Daily Archives: August 18, 2007

Does EarthLink want out?

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Looks like EarthLink might be getting some cold feet over the WiFi deal they’ve inked with the City of Houston. Months after the City Council approved a contract to allow EarthLink Inc. to blanket Houston with a wireless network, the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Dean strengthens, moves south

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

The bad news is that Hurricane Dean is on its way to becoming a Category Five storm. The good news, from my perspective, is that the models have nudged enough south, and are now clustered enough together, that Houston is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Another special election?

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

We are already slated to have one special election to fill a state legislative seat. Now Chris Elam is reporting that we may have another. Word out of Austin is that Pearland State Representative Mike O’Day will be resigning his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Oyster-related crime is on the rise in Texas

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Grits for Breakfast has a question I don’t hear every day: Texas’ overcriminalization trivializes ‘real’ crimes, writes Marc Levin of the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation in the Houston Chronicle. I laughed out loud when he announced that eleven of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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