Leon Hale

I love Romenesko's site. It's one of my favorites. But when I found the discussion of Chron columnist Leon Hale's "big controversy" I groaned. At the risk of offending all the old folks in Houston, I'll just say that why this guy is given the prime space in the metro section of a major daily (okay, not major -- but the Chron has pretensions, you see) is one of Houston's many mysteries (much like Mattress Mac, not to mention his now defunct GalleryFurniture.com Bowl). Has anyone bothered to READ the guy lately? He is NOT Mike Royko, and the home-spun meanderings are just a bit much for me. But I try to refrain from commenting on him, because every time I bitch about the column space wasted on his nonsense, Callie always tells me "Quit being mean to Leon. The old folks like him." *sigh*

And that's the Chron's base, I guess -- people too feeble to cancel their subscription (I scam my copy off the web -- as much as I complain, they do cover local news).

[Posted at 23:55 CST on 02/28/02] [Link]