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Chron eye for the death row killer guy: the series

November 1, 2004 Kevin Whited

Despite massive layoffs, the anti-death-penalty Chronicle always seems to have adequate staff to profile death row killers sympathetically. In fact, we’ve noticed that it happens with such consistency that it can’t just be a coincidence.

Police or playgrounds?

November 1, 2004 Anne Linehan

Here’s a “Wrap-Up” story in today’s Chronicle: In a project called “City of Houston: Problem Solved,” teams of fourth- and fifth-graders have been learning about government by allocating a fictitious $2.8 million among city departments.

Galveston, oh Galveston

November 1, 2004 Kevin Whited

Thanks to our neighbors in Galveston, Houstonians may well get a sneak preview of products before other parts of the country: Marketers launching any new product are nagged by an age-old question: “Will it play

Sugar Land's Brazos River project

November 1, 2004 Anne Linehan

Sugar Land is closer to having a recreation area along the Brazos River: During a workshop session held Tuesday night, the Sugar Land Parks and Recreation department recommended that the city approve the first phase

What about Proposition 3?

October 31, 2004 Kevin Whited

Chronicle metro/state columnist Rick Casey wrote a column on Friday in favor of Proposition 3. While Propositions 1 and 2 have been discussed quite a bit, Proposition 3 has received far less attention. Basically, as

Mayor still using false FAA revenue attack to discredit Prop. 2

October 31, 2004 Anne Linehan

Last week, I ran across this AP story about the Prop. 1/Prop. 2 battle: Proposition 1, created by Mayor Bill White and other city leaders, would limit increases in property taxes and water and sewer

Maybe it will be an endowed dumpster?

October 31, 2004 Kevin Whited

Various Houston media outlets reported earlier this week that former Houston police chief and mayor Lee P. Brown will be donating his personal papers to Rice University. The blogHOUSTON crew couldn’t come up with a

Robison's world – cont'd

October 31, 2004 Kevin Whited

Clay Robison, the Chronicle‘s Austin news bureau chief who moonlights as hyperpartisan editorialist every Sunday, penned another column blasting Governor Rick Perry (R) and conservatives today. This excerpt from the column is all too typical

Be yourself, Houston

October 31, 2004 Kevin Whited

A few days ago, the Chronicle ran a question and answer session with Joel Kotkin, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation who writes on urban development issues, broadly conceived. It’s a little shocking

The alternative media in Houston isn't the Press

October 30, 2004 Kevin Whited

A professional journalist with “big media” here in town asked in an email recently why we focused on the Chronicle so much but ignored the Press. I thought that was a good question. We do