Daily Archives: January 25, 2005

Rose Spector Dot Com

Rose Spector’s campaign website is up and running. Early voting has already started for the Feb 5 special election, so visit now and help her out if you can. Continue reading

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No on Gonzales

I know it won’t make a whit of difference to my Senators, but count me in with the many others who say No to Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. I do not condone torture, and I do not agree with … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cintra complaints

Before we sign over the keys to the PerryPike to Cintra, it would be nice to know what kind of power Cintra will wield over its customers. We can look to Ontario, Canada, for examples. Some toll-road companies can raise … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cowboys for Clean Cement

Here’s an interesting suggestion to clean up the air in Dallas: Enlist America’s Team in the fight against polluting cememnt plants. Public money will buy cement for the [Dallas Cowboys’] new football stadium. Public financing is intended to be for … Continue reading Continue reading

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The state of the city

Mayor White made his State of the City address yesterday, which you can find here. The Chron has a bunch of stories relating directly and indirectly to the items mentioned in this address. I’ll start with the two big proposals … Continue reading Continue reading

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Is Carole just teasing us now?

Strayhorn hints against running for governor Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn indicated Monday she may be about to back away from challenging Gov. Rick Perry in next year’s Republican primary. Strayhorn’s spokesman, Mark Sanders, issued a statement denying she ever told … Continue reading Continue reading

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The briefs are in

Lawyers for both Talmadge Heflin and Hubert Vo have filed their briefs in the election contest, and Andy Taylor is still beating the “irrefutable evidence of massive fraud!” drum. I’ve seen a copy of Vo’s brief, and I have to … Continue reading Continue reading

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