 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle has a story that includes state Sen. Whitmire’s questions (noted in the post below) about the $AFEclear forced-towing program, and this from Mayor Bill White: White also responded to complaints — voiced repeatedly

Sen. Whitmire wants $AFEclear moratorium

January 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

State Sen. John Whitmire has called for a moratorium on the $AFEclear forced-towing program: State Senator John Whitmire stated that due to the failure of city officials to consider all the negative consequences of the

MAP: Citizen-friendly roadside assistance

January 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

Mayor White (who will be appearing on the Chris Baker program at 5:30 pm today according to Baker), Czar Saperstein, and Councilman Berry continue to spin their $AFEclear wrecker-service oligopoly scheme as a necessary solution

Some thoughts on $AFEclear problems

January 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Over at Lone Star Times, Owen Courreges has some thoughts on the problems with $AFEclear: […]there is a pernicious belief going around that Safe Clear will actually reduce congestion by limiting the number of wreckers