Daily Archives: July 24, 2004

The prodigals return

Posted on July 24, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Boy, that got resolved in a hurry. Actors George Eads and Jorja Fox will both be back on the job next week at “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” after learning a lesson in hardball network politics. Eads reached an agreement Friday … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in TV and movies | 2 Comments

State house money races

Posted on July 24, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Andrew D highlights some of the competitive State House races and how the candidates are doing with fundraising. Most impressive is Mark Strama, but Kelly White and Hubert Vo, both of whom you’ll be seeing on Texas Tuesdays in the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Oh, you meant those records!

Posted on July 24, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

So it turns out that all those records about George W. Bush’s TANG service in 1972 were not “inadvertently” destroyed after all. They were “inadvertently oversighted”, or something like that, instead. Still no actual indication what Bush was doing during … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Jackson Lee responds to Bazan

Posted on July 24, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has responded to a claim by independent candidate Tom Bazan that she failed to file her candidacy papers for the Democratic primary on time in January. U.S. Rep Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, asked a state district … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Expanding term limits

Posted on July 24, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Since 1991, the city of Houston has had term limits in place for municipal offices – three two-year terms for a given office: Council, whether district or at-large; Comptroller; Mayor. Since not long after 1991, there’s been a push to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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