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posted on
January 12th, 2009
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Untimely: Chron Editorial Board comments on parking revisions

Over the weekend, the Chronicle used one of its two house editorials to question the recent revisions to the city's parking ordinance:
Although the measure sailed through council without oppo ...

posted on
January 12th, 2009
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Weingarten gets its way on retroactive variance

Back in December, Swamplot reported that Weingarten's new project at the site of the old River Oaks Shopping Center had run into a little problem: Apparently some of the new construction violated c ...

posted on
January 12th, 2009
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Weingarten gets its way on retroactive variance

Back in December, Swamplot reported that Weingarten's new project at the site of the old River Oaks Shopping Center had run into a little problem: Apparently some of the new construction violated c ...

posted on
January 12th, 2009
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Misspelling correction FAIL

The Chron corrections page recently noted the following:
The capiton of a photograph that ran on B4 of Thursday's paper misspelled the name of philanthropist Harry Bovay.
Will there be ...

posted on
January 12th, 2009
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Misspelling correction FAIL

The Chron corrections page recently noted the following:
The capiton of a photograph that ran on B4 of Thursday's paper misspelled the name of philanthropist Harry Bovay.
Will there be ...

posted on
January 11th, 2009
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Apache Corp. donates thousands of trees to Harris County Flood Control District

After Hurricane Ike, Mayor White unveiled a new program called "Million Trees + Houston." I haven't heard anything about it since then, but KUHF-88.7 has a nice story on the Harris Count ...

posted on
January 11th, 2009
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Apache Corp. donates thousands of trees to Harris County Flood Control District

After Hurricane Ike, Mayor White unveiled a new program called "Million Trees + Houston." I haven't heard anything about it since then, but KUHF-88.7 has a nice story on the Harris Count ...

posted on
January 10th, 2009
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Texas Watchdog to host meetup Jan. 17

Texas Watchdog, the relatively new local watchdog group, is planning to host a blogger/citizen-journalist/activist meetup of sorts at the Stag's Head Pub at 2:00 pm on January 17.
Here's a bl ...

posted on
January 10th, 2009
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Dangerous time/place/behavior update

From the Department of Conflicting Messages comes this report by KHOU-11's Jeff McShan on downtown crime.
On the one hand, downtown sounds a little scary:
A Houston security guard said ...

posted on
January 8th, 2009
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blogHouston
based in
Houston

City toughens two-hour parking limits downtown

The Chronicle's Bradley Olson reports that Mayor White and his Council today took on the pressing matter of ... downtown parking meter limits:
Bolstered by an update to Houston parking laws t ...