Daily Archives: February 2, 2005

On cleaning up Texas politics

I attended a cool event last night, a forum sponsored by Clean Up Texas Politics on the effect of big money in our political campaigns and what’s going on to fix it. Mayor White gave a keynote address, City Council … Continue reading Continue reading

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Caffeinating a beer near you

The new caffeinated beer, which I mentioned before, is now officially on the market. Putting aside the travesty that is beer with ingredients like “guarana”, this is an Anheuser-Busch product. What more do you need to know? Oh, all right, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cracker Barrel cooperates

Cracker Barrel becomes the third corporation indicted in the TRMPAC case to cut a deal with the Travis County DA’s office, joining Sears and Diversified Collections Services. Travis County charges against the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. restaurant chain … Continue reading Continue reading

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Early voting ends in San Antonio

Yesterday was the last day for early voting in the San Antonio special election, which will decide the HD121 race among others. Early turnout was strong, relatively speaking. With the close of early voting Tuesday, 14,157 people had cast early … Continue reading Continue reading

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Kinky is in

Kinky Friedman has officially announced his candidacy for Governor in 2006. Some 13 months before the established political parties select their nominees in the state primary elections, Friedman and his trademark black cowboy hat and Cuban cigar were entering the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Bonilla is in if Hutchison is out

Rep. Henry Bonilla will run for Senate if Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison does not. The announcement, during an interview with a Lubbock radio station, is the first GOP shot fired in what is expected to be a free-for-all to fill … Continue reading Continue reading

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No decision yet

We’ll have to wait till next week to find out what will happen with the Heflin challenge. State Rep. Will Hartnett, R-Dallas, who is gathering evidence for a House committee that will consider Heflin’s charge that he lost because of … Continue reading Continue reading

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