Daily Archives: April 6, 2005

Team Bell

Via the Quorum Report, the exploratory campaign committee for Chris Bell has been fleshed out. The name most likely to turn heads is Joe Trippi. Click the More link for the full story. Continue reading

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The dueling propositions

Noted for future reference: arguments made in the lawsuit over whether the city of Houston is required to adopt last year’s Proposition 2 in addition to Prop 1, even though Prop 1’s language barred that from happening. I assume Mayor … Continue reading Continue reading

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Talking with Richard Morrison

As you’ve probably read elsewhere in the Texas progressive ‘sphere today, Richard Morrison spent some time last night talking to a bunch of us bloggers. From the very beginning of his campaign last year, Morrison has been a friend of … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Election 2006 | 7 Comments

Do you care what Clayton Williams wants?

I’m kind of amused that ol’ Clayton Williams is dispensing wisdom to Republicans about next year’s Governor’s race. Maybe we should be asking Garry Mauro what he thinks Chris Bell ought to be doing while we’re at it. Be that … Continue reading Continue reading

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Why WiFi

This LAT article gives a good overview of why cities around the country are looking at installing WiFi networks. In addition to the usual perks of making their cities more attractive to businesses and residents, they have discovered new ways … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Technology, science, and math | 2 Comments

PLOB watch – HB2881

Got an email yesterday (reproduced below the fold) about another PLOB: House Bill 2881, which would create a new government agency designed to keep people from suing polluters. I think we’ve finally stumbled onto the master plan to limit activist … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cornyn backs away

So Senator Cornyn has now revised and extended his original remarks. Cornyn tried Tuesday to stop what he called the misrepresentation of a speech about the judiciary that he made on the Senate floor a day earlier. With the criticism … Continue reading Continue reading

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A song for Tom

It’s not just a DeLay drumbeat out there, it’s an entire marching band. Yet another lobbyist-paid junket (of which DeLay knew nothing! nothing!) along with Jack Abramoff and a nice fat paycheck for his wife to do…something, I guess. The … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Scandalized! | 3 Comments