Daily Archives: December 29, 2003

Chuck’s yer uncle

Posted on December 29, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Congratulations to my sister Eileen and her husband Jason for the birth of their first child, Declan Charles, over the weekend. Mother and baby are doing fine, though since the little guy wasn’t due until February 5, he’s going to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in See, I do have a life! | 1 Comment

Life in the new CD 10

Posted on December 29, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

This Statesman article gives an overview of the proposed new CD 10, one of the three districts that would carve up Austin under the Republican map. This is the one that stretches from Austin to west Houston, from suburb to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Killer D's | 1 Comment

Analysis of the Mayoral race

Posted on December 29, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Via Yellow Dog comes this analysis of the 2003 Houston Mayoral race. I kind of wish now that I’d looked for this earlier, because the cited paper by Richard Murray no longer appears to be posted at the stated URL. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2003 | 2 Comments

Targeting Ardmoreites

Posted on December 29, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

As expected, the GOP will be putting up some challengers to Democrats who participated in the legislative boycotts during the last session. Here’s the scoop from San Antonio. A group of GOP newcomers has targeted incumbent Democratic state legislators, thinking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2004 | 2 Comments

And the spam keeps coming

Posted on December 29, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Seems like there’s been an uptick in comment spams lately. I’ve had new comments to delete and new URLs to add to my spam blacklist most days over the last two weeks. I even had my first trackback spam in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Administrivia | 2 Comments