Daily Archives: November 16, 2006

Is this the end for Jordy Tollett?

Though I disagree with his conclusion, I kind of like the way Marc Campos phrased this: “Quien es mas macho, Jordy Tollett or Houston Mayor Bill White?” Longtime local booster and political insider Jordy Tollett intends to fight for his … Continue reading Continue reading

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Appraisal caps again

Looks like yesterday’s hearing on appraisal caps contained the usual amount of rhetoric and posturing. This is an issue that has been around for awhile, and won’t go away any time soon, especially now that chief pitchfork wielder Dan Patrick … Continue reading Continue reading

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HD127 numbers

Stace has a preview of the precinct data from HD127, where Diane Trautman gained over ten points on the base Democratic vote from 2004. The full numbers are still not available online, and my expectation is that they won’t be … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Capitol gets on the RSS bandwagon

Grits brings the news that the Texas Capitol website now has numerous RSS feeds for tracking committee meetings, calendars, bill information, and more. They’ve even got a PDA/cellphone lookup feature. Outstanding! I join him in saluting the folks in Austin … Continue reading Continue reading

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More gambling bills filed

Vince keeps up with the pre-filing, this time giving us a look at State Sen. Rodney Ellis’ SJR8, which would do the following: First and foremost, the bureaucratic part. SJR 8 will abolish the Texas Racing Commission and the Texas … Continue reading Continue reading

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The HD29 runoff

CD23 won’t be the only electoral action in Texas next month. The death of Republican State Rep. Glenda Dawson has left a vacancy in HD29 that needs to be filled. According to the Bay City Tribune, candidate jockeying has already … Continue reading Continue reading

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Houston fundraiser for Ciro Rodriguez

Barbara Radnofsky is putting together a fundraiser in Houston on Monday, November 20, to help Ciro Rodriguez in the runoff election for CD23. PDiddie has the details. Other folks such as David Van Os and John Courage are also pitching … Continue reading Continue reading

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When the third way is the right way

Allow me to endorse the conclusion reached here by Matthew Yglesias regarding who the Democrats should appoint to be the chair of the House Intelligence Committee: [P]ass over both [Rep. Alcee] Hastings and [Rep. Jane] Harman and reach down to … Continue reading Continue reading

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Farmers Branch

I presume you’ve heard of the fun and games up in the Dallas suburb of Farmer’s Branch, where apartment managers have been forcibly deputized into an arm of la Migra. Not too surprisingly, they’re not happy about this development, which … Continue reading Continue reading

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