Gonzo journalism at the Chronicle?

Today's Chronicle Wrap Ups are brought to you by Banjo Jones:

In pursuit of clean air, city cites self:

Mayor Bill White has called on local industry to beef up pollution monitoring and reduce accidental emissions, all the while vowing that local government would set the example.

Yet, early last year, routine inspections by city officials at two of Houston's sewage treatment plants found that the city was failing to periodically monitor for mercury from its sludge or maintain monitoring records.

Chief must push pencil and weight:

Want to be Freeport's next police chief? You'd better be in decent shape.

Along with a minimum of 10 years of law enforcement experience, five of them as a supervisor, candidates for the job must be able to run 1 1/2 miles in 16 minutes, 28 seconds and then run 300 yards in no more than 72 seconds, Capt. Richard Miller said.

They also must do 25 push-ups, complete 29 sit-ups in a minute and leg press their own body weight once, he said.

Jeff Cohen should have kept that guy!

Posted by Anne Linehan @ 12/12/05 08:11 AM | Print | Comments (0)

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