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AN AUDIT at (what we hope is) the end of HPD Chief Harold Hurtt’s tenure has turned up massive problems in HPD’s fingerprint unit that could cost millions to correct and will force a review

Bradley Olson blogs that the Houston Police Officers Union isn’t happy with Annise Parker’s claim to have been endorsed by police officers seven times in a row. Their rep Gary Blankinship argues that the claim

TEXAS TRIBUNE is running an email exchange this week between local bloggers David Benzion and Charles Kuffner. The topic: How good a mayor was Bill White? Readers here probably have some thoughts on that topic,

SLAMPO blogs about the mayor’s race and “being sensible.”

PUBLIC POLICY PUNDIT BILL KING writes that an undermanned Houston Police Department needs more of the right “boots on the ground” in an op-ed that appeared in Sunday’s Chronicle. He also favors smarter policing and

LAST WEEK, WE noted the faith-based global-warming paradigm that continues to prevail at the Chron’s Caucasian Think Tank, which apparently missed the ClimateGate scandal. The Newsbusters site mocks the editorial further, highlighting some of the

TOOTHLESS PARKING MANAGEMENT REGULATION: Liliana Rambo issues permits to valet companies and says the city has never received a complaint against Courtesy Parking Service, the valet company responsible for parking Zambas’ car. Rambo said, “We

HOUSTON HAS TIGHTENED UP RULES FOR BOOTING CARS, according to KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire, and look who is quoted in the story: Joe Martin, who operates the parking lot enforcement company Equipark, said most lot owners

THE HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL reports that the Houston Downtown Management District will be sponsoring free trolley rides around downtown destinations this shopping weekend. The old, free downtown trolleys were once a helpful downtown amenity, but

HEADLINE from the print and e-edition versions of today’s Chronicle: “Rivals agree on key points” HEADLINE from the same story on Chron.com: “District A rivals agree on few points” The Chronicle headline writers do seem