Daily Archives: May 5, 2019

Weekend link dump for May 5

“Keep garlic out of your vagina. Words to live by.” “The NRA’s current financial woes bear a striking similarity to what happened during [its] tumultuous period in the 1990s.” “The decimation of sleep throughout industrialized nations is having a catastrophic … Continue reading

Posted in Blog stuff | Tagged | Comments Off on Weekend link dump for May 5

May 4 election results

The hottest race was in San Antonio. With more than 81 percent of the precincts counted, Mayor Ron Nirenberg took a nearly 3-point lead against Councilman Greg Brockhouse, but it likely won’t be enough to avoid a runoff to determine … Continue reading

Posted in Election 2019 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Mediation fails to achieve Prop B agreement

I have three things to say about this. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Friday said a court-appointed mediator has declared negotiations between the city and firefighters union over the implementation of Proposition B at impasse, potentially leaving the future of … Continue reading

Posted in Legal matters, Local politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Mediation fails to achieve Prop B agreement

Still waiting to see if an anti-Texas Central bill passes

There’s still time, and anything can happen in the Lege, but so far it’s looking like Texas Central will make it through more or less unscathed. High-speed rail developers have been eyeing a 240-mile stretch of mostly rural land sandwiched … Continue reading

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, That's our Lege | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments