Daily Archives: May 31, 2008

Council fusses at Metro over rail details

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

This story about City Council delaying a vote on the “consent agreement” with Metro seems to me to be less bad than it sounds. Among council members’ concerns were sidewalks, street beautification, the impact of construction, the danger of trains … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hotel tax lawsuit goes class-action

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Back in 2006, the city of San Antonio filed a lawsuit against online hotel bookers, claiming that they were paying an insufficient amount of hotel taxes. Basically, sites like Travelocity book a boatload of rooms at a fixed discount price, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Once again, a matter of priorities

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve hit on the theme of budgetary priorities and choices many times in recent weeks, and I see that Rick Noriega has given me a nice opportunity to hit it again. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Noriega lashed Republican incumbent … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LSG report on higher education in Texas

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Since the subject of public universities and tuition costs have been in the news lately, this would be a good time to direct you to the just-released Legislative Study Group Analysis and Recommendations on State of Higher Education in Texas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A change of direction at TxDOT?

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Is new TxDOT Chair Deirdre Delisi, whose appointment to replace the late Ric Williamson was not very well received due to her close ties to Governor Perry, trying to take the agency in a new direction regarding toll roads? Maybe, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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