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posted on
December 19th, 2008
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METRO police babysit the Danger Train

For the past month, METRO police officers have been doing something a little different:
The transit agency has parked officers at six downtown intersections every day for the past month, aime ...

posted on
December 19th, 2008
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

METRO police babysit the Danger Train

For the past month, METRO police officers have been doing something a little different:
The transit agency has parked officers at six downtown intersections every day for the past month, aime ...

posted on
December 18th, 2008
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Elizabeth Shelton sues driver she hit, while drunk, for her mental suffering!

Remember Elizabeth Shelton? The daughter of the Harris County judge who was drunk, rear ended a box truck and ended up killing her boyfriend who was her passenger? I can't remember her ever showing ...

posted on
December 18th, 2008
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blogHouston
based in
Houston

A New Year's resolution for Houston: Be more eventful in 2009!

This reminded me of when Carol Alvarado said Houston was "event-ed out" in 2006:
The Bayou City fell six spots to No. 13 on the 2008 list of Most Eventful Cities, a survey publi ...

posted on
December 18th, 2008
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

Airport survey to cost almost $700k

KHOU-11 reports that city council has approved Houston Airport System's request for a passenger survey:
The people that run Houston two major airports want to know what you think about them.< ...

posted on
December 17th, 2008
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blogHouston
based in
Houston

Surprise! Mayor White wants to be Senator White

It's official: Mayor White is running for the U.S. Senate.
His campaign and his supporters will portray him as a moderate Democrat, a businessman who gets things done. What they won't menti ...

posted on
December 16th, 2008
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blogHouston
based in
Houston

Houston priorities: Clinton Climate Initiative before flooding

Last week, Texas Watchdog noted that Houston was one of many cities submitting a bailout wish list to the feds:
The two biggest items the city says it needs federal tax dollars for are:
...

posted on
December 12th, 2008
from
blogHouston
based in
Houston

City borrows more money for pension obligations

A week ago, the Chron's Carolyn Feibel reported on a "positive" development in the city's looming pension nightmare.
Over at Houblog, Ubu Roi took a closer look, and came to a, um, ...

posted on
December 11th, 2008
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blogHouston
based in
Houston

Snow?!

Goodness! It was snowing as I left work this afternoon, and it had actually covered my windshield. That was unexpected!
Thankfully, no shoveling needed. We moved here to get away from that ...

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posted on
December 10th, 2008
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blogHouston
based in
Houston

The OTHER red-light camera study

The Houston Press' Hair Balls blog hears that there's another red-light camera study, and this time it focuses solely on Houston:
Much is being made of a Texas A&M study recently released ...