Daily Archives: November 4, 2004

Prop 2 whining

Posted on November 4, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Backers of City Proposition 2 are mad that they won’t get their way. Houston officials say they wrote Tuesday’s Proposition 1 tax cap in a way that specifically meant that the competing Proposition 2 revenue cap couldn’t be enforced if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Dems happy with State House pickups

Posted on November 4, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

State Democrats celebrate the still-unofficial pickup in the House. Seeking victory wherever they could find it, Democrats Wednesday were claiming their first net increase — a gain of one — in the Texas House in more than 30 years and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Five out of six defendants found guilty

Posted on November 4, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The first Enron trial was an 83% success for the prosecution. A former Enron finance executive and four ex-Merrill Lynch bankers were found guilty of conspiracy and fraud Wednesday while a co-defendant, an ex-Enron accountant, walked onto the sunlit sidewalk … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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So are those counties trending Democratic or not?

Posted on November 4, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I had thought that John Kerry would do better in all three of the big urban counties – Bexar, Dallas, and Harris – than Al Gore did. (That he was going to kick butt in Travis County was never a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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