Daily Archives: June 13, 2007

From the “Why Every Vote Counts” Department

Some runoffs are stranger than others. Travis Quinn, the incumbent for Clute’s Ward D, and challenger Michael Binnion are hoping that more than two dozen voters cast ballots in the runoff Saturday. Theirs is one of many Houston-area elections Saturday. … Continue reading Continue reading

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On the new red light camera (not quite yet) law

I might have waited till Governor Perry actually signed SB1119 before I ran this article about what its passage will mean, since after all nobody really knows when Perry will break out his mighty veto pen, but given that it’s … Continue reading Continue reading

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A moment of Audrey

Well, I’m not running this picture, so I figure I ought to run a picture. And here it is: Audrey is sitting in a Bumbo, and as you can see she is holding herself fully upright. She is now four … Continue reading Continue reading

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Innocence matters

Via Grits, here’s a Q&A with Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Barbara Hervey that touches on some hot button issues. Q. If you could improve on one area of law education, what would it be? A. We are working … Continue reading Continue reading

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Kotkin v. Falkenberg

I mentioned before the talk Joel Kotkin gave to the Greater Houston Partnership recently, and wondered when we’d hear more about it from Tory Gattis. That answer came in Sunday’s op-ed pages, where Tory wrote one of the longer submitted … Continue reading Continue reading

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Mammoth extinction: Not our fault

Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m relieved to hear this. Paleontologists long have assumed that massive hunting by humans led to the extinction of the woolly mammoths about 12,000 years ago. New genetic analysis indicates, however, that inbreeding … Continue reading

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Offshore wind farms are a no go

That’s too bad. Plans to build what would have been the nation’s largest offshore wind farm in South Texas have been called off because the multibillion-dollar project didn’t make economic sense, the developer said Monday. John Calaway, chief development officer … Continue reading Continue reading

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