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The cost to cities of being anti-immigrant

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The Center for American Progress has a new report out called The High Price of Local Immigration Enforcement that tracks how much various anti-immigrant ordinances in cities like Hazelton, PA, and Farmers Branch have cost them. Most of those costs … Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for November 28

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The leftovers are always the best part… Got computer problems? Read this, because they’re not always what you think they are. It’s always best to get your excuses prepared beforehand. Texas hasn’t grown any faster than California. Someone should tell … Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of June 28

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Progressive Alliance is fired up and ready to go with its post-convention blog roundup.

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Elections today

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Just a reminder that for some of you, there are elections today, including a special election to replace State Sen. Kip Averitt in Waco, school board elections in Austin and Dallas, and of course elections for Mayor and City Council … Continue reading →

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Bye-bye, Texas Stadium

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

It went boom on Sunday morning. More than 38 years of football and entertainment memories came crashing down Sunday morning when 11-year-old Casey Rogers pushed the button that set off 2,715 pounds of dynamite, leveling Texas Stadium in less than … Continue reading →

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Irving ordered to switch to single-member Council districts

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

A federal judge has ordered the city of Irving, Texas, to switch to single-member City Council districts because their current at-large system was in violation of the Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Jorge Solis issued the ruling Tuesday in … Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of May 11

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Progressive Alliance brings you yet another 100% performance enhancing drug-free weekly blog roundup. Click on for the highlights.

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Now how much would you pay to get rid of those immigrants?

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

They sure do seem to like flushing their money away in Farmers Branch. The Farmers Branch City Council will spend nearly a half-million dollars more to cover the cost of legal fees incurred by two groups that have challenged the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Now how much would you pay to get rid of those immigrants?

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

They sure do seem to like flushing their money away in Farmers Branch. The Farmers Branch City Council will spend nearly a half-million dollars more to cover the cost of legal fees incurred by two groups that have challenged the … Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of September 15

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

It’s Tuesday, and that means it is time for yet another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round-Up. This week, many bloggers in Houston and in the Gulf Coast region are without power and digging out from Hurricane Ike. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What’s the matter with Dallas suburbs?

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Farmers Branch. Irving. Now Carrolton. A newly elected mayor near Dallas says his top priority will be ridding his suburb of illegal immigrants, the same focus that has drawn national attention in a neighboring city. But Ron Branson said Carrollton … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The immigration “threat”

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

The attitudes about immigration found by the 2007 Houston Area Survey are not as bad as the Chron headline make it sound. It’s a fairly mixed bag and there certainly are some disheartening things, but it’s not all negative. “Anglos … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Highland Park bans cellphone talking while driving in school zones

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

We heard about it two weeks ago, and now it’s official: You must hang up and drive in a Highland Park school zone. Drivers will no longer be able to talk on handheld cellphones while passing through school zones in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Shooting yourself in the foot, Irving-style

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Add Irving, TX to the cities that are hellbent on following the Farmers Branch path to obsolescence. The bottom dropped out of Mike Granger’s snack business almost immediately after the Mexican consul general in Dallas warned people to avoid this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Don’t think pink

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Don’t they have anything better to do in Farmers Branch than this? Some residents of this Dallas suburb that tried to ban apartment rentals to illegal immigrants now want the city to regulate which colorful hues people can paint their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Cater to me or else!

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

For the most part, this article about life in Farmers Branch a year after the anti-immigrant movement took hold there just makes me sad. What a colossal waste of energy (and money, too, given the cost of defending the losing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Judge overturns Hazelton anti-immigrant law

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Back in June, I noted that a ruling in a lawsuit against the city of Hazelton, PA over anti-immigrant ordinances was expected this summer. That ruling came down yesterday, and it’s a win for the plaintiffs and a loss for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More Katrina

Posted on September 2, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

From the comments: The Westchase Business District is having a relief drive today from 11 to 2. They’re looking for the usual stuff: “Current short term needs include: Poptarts, cereal bars, peanut butter, jelly, 1 lb. packages of lunch meat, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Dispatches from Dallas, August 19 edition

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

This is a weekly feature produced by my friend Ginger. Let us know what you think. This week, in news from Dallas-Fort Worth, it’s another grab bag. We have followups to the Southwest Airlines religious liberty case, the ransomware attack … Continue reading →

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New school grading system looks pretty harsh

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Brace yourselves. Schools in poor neighborhoods overwhelmingly received the worst grades under Texas’ new rating system — but even typically high-performing districts got C’s and D’s, according to scores that will be released Friday. The “what if” grades show how … Continue reading →

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Chron overview of the AG race

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

Couple of interesting tidbits in here. A tea party darling with a dozen years in the state Legislature, Sen. Ken Paxton has avoided the media since admitting to a third-degree felony violation of state securities law in late April. Spokesman … Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: One for Steve Brown

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

The Express News makes a nice call. In this year’s contest, Democrat Steve Brown is the best candidate. A former party chairman of Fort Bend County, Brown has not worked in the oil-and-gas industry and can bring a much-needed outsider’s … Continue reading →

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Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Lisa Gray writes about Market Square Park downtown and its unfulfilled potential. The main reason people don’t go there, says Project for Public Spaces, is that … there’s nobody there. So what attracts those first brave souls to linger in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Dallas confusion and other Congressional news

Posted on October 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Apparently, a lot of Dallasites don’t know what Congressional district they’re in. Thanks to Texas congressional redistricting, Williamson Road in East Dallas’ Lakewood is the superhighway to confusion. From Mockingbird Lane, you can drive a mile down Williamson and cross … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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