Daily Archives: April 8, 2005

Coverage of that National Press Club panel

Posted on April 8, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Agonist has all the linkage you need on GannonGuckert Day at the National Press Club. Apparently, it’s being rerun on C-SPAN2 tonight at 7 PM EDT, so set your TiVos accordingly if you’re into that sort of thing (and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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DeLay day at Salon

Posted on April 8, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I’m a little tied up right now, so I’ll have to mark these for future reading: Broken Hammer Standing By Their Man Joe Conanson on Randy DeLay Tom DeLay’s Extreme Makeover. All I can say is that if it involves … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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How are things in Bedford now?

Posted on April 8, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Remember the Bedford tax rollback vote? How have things panned out so far? The DMN has an update. The library is padlocked, the recreation center is boarded up, and the weeds are running riot on the broad lawn outside City … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CPS: The next privatization frontier

Posted on April 8, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The AusChron reports on HB6 (man, that’s one big bill), which would provide for the near-complete privatization of Child Protective Services. As with other privatization mandates within the Health and Human Services Commission, this would be done statewide all at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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On the market again

Posted on April 8, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve tried and failed to come up with a snarky-but-not-tasteless way to describe this story, so I’m just going to present it without comment. I’m not sure it needs comment anyway. Newly divorced Russell Yates said in a newspaper interview … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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