Today, the city council will be voting on whether to buy five blocks of land for nearly $16,000,000, give away a street, and swap away a piece of the city infrastructure in order to create a place where the Dynamo might build a stadium.

The Houston Chonicle chose to lead its print edition today with a headline story that Yao Ming is out for the season due to a fracture in his foot. The online edition does no better, with two stories about the Rodeo, one the headliner.

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. The Houston Chronicle is part of the problem in Houston. We badly need an alternative news outlet, and the Chronicle Houston Press isn’t it.

UPDATE:
So here we are, almost 7 p.m in the evening. Take a look at what the Chronicle thinks is more important than the result of today’s council meeting: