Daily Archives: September 17, 2004

DeLay’s devilment

Posted on September 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

If I could add one thing to this anti-DeLay editorial in today’s Chron, it would be to note that one other side effect of his egregious redistricting scheme has put DeLay himself into a hotly contested race for the first … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Kristen Mack

Posted on September 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron has finally gotten around to replacing the departed John Williams as the weekly local-politics columnist, and I think they made a good choice in Kristen Mack. Most of today’s piece is about the two cap-related city propositions on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Business tax revisited

Posted on September 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Now that a judge has forced the issue, Tom Craddick is stating the obvious: We need a real tax to replace the useless corporate franchise tax. “I really believe we’ve got to find a broad-based business tax in this state, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Strama and Sandlin

Posted on September 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Would you call the former CFO of Dell Computers an “anti-job growth, anti-business” activist? Mark Strama’s opponent did just that, after the Dell CFO and some other business leaders dared to endorse the Democratic challenger for State House District 50. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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