Chuck Heath flew in for his daughter's book signing in Henrietta, Georgia on Saturday. Over 1,000 people showed up to greet Palin. A reporter pinned Heath down on his daughter's future plans. As noted yesterday, the Chronicle endorsed Annise Parker for Mayor in the runoff election.
With city tax revenues eroded by the continuing recession, the next occupant of the office must be a prudent fiscal manager as well as a leader who can make hard decisions on spending priorities. That [...]
Among the runoff elections, only one does not include a candidate that was endorsed by the Chron in the first round. That race is City Council At Large #1, and today the Chron made their choice for the runoff by endorsing Karen Derr.
[Derr] would bring to the position well-honed [...]
No dual endorsement this time! There is no link online yet, but I have a hard copy that I've turned into jpegs. Click on the images to make them larger:A Houston windshield repairman has admitted to helping manage a part of a broader conspiracy to traffic more than 300 military-style weapons across the border, part of a plea deal requiring him to tell federal agents about the ring that supplied weapons to Mexico's fearsome Zetas [...]
I don’t follow high school sports at all, but this Chron story about a battle between the University Interscholastic League (UIL) and the Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO), about who has control over the officials at high school athletic events, was fascinating to me. I don’t have any [...]
Jordan Smith writes, "Hampton Runs for Republican-Dominated Court," in the current issue of the Austin Chronicle.
Entering the political fray for the first time as a candidate, Austin criminal defense attorney Keith Hampton on Nov. 4 filed paperwork to run as a Democrat for the Court of Criminal Appeals seat [...]
Allan Turner writes, "Board: Commute death sentence in Houston case," for the Houston Chronicle.
The state pardons board today recommended that Houston killer Robert Thompson's scheduled Thursday execution be commuted to life in prison after his lawyer successfully argued that he was not the triggerman in a December 1996 convenience store robbery-murder.
Gov. Rick Perry, who [...]
Heh. And that's the highest endorsement she's gotten. Don't Go Hunting With Him, Hon! -from the Houston Chronicle
' [...]That's the title of an editorial in today's Houston Chronicle. LINK
Try to imagine how the writers and actors of the three popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation dramas on TV would handle this story line: After numerous wrongful convictions of innocent Texans using flawed evidence, particularly in cases processed at the Houston Police [...]
Anyone can ask Council Member Peter Brown, who has endorsed Annise Parker for Mayor of Houston, what he thinks of poll numbers. They can be deceiving!
Days before the election would turn sour for Brown … the Houston Chronicle reported that a' [...]
Allan Turner reports, "Federal court grants stay of execution for Houston man," for the Houston Chronicle.
Houston capital killer Gerald Eldridge had eaten most of his final meal of pancakes, peanut butter, baked potato and chocolate milk this afternoon when a Houston federal court stayed his execution -- just two hours before he [...]
