Daily Archives: July 1, 2004

Bot or pseudonym?

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I can’t tell if the person who just now left the second comment on this post is a joker with a good working knowledge of Internet trivia, or someone testing out a new comment-bot. Anyone wanna take a guess? Continue reading →

Posted in Blog stuff | 4 Comments

Rail ridership rises

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

MetroRail’s daily ridership took a big leap forward in June, up to 26,000 per day. The preliminary June count, released Wednesday evening, represents almost twice as many riders as carried during an average weekday in May and the fifth straight … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Cuellar gets en banc hearing

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

And the next round in the Rodriguez-Cuellar recount fight goes to Cuellar. SAN ANTONIO – A state appeals court on Wednesday agreed to a new hearing to reconsider last week’s ruling in a voter fraud lawsuit brought by U.S. Rep. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Someone got the message

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Three cheers for Walter Willis of Tomball, who wrote the following letter to the editor of the Chron: Our pathetic status quo The Chronicle’s June 27 Outlook article “Your 15 minutes are up, Mr. Bell,” from U.S. Rep. John R. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CPPP criticizes sales tax writeoff

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Center for Public Policy Priorities is criticizing a recently-passed bill that would allow the state of Texas and other states with no income tax to deduct sales taxes from their federal income tax. Deductibility is merely a political sleight-of-hand … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | 7 Comments

Stern update

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Hmm. I didn’t realize that Howard Stern had already made an appearance on Houston’s airways at the time I blogged about his upcoming presence. Radio listeners expecting their regular dose of business news on KIKK-AM (650) Wednesday morning got a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blog fundraising

Posted on July 1, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Nick Confessore asks Does anyone have good information on audience growth for the top political blogs? Are they still going up, or reaching a peak? Why don’t we take a look at their own stats? Here’s the last year for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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