Daily Archives: October 5, 2009

City fundraising reports, 30 days out

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Today is the deadline to file the 30-days-out campaign finance report. You can look up your favorite candidate here, but I can tell you that more than half of them aren’t up as of when I publish this. I’ve updated … Continue reading →

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The Mayoral forum at Discovery Green

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

In case you didn’t make it to the Mayoral forum at Discovery Green on Sunday, you’ll have another chance to see what happened later this week. The four candidates vying to become Houston’s next mayor emerged from the first major … Continue reading →

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Interview with Council Member Ronald Green

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

We begin the final two weeks of interviews with Council Member Ronald Green, who is the first of the City Controller candidates I spoke to. Like his opponents in the race, Green is term-limited out of Council, where he is … Continue reading →

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So who will the Republicans vote for in this election?

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

This article can basically be summarized as “Republican voters in Houston have a choice between three serious candidates who are all Democrats, and Roy Morales, and neither of those choices is particularly appealing to them”. I’ll put aside my sense … Continue reading →

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Scratch EZ Match

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I can’t say this comes as a surprise. EZ Match is a scratch. The Texas Lottery Commission pulled the plug Friday on the proposed game that would have allowed players to become instant winners by handing their money to a … Continue reading →

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League City begins red light camera operations

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Back in April, League City council approved the use of red light cameras at up to five intersections there. On Wednesday, those cameras went into operation. League City installed three red-light cameras at the following three intersections. West FM 518 … Continue reading →

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Seven sidewalk sins

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Sid Burgess presents seven examples of how to be pedestrian-unfriendly. How many of them have you seen in the Houston area? I can say I’ve seen all seven. Thanks to neoHouston for the link.

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