Daily Archives: August 30, 2003

Registering Latino voters

Posted on August 30, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

On Thursday, the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project kicked off a big voter registration drive. The voter project, founded in San Antonio in 1974, bills itself as a national nonpartisan, nonprofit group that mobilizes Latinos to vote. “We have invited … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Turner criticizes rail plan

Posted on August 30, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

No surprise here: Mayoral candidate Sylvester Turner is critical of the stripped-down Metro proposal to add 22 miles of light rail over the next nine years, and calls out Bill White for supporting it. Standing adjacent to a rail station … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The lesson of Groucho

Posted on August 30, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron editorial page recalls a bit of history that would have served the pinheads at Faux News well had they too remembered it: The Warner Brothers movie studio threatened to sue Groucho Marx when it learned that the Marx … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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