Daily Archives: October 6, 2005

Hutchison’s bad idea

Posted on October 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has a bad idea for border security that she wants to make into law. With complaints mounting about lax border controls, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison called Wednesday for giving local police the power to arrest … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Tom ‘n’ Roy, together forever

Posted on October 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Tom DeLay and Roy Blunt, two peas from the same rotten pod. Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Why we left

Posted on October 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Chronicle does a poll about the Rita evacuation. If a Category 4 hurricane had a bead on Houston, 62 percent would leave — a slightly higher percentage than actually did flee ahead of Rita, according to the poll. […] … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ted Lyon for Governor?

Posted on October 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Via DC9 and email from Judge Susan Criss comes the following tidbit gleaned from the current newsletter of the Galveston County Democratic Party: The rumors are strong around the state that Ted B. Lyon will seek the Democratic Party¹s nomination … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Polling followup – Is there a basis for comparison?

Posted on October 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Following up on all of the bloggage about that Zogby Interactive poll, the Chris Bell folks did a little research into other attempts to quantify Texas gubernatorial races a year or more out from the election. Here’s what they found … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Still in search of privatization savings

Posted on October 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Following up on the earlier news about the very critical state audit of claimed savings by privatizing HR and payroll functions of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC), we have this Chron story which adds some more details. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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