Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Mayor Bill White's plan to require roofers to register with the city and show proof of insurance before they can begin work on thousands of Ike-damaged homes ran into a storm of opposition at the City Council table Wednesday.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Mayor Bill White announced city participation in Million Trees + Houston, a multimillion-dollar public-private partnership to plant more than a million trees in the city in the next five years.
blogHOUSTON (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Awesome: Houston Mayor Bill White said the city would plant 1 million trees in the Houston area within the next five years. White joined with the Houston Parks Department, Trees for Houston, the Texas Department of Transportation, Houston's Qualit...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
The city of Houston has a plan to cut greenhouse gases. Mayor Bill White's plan would reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
ISIAH CAREY'S 'INSITE' (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
MADD HATTA'S MISSION CONTINUES AT SHARPSTOWN MALL! Madd Hatta has been posted up at Houston's Sharpstown Mall since 5AM Tuesday, September 30th and is broadcasting live from the event throughout the day. A host of local and nationally known celebrities have shown up since Madd Hatta began the drive on Tuesday morning including Chamillionaire, who registered on site, Bun B, Paul Wall, Trae Tha Truth,...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
A.J. Murray, Brian Gordon, John Rheinecker and Bill White...see 'ya! I think Murrray, although hurt too often, may have a bit of a career as a LOOGY. White? If he could refine his control, he could be pretty good...but so could thousands of other AAAA guys, I suppose. Roster currently at 38. Full story here . 75 words long 75 words long 75 words long 75 words long 75 words long 75 words long
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Mayor Bill White takes his fight against nearby chemical plants over the pollution they send our way to the next...
Facing South (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
In what's being called an "unusual request," Houston Mayor Bill White has asked the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to grant a hearing before a judge on the latest permit application for a Houston petrochemical refinery, citing concerns over its high emissions of cancer-causing pollution. The case highlights a theme that's been largely missing from the national debate over expanding oil production...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Mayor Bill White raised the stakes in the fight over Houston's air Monday, formally challenging the city's largest refinery to publicly defend its emissions of the carcinogen benzene before receiving another permit from the state.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
It was the kind of game we could probably all get used to seeing more of, featuring monstrous multi-hit efforts from six different Texas Rangers (Joaquin Arias, Michael Young, Josh Hamilton, Hank Blalock, Nelson Cruz and Chris Davis), and, with the notable exception of southpaw Bill White’s errant ninth-inning control, an absolutely dazzling display of [...]
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Three years after its response to Hurricane Katrina made it a national symbol of government bungling, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is facing a fresh round of judgments from storm-stricken families and the public officials who represent them. Houston Mayor Bill White said Thursday that the agency is doing a better job helping people affected by Hurricane Ike than it did after Katrina. He...
Lone Star Times (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Courtesy LST reader “Big45Iron,” the full text of Houston Mayor Bill White’s speech to assembled workers at Reliant Park in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever cleaned up after a hurricane by sitting on his ass waiting for a handout. He cleaned it up by making [...]
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Sept. 24: NBC's Brian Williams speaks with Houston's Mayor Bill White on his city's struggles to get federal aid for recovery from Hurricane Ike while the country is in the middle of a financial crisis. (Nightly News)
Slightly Rough (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Houston Chronicle: Georgia objects to Houston mayor's outburst at aid workers Some salty language from a frustrated Mayor Bill White to emergency workers last week at Reliant Park has kicked up dust from Austin to Georgia. After receiving a complaint Friday from Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, Gov. Rick Perry yesterday asked his staff to investigate comments White made to two Georgia Forestry Commission...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Bill White said Houston does not want a repeat of when it absorbed 100,000 Hurricane Katrina refugees and received very little federal aid.
