Daily Archives: July 23, 2006

Measured opposition on Richmond

Posted on July 23, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Given that there was supposed to be another Metro open house on the Universities line yesterday, I was hoping there’d be an article on that in today’s Chron so I could do one post on that and on this story … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Charles Whitman, forty years later

Posted on July 23, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I finally got around to reading this powerful Texas Monthly story about August 1, 1966, the day Charles Whitman shot 43 people (killing 15) from the top of the UT Tower in Austin, and I’m glad I did. I really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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No rudeness!

Posted on July 23, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

First they came for the beer bongs. Now they’re coming after rude behavior. Families have been feeling increasingly alienated on the picturesque waterways around New Braunfels, local leaders say, prompting them to crack down on rude behavior. “In the past … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Making noise about I-10 service roads

Posted on July 23, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

TxDOT’s plan to connect the existing service roads along I-10 between downtown and the West Loop are generating complaints from the neighborhoods they’d run through. TxDOT has plans to build the elevated frontage lanes as part of its $40 million … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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