Daily Archives: April 23, 2007

Voter ID debate going on

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Eye on Williamson is sort-of liveblogging things. Vince is in the Capitol, so maybe he’ll have a report for us soon. Inside Texas Politics has some analysis, Postcards from the Lege mentions the Royal Masset column, which was (in what … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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It’s not just a partisan dispute

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

As noted yesterday, the evil and pernicious voter ID bills are coming to the House floor today. And this is the treatment it gets from the Chron’s Clay Robison. Expect a big partisan fight on the House floor today if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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HHSC response to OIG report

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I received a copy in the mail of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s official response to the Office of the Inspector General’s report about the abject failure of the TIERS software system. It’s uploaded here (PDF) for those … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Monday random thirty

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Seems my recent Friday random music-blogging effort has spawned a few replies. I hereby give you the Random Ten efforts of Greg Wythe, Jeff Balke, and once removed from my post, Houston Grooves. I kinda like the collaborativeness of this. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Another bohemian hippie attorney update

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Just because I never get tired of this picture: Nancy Sarnoff has another update on my current favorite real estate project (see here for the previous installment). The developers of a controversial mixed-use project in Rice Village kicked off an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Vroom! Vroooommmm!

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I drove past Reliant Stadium on Friday coming back to my office from lunch, and with the car windows up, the air conditioning on, and music playing, all I could hear was the noise of the cars coming from the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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