Daily Archives: October 12, 2007

Panel to review HPD crime lab cases

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

This looks like progress to me. Days after the release of a man wrongfully convicted on faulty forensics, Harris County criminal district judges are poised to appoint a panel to review 180 cases with problematic Houston crime lab evidence, ending … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: More officeholders for the bonds

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

More support for the HISD bond referendum. Houston’s 200,000 students desperately need the 24 new schools and $90 million in security upgrades proposed by the bond, state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, said. “We believe it’s a fair plan, and it’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: Prop 15

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Still no surprises in the Chron endorsements so far, as they give a thumbs-up to Prop 15. Proposition 15 has an appropriate champion in Austinite and bicycle racer Lance Armstrong, who not only survived testicular cancer but went on to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Sam Houston for Supreme Court

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Gotta love the idea of having this name on the ballot next year: According to Harvey Kronberg, a Houston attorney named Sam Houston will run for the State Supreme Court: For most, the name Sam Houston conjures up vision of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Friday rumormongering: More R-to-D switches coming?

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

It’s from last Friday, but Rio Grande Valley Politics had some interesting scuttlebutt. Here’s the rumor du jour. Two other Republicans are considering the switch to the Democratic side. If England wins re-election as a D, and the two rumored … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Father, may I?

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

From the Things I Don’t Quite Understand Department: Asking Daddy’s permission to marry his daughter. Before Bob Hunt dropped to bended knee on the famed Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I., and asked his high school sweetheart to marry him, he’d … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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