Daily Archives: November 7, 2003

Public Citizen on Dean

Public Citizen’s White House for Sale blog has some good coverage of Howard Dean‘s referendum on whether he should abide by his original statement to participate in the presidential public financing system (see here and here), as well as a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Art Car Parade in trouble?

I completely agree with Larry: if the Art Car Parade withers and dies due to lack of sponsorship money, it will be a cultural disaster in Houston. We’re talking about one of the few genuine grassroots institutions that originated here … Continue reading Continue reading

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Lea Fastow to plead out?

From today’s Chron: Lea Fastow, the wife of ex-Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow, is in negotiations with prosecutors for a plea bargain that could send her to federal prison for five months or more. She could appear in court … Continue reading Continue reading

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One for two

The sleazy anti-Adrian Garcia mailer that went out in the days before the election did not have their intended effect, as Garcia was the leading vote getter and the candidate that everyone believes was behind the mailer failed to make … Continue reading Continue reading

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Ah, fame

Blog long enough and sooner or later you’ll be a result in enough Google searches to really get noticed and/or become a pain in the butt to anyone trying to find good data. However you slice it, The Register picked … Continue reading Continue reading

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