Daily Archives: February 27, 2004

A funny definition of “indecency”

So the evil conglomerate Clear Channel is waging war against indecency – they’ve dropped Howard Stern from the 0.5% of their member stations who were running his show, they’ve fired Bubba the Love Sponge, whose antics in Tampa they were … Continue reading Continue reading

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The first female trail boss of the HLSR

Meet Cheri Hambrick, the first female trail boss in the history of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. “She runs a very clean operation and makes it easier on the committee,” said Yance Montalbano, chairman of the Trail Ride Committee. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Local Voter

I want to take a moment an plug a pretty cool site that I’ve been fooling around with lately, LocalVoter. It’s a one-stop shop for what you need to know about elections and elected offices – who your incumbents are, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Mayor White makes moves

Mayor Bill White, continuing with his Gather No Moss philosophy early on in his tenure, gave his first State of the City address yesterday. He touched on the usual quality-of-life highlights, like regional health care and mobility, and also called … Continue reading Continue reading

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