Daily Archives: December 28, 2006

Speaker’s race: Two out, one in

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Things continue to heat up in the Speaker’s race. First, according to the Quorum Report, onetime Speaker candidate Robert Talton has thrown his support to Brian McCall, thus making him the first Republican to officially break with Tom Craddick. BOR … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | 8 Comments

Caption time

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I’m not usually one for caption contests, but with a picture like this, I can’t resist: I’ll open the bidding with “The Bad, The Worse, and The Ugly”, but surely you can do better than that. Have at it in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Corpus Christi WiFi update

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Dwight brings an update on Corpus Christi’s WiFi rollout, which he says still has a few bugs in the system. It’s still under construction, so the final chapter has not been written yet. As Earthlink is their vendor and one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Throwing good money after bad

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Scott picks up on this Chron editorial endorsing the recent proposal to spend $267 million to build more jails in Harris County, and points out all of the bothersome details that they failed to address. I’m not going to re-plow … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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