Daily Archives: February 10, 2004

An interview with Fred Lewis

Fred Lewis is one of the people behind Clean Up Texas Politics, a nonpartisan site that tracks and shines a light on the influence of big money in elections. There’s been a lot of activity to keep them busy lately, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Where were you in 1972?

Diana Moon suggests an interesting question for President Bush regarding his National Guard service: “Mister President, can you give us the names of three National Guard Service colleagues who served with you between May 1972 and October 1973?” Via Seeing … Continue reading Continue reading

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Round round get around, I get around

Quite a bit of transportation-related news in the paper today. The big story is that the planned construction on the so-called “downtown spur” off of US 59 will go ahead as planned starting this weekend. Spur 527 will close this … Continue reading Continue reading

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Ryan to rejoin Astros?

Nolan Ryan is poised to rejoin the Astros. No, silly, not as a pitcher, but on a personal services contract, which is to say he’ll get paid to schmooze with big shots. According to a person close to the situation, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Deep Thoughts Dept.

Ken Hoffman answers the questions you didn’t know you were asking: Houston attorney Phil Sellers sent an e-mail with a perplexing legal question: “In the Jack-in-the-Box commercial where the delicatessen manager is mad at Jack for introducing turkey club sandwiches, … Continue reading Continue reading

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The state of the state’s economy

A panel of economists talks to the Legislative Review Board, and it ain’t very pretty. “The reason people question whether the economic recovery is real is because there hasn’t been much job creation,” said Bernard Weinstein, director of the Center … Continue reading Continue reading

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