Daily Archives: June 10, 2003

Rockets hire Van Gundy

The Houston Rockets will announce tomorrow the official hiring of former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy. The Knicks will apparently receive a second round draft pick as compensation. I like this move. I thought Van Gundy was underrated in New … Continue reading Continue reading

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Redistricting roundup and other news

Boy, everyone‘s talking about the blocker bill now. The Chron had a chat with Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, who reiterated his intentions to follow Senate traditions in any special session, including any session which may revisit redistricting. The upshot of … Continue reading Continue reading

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Westar update

Well, well, it looks like this Westar scandal may have some legs, after all. Turns out that in addition to the cash payments made to campaign groups associated with four legislators, a Westar lobbyist attended two of their fundraisers as … Continue reading Continue reading

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I’m just asking

I see that Andrew Sullivan has another pledge drive going on. Apparently, the $80,000 he raised six months ago wasn’t enough to tide him over. I just want to know one thing – if he doesn’t raise enough money to … Continue reading Continue reading

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Tank v. Dale, Day 2

Day 2 of what will likely be a weeklong series of Tank McNamara comics that mock Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey. Today, Dale gets tripped up by the ghost of Kevin Bacon. Continue reading

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