Daily Archives: June 13, 2004

Am I my brother’s lobbyist?

Posted on June 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Sometimes, connections aren’t everything: The estranged brother of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, is negotiating a $1.2 million lobbying contract with Nueces County officials who want to protect the area’s military installations from a new round of base … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TiVo’s fight for survival

Posted on June 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Via Mark Evanier comes this article on TiVo and its litigious strategy for long-term survival. I love me some TiVo, and we bought the lifetime pass on the theory that they’ll be around long enough to make it a better … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Clutch City, ten years after

Posted on June 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron has a nice lookback on the Houston Rockets championship team of 1994 as the ten-year anniversary of that title approaches, along with sidebar stories on the opponents they overcame and the bizarre OJ Simpson white Bronco interlude which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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