Daily Archives: August 11, 2004

Bible display to be removed

The lawsuit to remove a Bible display from outside the Harris County Civil Court building (first noted here) has been decided for the plaintiff, with an appeal pending. As I noted in my original post, I support this ruling, though … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | 12 Comments

Always nice to know that there are other states with whacked out politics

So there’s been a lawsuit filed in the Rodney Alexander race, claiming that the last-minute party-switcher violated Louisiana state law by essentially filing for the race twice, once as a Democrat then again later as a Republican. I don’t know … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Election 2004 | 8 Comments

Term limits intact for now

Looks like the proponents of the move to roll back Houston’s term limits law have hit a roadblock. Lobbyists and people who do business with the city, among others, were considering a measure that would allow Houston’s mayor, controller and … Continue reading Continue reading

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“And I’ll never have that recipe again”

What can one say about VH1’s list of the 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs? 1. There are about a half-dozen or so songs on this list that I like, for some value of the word “like”, anyway. There’s no point … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Music | 5 Comments

Texas WednesdayTuesday: Hubert Vo

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that goes for our Tuesdays as well. This week’s Texas Tuesday is so big, it covers all of Wednesday. Meet Hubert Vo, our featured candidate for today, read his intro and his … Continue reading Continue reading

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Rearing its ugly head again

An anti-immigrant hate group is once again running misleading ads Targeting Marting Frost in the Dallas area. Democrat Martin Frost and Republican Pete Sessions, both Dallas incumbents vying for the same North Texas seat, wrote separate letters on Friday to … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Election 2004 | 3 Comments

The Kenny Boy professorship

Now that Kenny Boy Lay has been officially indicted, his alma mater has publicly considered its options for the economics professorship he endowed, and the $1.1 million donation that came with it (link via Kevin). Today, Chron columnist Loren Steffy … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Enronarama | 4 Comments

Soechting followup

Karl-T and Redpeg give their thoughts on Chairman Soechting’s objection to the DNC’s money-exporting practice. Karl-T’s bit about the State Party’s relationship with county parties is especially worth reading. Check it out. UPDATE: Lasso promises a relevant Statesman article for … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | 2 Comments