Daily Archives: December 14, 2007

Filing news: Ronnie Earle retires

I was going to say it was a slow week in candidate filings until this happened. Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who has led that office since 1977, told his staff today that he will not seek re-election. He … Continue reading Continue reading

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Texan of the Year for 2007

[Today, the Texas Progressive Alliance honors its 2007 Texan of the Year. This year, the Alliance elected to recognize a number of other Texans who have contributed to Texas politics and the Progressive cause during 2007. This week, leading up … Continue reading Continue reading

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Car crash into the Hot Bagel Shop

Geez. I was there this morning for breakfast, maybe two hours before this happened. A popular Montrose-area bagel shop was damaged after a car drove through the front of the business this morning, authorities said. The incident occurred around 9:20 … Continue reading Continue reading

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Clemens and Bonds

Richard Justice makes a point that, on its surface at least, is eminently sensible. Here’s the thing. If you had one view of [Barry] Bonds, you ought to have the same view of [Roger] Clemens because they’re accused of doing … Continue reading Continue reading

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Looking forward to 2008: Jeff Balke

(Note: I have asked a variety of people to submit an essay to me to be posted during the month of December, to be called “Looking Forward to 2008”. This entry was written by Jeff Balke.) I’m not greedy. Really, … Continue reading Continue reading

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The successful Caucus

The Houston GLBT Political Caucus had a pretty good election season this year. Here’s the press release they sent out about it: The Houston GLBT Caucus was victorious in 16 of the 17 races in which they endorsed in the … Continue reading Continue reading

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The CPPP explains (again!) why Phil King’s sales tax swap is a bad idea

Since State Rep. Phil King has once again raised the awful idea of massively hiking sales taxes in order to reduce property taxes, the CPPP has once again swung into action to explain why it’s so dumb (PDF) to do … Continue reading Continue reading

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Duncanville sex club lawsuit

You may recall that the city of Duncanville recently decided to git tuff on swingers. Well, the swingers are now fighting back in court. A Duncanville swinger sued the city Wednesday, contending that a new ordinance banning sex clubs violates … Continue reading Continue reading

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HHSC Employee back in the blogging saddle

I got word of this last week but didn’t get a chance to mention it – Ramblings of an HHSC Employee is being updated again by our intrepid and anonymous employee of the “food stamp” office in Texas. Just in … Continue reading Continue reading

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