Daily Archives: September 6, 2009

Weekend link dump for September 6

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Happy Labor Day weekend! Here are a few tunes to queue up on the iPod as you celebrate. Colonel Sanders, as you’ve never seen him before. You might not be a libertarian if… LOLSaints. 500 Days of Sanford. The Men’s … Continue reading →

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More on the HISD candidates

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The Bellaire Examiner looks at the contested HISD Trustee races, two of which weren’t hadn’t been contested before the day of the filing deadline. HISD Board President Lawrence Marshall appeared to be one of three incumbent trustees unopposed in the … Continue reading →

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From the “Timing Is Everything” department

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I can only presume that this Saturday op-ed by soon-to-be-former HCC Trustee Abel Davila was submitted to the Chron before Wednesday of this week. I also presume once it was in the queue, it was going to run regardless of … Continue reading →

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More on Glaeser and high speed rail

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I mentioned before some analysis done by the New York Times’ Ed Glaeser on the economics of high speed rail between Houston and Dallas. His series has come under a lot of criticism – see that post, along with these … Continue reading →

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