Daily Archives: October 31, 2007

More on the Astrodome Redevelopment opposition

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Following up on yesterday’s announcement that the Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo had come out against the Astrodome Redevelopment plan, here’s today’s Chron story, with more details. Scott Hanson, president of Astrodome Redevelopment, held out hope that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Preventing Wrongful Convictions and Exonerating the Innocent

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

The Drum Major Institute hosted an event on Monday called “Preventing Wrongful Convictions and Exonerating the Innocent”, which featured Dallas County DA Craig Watkins as its headline speaker. Here’s a comprehensive liveblog of the panel discussion, which gets into all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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How the Candy Man stole Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Happy Halloween, everyone! We’re going to be up to our clavicles in Trick or Treaters this evening – I’ll post some pictures like I did last year to give you a feel for how busy it gets. But before that, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blog My Wage

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve mentioned before that Council Member Peter Brown has been living on $92.12 this week ($23.03 a day for four days), which is what the wages of city health department worker Belinda Rodriguez allows. He’s blogging about his experience here, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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“Including this one…”

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Great moments in headline writing: State report says Texas has too many reports. You can live a long time before getting a meatball like that. Now, it’s very easy to note a story like this and go into full-on snark … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Daylight Savings Time shuffle

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Is one of your timekeeping gadgets off by an hour this week? If so, you’re not alone. It might be silly to talk about the duplicitous hands of time or tick-tock treachery. But the fact remains that at least some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Sugar Land’s red light cameras roll out

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, Sugar Land! Are you ready for those red light cameras you’ve been expecting? Well, ready or not, here they are. Sugar Land’s three cameras will start snapping pictures Monday, but violators will receive warnings for the first 30 days … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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