Daily Archives: July 21, 2004

Jim Bonham speaks

Jim Bonham, executive director of the DCCC, has a guest post up at The Stakeholder which gives an update on Ginny Schrader and what it will take to get the full advantage of this new pickup opportunity. Given the excellent … Continue reading Continue reading

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A little electronic voting paranoia

The MIT Technology Review Blog points to these two discussions of electronic voting by David Pogue that are worth reading. In the second piece, he prints an email from my buddy Dan Wallach that ought to curl a few hairs … Continue reading Continue reading

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Oh, by the way – no special session

That sound you hear is the last dying breath of a special session on school finance reform. The Texas school funding crisis should be addressed along with a slew of other state budget demands during the Legislature’s regular January meeting, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Big donors prefer Perry

If you want a preview of the 2006 Republican primary for Governor, here it is from the Fat Cat perspective. Some big Republican givers are choosing sides in the battle between Gov. Rick Perry and state Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Andrea Yates hospitalized

This is no surprise. Texas prison officials transferred Andrea Yates to John Sealy Hospital Monday because she has lost a significant amount of weight and her mental and physical condition has deteriorated, George Parnham said. “There’s just a blackness to … Continue reading Continue reading

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Kenny Boy’s insider trading

Tom Kirkendall points to this Business Week article which gives an overview of the case that Kenny Boy Lay engaged in insider trading as Enron was imploding, and also explains why it’s the SEC and not the federal prosecutors who … Continue reading Continue reading

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Alamo Drafthouse expansion

The Alamo Drafthouse is going nationwide. Tim and Karrie League have sold the franchise and marketing operations of Alamo Drafthouse to Terrell Braly, the company’s CEO; John Martin, the company’s principal partner; and a silent partner. The new company is … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hi-tech pay toilets

When one encounters the headline Downtown could get high-tech pay toilets in the daily fishwrap, there are two questions that leap to mind right away: One, how many toilet-related puns will the story include, and two, how many times will … Continue reading Continue reading

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