Daily Archives: November 12, 2007

Kubosh loses in court

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, I’ve been eagerly awaiting a resolution to the Kubosh lawsuit, which challenged the city’s right to install red light cameras and impose civil penalties for being caught by them running a red light. Today, Judge Sharolyn Wood … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 1 Comment

Know your HHSC contractors

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Want to know who’s actually providing services to the HHSC these days? The CPPP is keeping track. Earlier this month, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission released two draft Request for Proposals related to the development and operation of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Trautman announces for 2008

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Diane Trautman will take another shot at HD127 next year. Dr. Diane Trautman, former candidate for District 127 State Representative in 2006, hosted a town hall meeting at Homewood Suites in Kingwood on Saturday, November 10, and announced her intention … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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New development on Yale

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Almost two years after the last days of Kaplan’s-Ben Hur, the site of the onetime historic department store is being turned into an apartment complex. A $30 million apartment complex under construction on a century-old commercial site in the Heights … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Five years ago

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Last week, BOR took a couple of looks back at how things were five years ago in the aftermath of the 2002 election (short answer: it sucked), and compares to how things are now. I’ll give you one way in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Facebook and Plaxo spam

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

So recently I got a friend invite from this “person” on Facebook. In case you can’t see it, the page (one “Page Peel”, har har har) is a dot com site, looking suspiciously like the sort of thing I’d flag … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Websurfing | 1 Comment