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13 May 2009, 6:06 am
Texas and other states have responded largely by increasing penalties for graffiti, but I've argued before that erasing a deficit in fine arts education might be a better approach:While these bills flail with a hammer at the problem (at this point punching holes in the wall instead of pounding a nail), we see a telling item over at the Houston Chronicle's Texas Politics blog which informs us that "Music, fine arts are seeking more respect" at the Legislature,… [read post]
12 May 2009, 5:24 pm
Consider first this potent victim statement post on-line by the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
12 May 2009, 8:08 am
" From the Houston Chronicle: Cathy McBroom, the one-time Galveston case manager for Kent who made the formal complaint that led to the judge's downfall, said he first attacked her in a small room about 10 feet away from co-workers when he came to work drunk. [read post]
12 May 2009, 5:55 am
"Kent sentenced to 33 months behind bars; Congressional impreachment proceedings likely to begin today": Mary Flood has this article today in The Houston Chronicle. [read post]
11 May 2009, 11:01 pm
Although the first part of the hearing could have induced a snooze, the pace picked up dramatically when the two victims of Kent's assaults made their way to the podium to make their victim statements to the court (one of the victim's statements is here, courtesy of the Houston Chronicle). [read post]
11 May 2009, 6:07 pm
The Houston Chronicle reports that former Judge Samuel Kent will report to the Federal Bureau of Prisons next month. [read post]
11 May 2009, 1:00 pm
United States District Court Judge Samuel Kent of Galveston, Texas, 59, was sentenced to 33 months in prison this morning in Houston by Senior District Court Judge Roger Vinson of Pensacola, Florida for obstructing an inquiry into whether he had sexually harassed employees of the United States District Court reports the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
11 May 2009, 11:52 am
"Kent sentenced to 33 months behind bars; Federal judge headed to prison for trying to hinder inquiry into sex offenses": Mary Flood of The Houston Chronicle has this news update. [read post]
11 May 2009, 9:07 am
This article in today's Houston Chronicle indicates that former federal judge Samuel Kent has his sentencing hearing today: Samuel Kent, who wielded power as a federal judge for 18 years, is very likely to be sentenced to prison today for obstructing justice. [read post]
11 May 2009, 8:08 am
"Judge will learn his fate today; Federal jurist Kent likely headed to prison for trying to hinder inquiry into sex offenses": Mary Flood has this front page article today in The Houston Chronicle. [read post]
11 May 2009, 6:33 am
[Houston Chronicle] * Former Ohio AG Marc "the Dannimal" Dann has found a new niche. [read post]
10 May 2009, 6:30 am
Did the US government tolerate fraud, money laundering and white-collar crime by Houston billionaire Allen Stanford because he was a snitch for the DEA? [read post]
9 May 2009, 3:59 am
Not all the added chemicals will be banned immediately [Houston Chronicle report], however, as some will need to be phased out over time and [read post]
8 May 2009, 12:10 am
According to the Houston Chronicle ("Harris County cuts Sheriff's wish list," May 5) :The Harris County Commissioners Court on Tuesday tossed out almost all of Sheriff Adrian Garcia's requests for federal stimulus funding, instead allocating his office $6.2 million for electronic inmate medical records. [read post]
7 May 2009, 10:55 am
"I would vote against," execution, Perkins said.Earlier coverage of the Perkins appointment is Lisa Falkenberg's Houston Chronicle column, "Perry Pandering to the Far Right. [read post]
6 May 2009, 10:25 am
That's the title of Rick Casey's latest Houston Chronicle column. [read post]
5 May 2009, 3:35 am
Bill Martin (pdf) in the Houston Chronicle arguing that needle exchange is "the Christian thing to do" had moved her to give the bill a hearing despite initial concerns about the bill. [read post]
4 May 2009, 10:10 am
It appeared in the Saturday edition of the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
4 May 2009, 5:13 am
Crime in Houston is substantially down, reports the Houston Chronicle's Bradley Olson ("Houston crime is down but not the fear of it," May 4), but demagoguery by media and politicians about crime is on the rise:In the words of a statistician, the decrease in criminality appears to have an inverse relationship, at least for now, with political rhetoric on crime, which has ramped up in recent months. [read post]
4 May 2009, 2:56 am
This appears to all be stuff they could have found through routine records searches at the Harris and Montgomery courthouses if somebody had bothered to run the traps at the time.MORE: Rick Casey at the Houston Chronicle has Fletcher's reaction to the Texas Monthly story. [read post]
