Daily Archives: March 25, 2008

Noriega wins Progressive Patriots poll

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Excellent news from Sen. Feingold: I’m proud to announce that the Progressive Patriots community has chosen U.S. Senate candidate of Texas Rick Noriega as our first ‘Progressive Patriot’ of 2008. Of the thousands of progressives who cast their vote, Rick … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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On the road to victory with Rick Noriega

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Tiffany Tyler

The DSCC continued their “Road to Victory” series this week with a pretty rockin’ look at the Noriega campaign. Having spent a good amount of time at Noriega HQ and having declined invites to their early morning runs, I don’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WiFi bubbles

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Last month, after EarthLink officially defaulted on its contract with the city to provide municipal WiFi and paid a $5 million penalty for doing so, the city announced a pilot project to provide WiFi hotspots in certain neighborhoods, to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Senate convention information

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Easter Lemming has a boatload of information about all of the State Senate district conventions in Harris County, which I recommend you review if you plan on attending yours. If you’re going to the SD6 convention, please note that there’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Recount in HD73

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

One of the closest primary elections this year, and one of the few in which a Tom Craddick ally was knocked off by a challenger, is not over yet. A recount of the nearly 30,000 votes cast earlier this month … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Observer on the RRC runoff

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve publicly wondered about the bizarre result of the Railroad Commissioner primary election, as I still can’t think of a plausible reason Mark Thompson came away with a near-majority of the vote. To help me try to understand this a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of March 24

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Is your bracket irretrievably busted? Do you find yourself cursing schools you hadn’t heard of a week before? Well, I can’t do anything about that, but I can point you towards this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup, which might … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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