Daily Archives: February 24, 2007

State auditor criticizes Trans Texas Corridor

I think Clay Robison put it well when he said that Rick Perry’s bad week has continued with the release of a critical audit of the Trans Texas Corridor. The State Auditor’s Office issued a sharply critical report on the … Continue reading Continue reading

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More reactions to the Culberson town hall meeting

This HAIF thread (scroll down to post #2532) has some reactions from people who attended the Thursday town hall meeting of Rep. Culberson’s at Rice University. A brief sample, from “Quinlan”: It was a pretty full house and there was … Continue reading Continue reading

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Estimating the cost of “Jessica’s Law”

Grits notes that the Legislative Budget Board is using a more realistic approach to doing fiscal notes for crime-related bills, and goes from there to analyze their estimate for HB8, also known as “Jessica’s Law”. More background can be found … Continue reading Continue reading

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“But it’s the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane”

Okay, so they probably weren’t doing the Time Warp, but still, what else can one think? A troupe of Chippendales dancers won’t face criminal charges for a West Texas performance featuring “pelvic thrusts” that prompted police to shut down the … Continue reading Continue reading

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