Daily Archives: March 17, 2004

County plays hardball on Enron building

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

When last we met, the County Commissioner’s Court was wreaking havoc on the proposed sale of the Enron building to ChevronTexaco by playing coy about a tax abatement for improvements. We see today that they haven’t changed their tune. Harris … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Felo de spam

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s a new variant on malevolent email that I at least haven’t seen before: Dear user of “Offthekuff.com” mailing system, Your e-mail account has been temporary disabled because of unauthorized access. Advanced details can be found in attached file. Have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Whoever said snarkiness couldn’t be a force for good?

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Poor Man has decided to harness the power of honest competition and good old fashioned trash talking for the purpose of raising funds for John Kerry. Dean and Clark supporters in particular should take note. Check it out. Continue reading →

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Select Committee report

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Select Committee on School Finance has issued its final report (PDF) for your perusal. Individual pages load really really slowly for me, so I haven’t given it more than a quick glance as yet. I will note, as the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Off to Washington Monthly

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Kevin Drum has made his move over to Washington Monthly, where he will be blogging under the title “Political Animal”. (Is it just me, or is anyone else surprised to realize that no one else had claimed that moniker before … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Chron still doesn’t get this whole “blog” thing

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Chronicle now has a spring training “blog”, continuing the great tradition of “blogs” that it started with Rachel Graves in Crawford. This is what, their fourth or fifth try at it and they still haven’t figured out that real … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Barack Obama

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Congratulations to Barack Obama, the clear winner of the Democratic primary for Senate and presumptive favorite in the general election. He overcame opponents who were well-connected and well-funded, not to mention his own unusual name (a nontrivial handicap in Illinois … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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