Daily Archives: April 26, 2005

New frontiers in vice peddling

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

You know, I was just thinking that the problem with buying lottery tickets these days is that you have to actually leave your house and go to some kind of retail store to do it. Well, thanks to our ever-forward-thinking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Defining tax breaks down

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Remember the days when the air was filled with promises from the statewide leadership that they would cut property taxes by one-third, maybe even one-half? Reality can be such a bummer sometimes. Texas property owners would get a small tax … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Budget ballyhoo | 1 Comment

Life in Midlothian

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

D Magazine has a long essay by Midlothian resident Tom Boyle, whom I’ve mentioned here before in conjunction with the fight against pollution from cement plants there, on how he and his wife Julie came to be environmental activists. It’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | 4 Comments

Blog stuff in the op-eds

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

So there were a couple of op-eds in Sunday’s Chron that had blog themes to them. One was by Cragg Hines in which he chided bloggers on the right for their role in the case of the “Schiavo memo” that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Reflecting on Morrison’s withdrawal

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

After sending out his withdrawal email yesterday, Richard Morrison posted a Kos diary with the same message, getting many well-deserved messages of thanks and expressions of support for his mother. He specifically responded to several people who muttered about DCCC … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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