Daily Archives: March 10, 2008

Memorial Heights update

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Got this last week and forgot to post about it. From SuperNeighborhood 22, an update on the Archstone Memorial Heights situation: The TIRZ 5 (Memorial/Heights) Board will meet on Tuesday, March 11 at 2:00PM. The meeting location is changed from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The not-so-hot button

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

This isn’t really news, in the sense that it’s happened over and over again in elections across the country, but in case you’ve forgotten, it’s still the case that being an anti-immigrant demagogue isn’t an electoral winner. The cooling down … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TIERS and problems go hand in hand

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

From the “Stuff I bookmarked then totally forgot to blog about because the primary was so crazy” comes this story about more trouble with the TIERS system. To Texans applying for food stamps, it may not seem to matter whether … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A taste of Republican pessimism

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

As we see in this blog post by the Chron’s Alan Bernstein, Rep. John Culberson is now officially worried about Michael Skelly and his fundraising prowess. But what really caught my eye was this rather amazing admission by Harris County … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Welcome, new voters! You’re gonna get mail!

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

It’s going to be so much fun going through all this data. Well, for me, anyway. For a lot of people, it’s gonna be a boatload of work. Perhaps one of the lasting effects of the record primary turnout for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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“The next slums”

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Fascinating piece in The Atlantic about the subprime mortgage crisis and its longterm effects on the inner cities and far-flung newer developments. Arthur C. Nelson, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, has looked carefully at trends in American … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Oh Danny Boy, please go away

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Amen, brother. It’s depressing, it’s not usually sung in Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day, and its lyrics were written by an Englishman who never set foot on Irish soil. Those are only some of the reasons why a Manhattan pub … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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