Daily Archives: October 16, 2009

Friday random ten: Here, here

Here we go: 1. Here Comes Santa Claus – Asleep At The Wheel 2. Here Comes The Flood – Peter Gabriel 3. Here Comes The Night – Van Morrison 4. Here Comes The Snake – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies 5. Here … Continue reading

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Shapleigh not running for re-election

This is a big loss for the Senate, but there’s a potential upside that’s even bigger. State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, El Paso’s tireless adovcate for the poor and underpriveleged, announced today that he will not be running for re-election in … Continue reading

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Where to find the candidates on YouTube

I’ve mentioned candidate videos on here a few times, and it occurs to me that I ought to just do a search through YouTube to see what’s out there for the people running in this election. So here you have … Continue reading

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Endorsement watch: ABCDEFG

I’ve been hard on the Chron lately for being so lackadaisical about getting to some of their endorsements. In my opinion, they should all be done before Early Voting begins, or else their value erodes. So I’m pleased to see … Continue reading

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Opposition to Prop 4

Prop 4, the Tier 1 Universities constitutional amendment, has gotten a lot of support across the spectrum. Any high-profile amendment will always have some opposition, however, and Prop 4 no exception. A proposed constitutional amendment to help the University of … Continue reading

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Endorsement watch: Seven of eight

I didn’t get around to this yesterday, but the Chron endorsed nearly all of the remaining Constitutional amendments by giving its thumbs-up to propositions 2, 3, and 5 and 1, 6, 7, and 8. From the former: Proposition 2 would … Continue reading

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Texas blog roundup for the week of October 12

Yeah, I know, it’s late this week. These things happen. Click on for the highlights.

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