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KTRK, KHOU on abandoned properties

_@_ (Kevin Whited) — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:48:01 -0600

KTRK-13'S TED OBERG reports that the City of Houston is taking action to tear down a derelict building, "two weeks after Eyewitness News" reported on it as part of a story on the demolition backlog. In a related story, KHOU-11's Jeremy Rogalski re...

Danger Train, METRO bus collide near the METRO Palace

_@_ (Kevin Whited) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:24:33 -0600

THE DANGER TRAIN AND A METRO BUS collided downtown earlier today, right near METRO headquarters (Chronicle, KPRC-2, KHOU-11, KTRK-13, KRIV-26). Remind us again why so many smart Houtopians think building rail at grade down busy streets is such a g...

Slampo on The Good Life (Part Two)

_@_ (Kevin Whited) — Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:58:58 -0600

SLAMPO recounts his conversation with the Chronicle's erratic features editor, Kyrie O'Connor, over the newspaper's new "The Good Life" gambit, which he posted about previously. That man deserves some sort of Blogurbatin'-hazardous-duty pay (or at...

Wall and Burton: Public safety matters

_@_ (Kevin Whited) — Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:09:25 -0600

BLOGHOUSTON FAVS JAY WALL AND STAN BURTON offer Mayor Parker a number of public-safety recommendations in this op-ed in today's Chronicle.

METRO Airport Express, Airport EZ Tag fuel debate

_@_ (Kevin Whited) — Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:02:54 -0600

METRO says it will continue its Airport Express bus service despite a KTRK-13/Ted Oberg story this week criticizing the per-passenger cost of the service (caused by low ridership so far). Count me among those who thinks the city could use affordab...

So much better than the amateur blog content

_@_ (Kevin Whited) — Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:31:34 -0600

THIS WEEK'S HOUSTON PRESS features a really solid local story by an actual professional journalist*: John Nova Lomax takes a look the sharp change in the prosecution of vehicular crimes under Harris Country District Attorney Patricia** Lykos. The ...

We would have liked rapping topiary bunnies

_@_ (Anne Linehan) — Sun, 7 Feb 2010 06:47:49 -0600

METRO'S MARKETING DEPARTMENT WANTED to do something that showed "METRO isn't just a government entity," so they thought and they thought, and shazam! it hit them: Let's make a rap video with kids. As the video's director said, "It's a subtle and...

Say it ain't so, Unca

_@_ (Kevin Whited) — Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:24:32 -0600

YESTERDAY, UNCA DARRELL skewered the Chronicle editorial board, as he is wont to do on his intelligent blog. Today, he announced that he's shutting things down. Unless he's becoming the Chron's conservative staff columnist (right!), we think that...

McGuff on the Mia Gradney Chron profile

_@_ (Kevin Whited) — Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:14:10 -0600

MIKE MCGUFF thinks CW39 should be pretty happy with the Chron's glowing profile of Mia Gradney, even if the timing is a little puzzling.

Just another day at America's worst big city daily

_@_ (Kevin Whited) — Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:09:12 -0600

THE CHRON'S JUNIOR METRO/STATE COLUMNIST returns to the print version of the newspaper today with an essay not about metro/state matters... but about herself. Congratulations go out to the new mother, of course. But we can't quite comprehend why a...