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  • News

    May 27, 2010

    Train Wreck

    How Metro and its president Frank Wilson got so far off track.

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Frank Wilson Survival Watch: Down Goes Wilson!!! Down Goes Wilson!!

    ​Today's installment of the Frank Wilson Survival Watch is our last -- the Metro president announced his resignation at a meeting this afternoon -- but that doesn't mean Wilson is completely dead to Metro. He's still got quite a bit of cash coming to him, thanks to generous contract stipulations t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Frank Wilson Survival Watch, Day 4: The County Judge Doesn't Weigh In

    ​How long will the embattled Metro president last? Hair Balls presents today's installment of the Frank Wilson Survival Watch. 1. Ed Emmett won't muddy the Frank Wilson waters. Yet. Along with appointing two members to Metro's Board of Directors, there's no question that the county has a stake in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Frank Wilson Survival Watch, Day 3: Spanish Bombs

    ​How long will the embattled Metro president last? Hair Balls presents today's installment of the Frank Wilson Survival Watch. 1. The Federal Transit Administration sends Frank Wilson a damning letter. Dorval Carter, the FTA's chief counsel, alerted Wilson at the end of last week that the feds are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Metro, Investigate Thyself

    ​The Metro board called a special meeting yesterday afternoon to hold a private executive session to discuss attorney Lloyd Kelley's lawsuit against Metro, which deals with all that alleged document shredding. But the board also used the opportunity to release the findings from UHY Advisors, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Who Lied During The Dispute Over How Much The New Rail Lines Would Cost? Maybe No One

    ​We may finally have some answers to the questions that emerged after it was reported that Metro lied about the cost of two proposed light rail corridors. During a Metro meeting in April, Houstonian Paul Magaziner told the board that the projects would cost $1.8 billion. Frank Wilson, Metro's pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Commuter Rail From Galveston And Hempstead By 2012!! Well, Maybe

    ​The Citizens Transportation Coalition is currently giddy with dreams of 90 MPH commuter trains speeding from Galveston and down 290 into the city...possibly by 2012, which sounds like the far future but is only three years away. There hasn't been much public movement on commuter rail since the HG ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Metro Still Has To Prove To The Feds It's Not Screwing Low-Income Riders

    Photo by pfrench99​The Federal Transit Administration released its final report on Metro's compliance -- and non-compliance -- with federal civil rights laws, and according to the report, Metro is still deficient in two areas, including not being able to prove that its November 2008 fare increase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Feds Say Metro Has Violated Civil Rights Laws (Without Specifics)

    We reported yesterday on things looking up for Metro, but today Hair Balls learned that our transit authority is violating the federal government's definition of civil rights. According to a letter dated April 27, the Federal Transit Administration conducted a Title VI Compliance Review of Metro ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Train in Vain

    A bomb scare at a Midtown light-rail stop

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2005

    Sole Sister

    The Alley Theatre's Bad Dates is a shoe-in

  • News

    November 25, 2004

    For Whom the Hell Tolls

    Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Hotel Bar

    Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Place to Watch Wildlife in the Urban Jungle

    Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Place to Pretend You're in Blade Runner

    Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Light Rail Station

    Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Use of Taxpayer Dollars

    Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Benefit to Living Downtown

    Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Contribution to Downtown Redevelopment

    Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

  • Culture

    August 19, 2004

    Trading Spaces

    The new Inman Gallery gets rolling with an ambitious show

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    The Mixmaster

    County Judge Bob Eckels, the Doc Ock of transportation, is busy planning more roads

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Perfect Fit

    Metro's new president already has a Houston attitude

  • News

    January 1, 2004

    Crash Course

    A stuntman is mightily impressed by Houston's rail crashes

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Stealth Statue

    Sssh! There's a secret project under way for the senior Bush

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Letters

    Sssh! There's a secret project under way for the senior Bush

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Bad Blood on the Tracks

    Metro's consulting becomes insulting for some Hispanic leaders

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Place to Buy Roses

    Fannin's Flower Row

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Hype

    Super Bowl 2004

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Activist

    Tom Bazan

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Trainspotting

    Here's how Metro wants to sell us on light rail

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    The Train Ride Gets Bumpy

    Metro's coalition shows some early cracks

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    City Blames Metro for Cash Crunch

    A transit official says delayed payouts are Houston's problem

  • Dining

    March 28, 2002

    The Great Restaurant Sale

    Detoured downtown becomes a buyer's market

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Lay of the Land

    Houston headed toward hard times: sports flops, floods and transit duds. If only city fathers could find a proven leader, an energy executive with a KEN-do attitude.

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Great Expectations

    Joe's Sandwich Shop is just one of the businesses along Main Street struggling to survive until Metro gets its light rail line up and operating.

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Patio

    The Terrace on Main, Warwick Hotel

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Trial Story

    The Hearst Corporation

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Letters

    From the February 24, 2000 issue

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    Train In Vain?

    Main street's light rail is on it's way, and boosters hope to see passengers lining up for a ride

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    The Katy: Railing On

    Fears of a future light train trouble Katy Freeway expansion critics

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Dog Bites Train

    The Main Train and selling pets to labs have nothing in common. Until it comes to referenda, that is.

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    We Read Thom Marshall So You Won't Have To

    The Main Train and selling pets to labs have nothing in common. Until it comes to referenda, that is.

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    The Insider

    The Main Train and selling pets to labs have nothing in common. Until it comes to referenda, that is.

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    The Great Non-Communicator

    Houston's new mayor is working as hard as, or harder than, his predecessors. Now if only he could find a way to tell people about it.

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Why Don't They Want This Man to Be Mayor?

    George Greanias is smart. He's honest. He's independent. But Bob Lanier and his friends are pulling out the stops to see that Greanias doesn't return to City Hall.

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    Cotswold Unspun

    A group of weathy benefactors have a "gift" for the city. They say it won't cost taxpayers a nickel. But the fleecing may have already begun.

  • News

    April 18, 1996

    Stadia Watch

    A group of weathy benefactors have a "gift" for the city. They say it won't cost taxpayers a nickel. But the fleecing may have already begun.

  • News

    June 8, 1995

    The Rule of Men, Not Law

    Who gave Lanier & Co. permission to loot Metro? They did.

  • News

    October 20, 1994

    Little Big Crony

    Bob Lanier's buddy Billy Burge wants to play the power game the way it was played in the old days. . . . . . But the rules have changed.

  • News

    February 3, 1994

    Just Don't Breathe It

    What Houstonians can -- and probably won't -- do to clean up the air they drive through

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