Daily Archives: July 30, 2007

Texas blog roundup for the week of July 30

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

You know the drill. As with the last time, Vince is the roundup master. Click on for the highlights. Continue reading →

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Astros punt on Ensberg

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I suppose this shouldn’t surprise me, but it still kinda does. While the rest of his former teammates were on the field with their wives and children as part of the Astros’ annual family day, third baseman Morgan Ensberg was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Back to the future with Talmadge Heflin

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Excellent. Former House Appropriations Chairman Talmadge Heflin of Houston is the new executive director of the Texas Republican Party, state GOP Chairman Tina Benkiser announced today. Heflin served in the Legislature from 1983-2004, when he was narrowly unseated by Democrat … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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RIP, Marvin Zindler

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Marvin Zindler, Channel 13’s iconic crusading news reporter, has died from cancer at the age of 85. Marvin Zindler, a Houston institution for more than three decades and a pioneer of consumer reporting, died Sunday at M.D. Anderson Hospital after … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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JudgeCriss dot com

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Judge Susan Criss, the “blogging judge” who’s also a candidate for the State Supreme Court, has revamped her website in preparation for her planned statewide run. Sure seems like there’s a lot of Democrats out there who are already pretty … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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One more thing about the community college veto

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I’m reading this AusChron article (link via PinkDome) about more reaction to the community college funding veto (see here and here for more, and I’m reading Burka’s post on why we shouldn’t count out Rick Perry after all this time, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thanks for the timely warning

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I just have one question regarding this article about the cancer research bill that passed the Lege and will appear as a referendum on the November ballot. The rhetoric was befitting a $3 billion assault on the nation’s No. 1 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Homeless in suburbia

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Good article in yesterday’s Chron about the issue of homelessness in Houston’s suburbs, where the problem is often invisible. Although homelessness in the suburbs has not yet reached a critical level, service providers say they are nearly stretched to the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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