Daily Archives: April 15, 2004

You forgot the part about artificial enhancements

One liner of the day, from Joe Sheehan of the Baseball Prospectus: One week of baseball games, no matter the month, are a bit like Jessica Simpson. Beautiful to look at, and impossible to get any useful information from. Whoever … Continue reading Continue reading

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Special session blues

I was too lazy to round up some stories on the long awaited and much dreaded special session on school finance reform from yesterday, but at least I bookmarked the relevant URLs. So let’s look at them now. Houston’s school … Continue reading Continue reading

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More partisanship? Heaven forfend!

So it looks the State House could become a more partisan place now that several Democratic legislators were ousted by primary voters for not adequately representing their views. I know, I didn’t think that was possible after the three-ring Special … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | 5 Comments

Rodriguez sues

As expected, Rep. Ciro Rodriguez has filed suit to overturn the recount result in the CD28 Democratic primary. The suit, filed in 341st District Court on Cuellar’s home turf, alleges that there is “no ready or plausible explanation” for a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Beer bong ban update

It’s time for a Beer Bong Ban Update (original post here). NEW BRAUNFELS — The City Council has taken the first step toward banning “beer bongs” on the Comal and Guadalupe rivers, instructing City Attorney Charlie Zech to draft an … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in The great state of Texas | 15 Comments