Daily Archives: February 10, 2006

Subpoenas in the Reed/Channel One lobbying case

More subpoenas from the Travis County DA. New subpoenas issued by Travis County prosecutors on Thursday cast light on a campaign contribution made by Primedia Inc. in 2002 just two days before the State Board of Education cast a vote … Continue reading Continue reading

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No FTA funds for Metro

This is unfortunate. The future of the Metro Solution’s Plan has always depended on federal money. It’s a planned 50/50 match to move the bells and whistles beyond downtown and the Med Center to the north and southeast sides. But … Continue reading Continue reading

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Bell v Gammage on the air

WFAA in Dallas hosted a debate between Chris Bell and Bob Gammage yesterday – Jason Stanford described it as “No rules, no opening & closing statements, no time limits, just a conversation moderated by Wayne Slater of the Morning News … Continue reading Continue reading

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A tale of two counties

I see that the Ciro Rodriguez-Henry Cuellar primary has been written up on MSNBC. It’s a nice enough piece, with one point that I want to discuss: This time, analysts don’t expect the Cuellar-Rodriguez race to be as close [as … Continue reading Continue reading

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With friends like Tom…

Tom DeLay now, as quoted in Roll Call: In his letter to Republican constituents, mailed out by his re-election campaign this week, DeLay acknowledges that he faces political problems due to his ethical problems, although he dismisses the allegations as … Continue reading Continue reading

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