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FOX TRAFFIC ANCHOR ERIN ANTHONY GETS A WELL DESERVED HONOR!

The Insite will be serving as master of ceremonies for the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials here in Houston Friday while fellow FOXER Erin Anthony will be honored by the transportation group for her communications work in the transportation field. COMTO was founded in 1971 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials was created to provide a forum for senior level minority professionals in the transportation industry. I’d like to thank Margo Williams Handy of MWH Public Relations and COMTO President and HCC Staffer Paralee Shivers as well as other officials with COMTO for inviting the Insite to the event!

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TOUGH, FAIR AND SMART ON THE FEDERAL BENCH!

Judge David Hittner is one of those judges who is knowledgeable on just about everything. Sit in his chambers for about ten minutes and you will be amazed at the stories he has to tell. Houtson attorneys describe him as tough, fair, and smart. And that’s why many of them must be prepared when they go before him in his courtroom on the 8th floor of the federal building. Hittner is a Reagan appointee to the federal bench. He’s been overseeing federal cases since 1986. Hittner first became a state court judge back in 1978. The New York University graduate takes pride in the work he does on the federal bench. He has recently taken senior status but has refused to slow down. He’s planning on presiding over cases in New Orleans and New York in the coming year. You may remember Judge Hittner when he was at the wheel during Enron figure Leah Fastow’s sentencing last year. He sent her to the federal pen for a year. The judge, while hearing former and controversial HPD cop Tom Nixon’s case on his termination from the department, told the officer to shut up and let his hired attorney handle the case. You see Nixon is also a law school graduate and was reportedly interjecting just as much as his lawyer. Hittner also recently presided over Houston rapper Ganxta Nips case several months ago. And for those of you who didn’t know – Hittner is the father of Houston political figure and now US Department of Labor appointee George Hittner. Judge thanks for stopping by the Insite!

THE INSITE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ON THE NEW BORDER ENFORCEMENT!

President George Bush signed a bill today authorising 700 miles of new fencing along the US-Mexico border. Some say he’s hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they are tough on illegal immigration. Mexican officials have criticised the fence. Outgoing Mexican President Vicente Fox, who has spent much of his six years in office lobbying for a new guest-worker programme and a chance at citizenship for the millions of Mexicans working illegally in the US, calls the fence “shameful” and compares it to the Berlin Wall. So what do you think of the fence? Is it sending the right message or does it harm America’s image with the rest of the world?