News and views roundup (05/17/2011 edition)
- What Happened to Swamplot Comments — and Some Apologies - Swamplot
The threat of a nuisance lawsuit (like the one local Dem donor and bully attorney Steve Mostyn threatened against Texas Watchdog) is one of the factors that closed Lone Star Times, and now one has actually been filed against a local blog. Swamplot should be a lock to beat this, but they'll still lose time and money (not to mention peace of mind). Sadly, we may quickly be reaching the point where it's just not worth it to try to keep an indie blog (like this one) going. - Introducing Transit as a Career - Write on METRO
Yesterday, six METRO staffers talked to students at the charter school, Raul Yzaguirre School for Success, as part of the American Public Transportation Association National Transportation Career Day.
It never fails to amaze that even during a slow economy, even after wasting millions of dollars over the last 6-8 years, and even after rebranding as "NEW METRO" and promising to be more responsible, this bloated transit organization still has so much staff to send out on adventures like this -- even as the City and County have laid off hundreds of workers already, and now the city is even talking of letting go firefighters. Astounding.Does your place of employment have six workers just sitting around who can be dispatched to go talk to children?
- Houston ranks at bottom in mass transit coverage for workers - Carol Christian, Houston Chronicle
METRO's chief, a former politician (and playwright!) with no transit background, says "we're not doing badly." - Sports authority dives into reserves to make debt payment - Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle
We are not sure why this was a story in the big newspaper, since the last story on this topic was full of quotes from important people telling us that none of this matters, even if the Sports Authority defaults. If it doesn't matter, it's not news, right? Hmm? - Website anonymity pays dividends in Houston gang arrests - Dane Schiller, Houston Chronicle
- Data show Houston auto accidents are down 13% - James Pinkerton, Houston Chronicle
- Accidents fall at Houston red-light camera intersections - James Pinkerton, Houston Chronicle
- Traffic accidents declined at Houston intersections with red-light cameras after ticketing ceased - Grits for Breakfast
- The "Hot Sex Offenders" List: An Explanation And Apology - Richard Connelly, Hair Balls
Village Voice Houston abandoned quality journalism in favor of amateurish, sometimes outrageous, content years ago, in a quest for page views. Why apologize at this point? You are what you are.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 05/17/11 11:04 AM | Print |
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