Below are the most recent 23 friends' journal entries.

Monday, July 6th, 2009
bloghouston	9:40a	A most curious omission in the news http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/A7xbAkxnoQI/7714 Friday afternoon, Rorschach, Royko, and I, plus who knows how many other blogHOUSTON regulars made our way, singly or in groups, to a little park near the George R. Brown Convention Center. Nary a hobo was in sight, but there were thousands of ot... (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
bloghouston	7:07a	Stimulus money for local projects http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/pFJDLEkQMbc/7712 Hope everyone is having a great Independence Day weekend. The blogHOUSTON crew is still in slow-posting mode, but this caught my eye: The Chron's Carolyn Feibel writes on local road-building projects that are receiving stimulus funds: A little-k... (Comment on this)
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
bloghouston	10:15a	Mayor White: If HPOU wants more cadet classes, HPD officers can take a pay cut to pay for it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/nkgRZZrFYgI/7711 This is NOT senate-candidate White talking: Houston’s largest police union, citing the death of six officers during Mayor Bill White’s tenure, called on the mayor and City Council this week to hire more officers, restore $14 million in overtime pa... (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
bloghouston	12:24p	Linkpost: 07/02/09 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/KBXfpSk3ALA/7710 Here's our latest local blog reading. Enjoy! Annise Parker releases BARC clean up plan (Lose an Eye, it's a Sport) Mayoral candidate Annise Parker tries to grab the BARC issue. Annise Parker was NOT on the Mayor's Task Force (Noah's ... (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
bloghouston	10:53p	Chron: Federal agents investigate Houston gun owners http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/PFDa9Tpg14I/7709 The Chronicle ran an interesting story by Dane Schiller today that got priority treatment by Drudge for much of the day. Here is an excerpt: All told, Mexican officials in 2008 asked federal agents to trace the origins of more than 7,500 firearms ... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	10:35p	HPD overtime cut; HPOU head warns of more crime http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/CRx-k0htZSw/7708 KRIV-26's Isiah Carey reports that the city's new fiscal year began today, and that means the end of significant HPD overtime spending that helped mask the department's ongoing understaffing issues: And the head of the police union says it could a... (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
bloghouston	9:08p	Linkpost: 06/30/09 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/R5KKjOzEw_w/7707 We refuse to link to any blogs offering the non-news that Sylvester Turner isn't running for mayor (when we checked yesterday, he wasn't running either), but there are all sorts of other local blog goodness that you should click on. Pictures of B... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	8:01p	KTRK: Council tackles pressing problem of.... electronic signs? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/8bUW_PWyWG8/7706 KTRK-13's Miya Shay reports that your City Council today passed an ordinance to regulate the pressing problem of.... electronic signs. The ordinance could potentially affect schools and churches as well as businesses, but one busybody says that's ... (Comment on this)
Monday, June 29th, 2009
bloghouston	9:08p	Council set to renew $11 million arts contract http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/deo4ny7gsH0/7705 The Chronicle's Bradley Olson reports that City Council is about to renew an $11 million contract with the Houston Arts Alliance, a local arts organization that has had its trouble delivering projects on time, not to mention providing a public acc... (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
bloghouston	10:52p	City official who approved HASDC activities now auditing them http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/r2Gq6IeeIME/7704 In a flurry of reporting last week on the mysterious departure of Richard Vacar, Texas Watchdog reminded us of the city's ongoing review of the Houston Airport System Development Corp.: The mayor’s office announced a review last month of the Houst... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	10:15p	Linkpost: 06/28/09 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/TU1Cex8D8zU/7703 We tend to have slow weekends, but that doesn't mean other local bloggers took a break. Enjoy! Trouble in Paradise? (Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center) More insider stuff I don't find in the local newspaper or the local alt-weekly... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	9:23p	Roundup: What we missed this week http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/D8kfcKPWG-I/7702 A number of items this week didn't manage to get their own posts, but are worth a comment at week's end. * * * Another week, another illegal immigrant killing a cop. It's sad that we're becoming so used to this that it gets the weekend roundup tre... (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
bloghouston	11:11p	Linkpost: 06/25/09 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/Lq_BIJVZ2x0/7701 Here's the latest collection of local blog posts that have entertained us of late. Enjoy! Bad Boys Breaking Bad (Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center) Since the Chronicle metro desk is so understaffed, this remains one of the best so... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	10:58p	Chron columnist: BARC is, like, definitely making progress (OMG)! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/3_MBG9n1mGs/7700 The Chronicle's metro/state diarist Lisa Falkenberg weighed in on BARC today, effectively handing her column (such as it is) over to BARC's Kathy Barton in an apparent effort to refute the latest reporting by Craig Malisow on BARC's misadventures ... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	10:22p	Michel memo illustrates The Houston Way of press management http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/HfxWvL6Y3L0/7699 In their ongoing investigation of Richard Vacar's mysterious departure from the Houston Airport System, Texas Watchdog ran across an interesting bit of correspondence from Mayor White's press honcho (and former Houston Chronicle editorialist) Fran... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	8:08p	Jury awards wrongly convicted man $5 million http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/mXgyeZTKbbE/7698 The Chronicle's Roma Khanna reports that a federal jury awarded George Rodriguez $5 million today as a result of his lawsuit against the city for wrongful conviction: A federal jury today awarded $5 million to a Houston man who spent 17 years in p... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	12:44p	Texas Watchdog follows up on Vacar resignation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/SpdK-D3Vd20/7697 Texas Watchdog broke an interesting story today that follows up on the mysterious departure of Houston Airport System chief Richard Vacar a few weeks ago. There are any number of items that stand out in what we imagine will be a first pass through... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	8:15a	Chron adopts reader representative by committee, neglects to inform readers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/0lteRZ0KSXM/7696 Over the years, we've had some useful interaction with the Chronicle reader representative, the individual who received reader (customer) complaints and queries about the newspaper and at least tried to provide a response (if not resolution -- unl... (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
bloghouston	11:57p	Corrections, Chron style: Wrong = "outdated" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/9zc7FqU74Ew/7695 Chronicle transportation columnist Carolyn Feibel posted this interesting clarification/correction towards the end of this week's column: Speaking of stimulus funds, I gave you outdated information in last week’s column. Metro cannot use $30 milli... (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
bloghouston	10:42p	Linkpost: 06/23/09 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/DFUYV3olau8/7694 For quite a while, we've linked to interesting local blog posts over on the sidebar. Most people probably don't notice it there, so we're going to try reposting them here in the aggregate, maybe with some comments and/or excerpts, maybe not, perha... (Comment on this)
bloghouston	10:36a	Now there is an insurance database http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/DXFRom35_IY/7693 The Chronicle's Carolyn Feibel writes about the new database created to help police catch uninsured motorists. Since October, police can run license plates and will see if there is confirmed insurance coverage with the state. The readout will gi... (Comment on this)
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
bloghouston	10:14p	Hair Balls posts the latest on BARC http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/8PCk81rdwiI/7692 Over on the Houston Press Hair Balls blog, Craig Malisow posts several updates on BARC (here, here, and here). Do you think Mayor White discusses his administration's neglect of BARC (and puppies!) when he is touring Texas and talkin' to the folks? (Comment on this)
bloghouston	10:10p	Chron.com makes a mess of columnists page, again http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bHmain/~3/GZhTER2xjj8/7691 Chron.com recently updated its columnists page, after a similar update in May. Austin politics reporter Peggy Fikac is now listed on the page, as is sports reporter "Gerald" Solomon. Unfortunately, the RSS feed for Fikac's individual columns is br... (Comment on this)