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THE CHRON’S BRADLEY OLSON reports on Mayor Bill White’s latest boondoggle: a $600,000 payoff to developers to build 10 single-family homes as part of the “Houston Hope” program. The story has slightly more balance than

One Chron diarist is out for three months on maternity leave, apparently not to be replaced during that time. And an editorial in today’s Chron offered readers a note that it was *ahem* recycled content:

DAVID “BIG JOLLY” JENNINGS posts about Jerry Eversole, ethics violations, and the Harris County Republican Party (here, here, here, here, and here).

MIKE MCGUFF posts a mini-review of the new ABC13.com layout (a subject he certainly knows something about). It’s definitely an improvement over the old site, although the recent KHOU web redesign appeals to me more

“UNCA” DARRELL HANCOCK finds “more good news about Texas for the Chronicle to ignore.”

NEAL MEYER posts some interesting thoughts on jitneys and elevated busways.

METRO quietly announced yesterday (via press release) that it now has a presence on Facebook and Twitter. Back when the Houston Press was mainly the work of professional journalists, those journalists dug up interesting facts,

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES has posted interesting news for Continental and United frequent fliers: Elite members of the airlines’ frequent-flier programs will be enjoying some nice new reciprocal benefits, which will start to roll out in mid-2010.

THE CHRONICLE updates the latest mayoral campaign press-release charges and responses (with a poor headline as a bonus, but no input from Bob Stein, sadly). Did the newspaper finally ask Gene Locke for his tax

CLEAR THINKER TOM KIRKENDALL blogs that Tilman Fertitta is getting “a bit of his own medicine” about now.