16 October 2009
Parker blasts Brown
MAYORAL CANDIDATE ANNISE PARKER has swung into attack mode against Peter Brown. Hmm, you have to wonder if her internal polling shows a big lead for Brown. He was on television by himself for a long time, after all...
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/16/09 10:08 PM |
Alyson Footer calls out shoddy Cruz reporting
ONE OF HOUSTON'S BETTER SPORTS REPORTERS calls out* lesser reporters over weak coverage of the Jose Cruz reassignment (not firing).
* See Graf #8
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/16/09 09:22 PM |
Mayor Bill White's new Vet Shakedown Revenue Stream
ACCORDING TO THE HOUSTON PRESS' CRAIG MALISOW, the White Administration has apparently concocted a new Vet Shakedown Revenue Stream. Here's one vet's explanation:
"Basically, what was told to us by Alfred Moran [was] 'This, BARC, is the last black mark on Mayor White's record, and he wants it fixed before he runs for Senate. And he wants it cleaned up -- and he wants it cleaned up, ASAP. And that's why he's removed it forcibly from under Health and Human Services.' I mean, that was word-for-word, basically."
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/16/09 09:13 PM |
Live Oaks on the White Administration's funny math
LOCAL BLOGGER BRIAN PHILLIPS demolishes the White Administration's argument in favor of a massive "affordable housing" giveaway: "I don't think one needs to be an accountant to realize that spending $45 million to save $1.7 million is not a very good investment. Yet, this is the justification offered by our 'businessman' mayor."
Don't look for Phillips to be quoted by Chron urban affairs reporter Mike Snyder any time soon.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/16/09 09:08 PM |
And they wonder why circulation keeps declining
CHRONICLE REPORTER JEANNIE KEVER follows up on her last dreadful effort at reporting for and of the newspaper's niche education sources with.... more dreadful reporting for and of other niche education sources.
Why do Chron editors think a general readership cares about this niche, inside-baseball stuff?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/16/09 09:01 PM |
TW's Seibert corrects the Chron's lazy plagiarist
LAZY, PLAGIARIZING CHRON COLUMNIST RICK CASEY tries to slime Texas Watchdog over their clear conflict-of-interest story involving Harris County Dems that they nailed down cold. Texas Watchdog's Trent Seibert schools the old boy.
Advantage: Texas Watchdog.
Psst, Chron -- maybe it's time to hire that Harris County beat reporter, so you stop getting scooped by feisty internet startups on local stories!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/16/09 08:51 PM |
Chron's Olson shoots down Locke on jail funding
MAYORAL CANDIDATE GENE LOCKE says he can pay for more cops by getting the city "out of the jailing business." The Chron's Bradley Olson calls BS on that claim.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/16/09 08:41 PM |
A crush on San Fran's mayor?
SELF-DESCRIBED "SEASONED, CYNICAL POLITICO" NANCY SIMS appears to be quite smitten with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome. Strangely, she seems to think that Newsome's heavy-handed regulation has resulted in growth in San Francisco and would be a good fit here! No thanks.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/16/09 08:35 PM |
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