Daily Archives: October 18, 2005

Pretty much every newspaper against Prop 2

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The LGRL has a roundup of anti-Prop 2 editorials, while BOR has some more they missed – see here and here for the editorials, and here for an impressive array of Travis County officeholders who spoke out against it. I’ll … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: Districts B, C, and F

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

It must be endorsement week at the Chron, as they check in today with three more recommendations, for City Council Districts B, C, and F. No surprise in F, where incumbent MJ Khan is running against token opposition. Can’t really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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August and September traffic reports

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I managed to skip doing a traffic report last month amidst all the excitement. August and September were both pretty busy around here, with 56,000 hits in August and over 79,000 in September, which is a new alltime high around … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Who knew he was such a delicate flower?

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

What do you call it when a prosecutor offers to let someone who’s facing felony charges plead to a misdemeanor? If you’re Tom DeLay, you call it coercion. The plea offer was mentioned in a letter to [ Travis County … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Berra’s wisdom

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

In case you were wondering, it’s games like last night’s that Yogi Berra had in mind when he said that thing about it not being over until it’s over. Reversals of fortune don’t get much more whiplash-inducing than that. What … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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