Daily Archives: May 20, 2005

Back on the air

After a rerun last week, Kevin and I will be back on the air tomorrow circa 10:15-10:30 for the Carter and Carter show on BizRadio 1320. I feel pretty confident that the subject of crazed grackles will come up. If … Continue reading Continue reading

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Aren’t you overlooking someone?

Kristen Mack says the following in regards to the possibility that County Judge Robert Eckels will not run for reelection in 2006: Potential candidates — so far all Republicans in the GOP-dominated county — are already making the rounds hoping … Continue reading Continue reading

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These are not the workers you’re looking for

I’m glad that someone finally tried to quantify this. [A] survey released by the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas…estimated U.S. employers could lose as much as $627 million from employee absenteeism on Thursday and today, thanks to the mid-week … Continue reading Continue reading

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My head is spinning

Man, you blink and you miss a change in status on HB789. On Wednesday, it was dead again: The plan is a centerpiece of efforts by state Rep. Phil King to overhaul state laws on regulating the telephone and television … Continue reading Continue reading

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HJR6 in the Senate

Despite there being a letter from 11 Senators stating opposition to the Double Secret Illegal anti-gay marriage HJR6, the measure was “debated” in the Senate yesterday. I put “debated” in quotes because as In the Pink documents, what took place … Continue reading Continue reading

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And it begins

This is precisely the sort of tut-tutting I was talking about. Earle’s attendance and remarks attacking DeLay at a Democratic fund-raiser last week in Dallas damaged the credibility of his investigation with a stunning display of prosecutorial impropriety. […] In … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Granny Tax

How desperate are they in the joint committees to pass something, anything on HB2 and HB3 to the floor of those chambers for a vote? Desperate enough to revive a bad idea from 2001 which is opposed by Lt. Gov. … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Texas Research Foundation

The Houston Democratic Forum meeting that I attended last night turned out to be a standing room only affair, as almost 70 people packed into the reserved room at Ziggy’s Grill on Alabama to hear Dr. Richard Murray and Keir … Continue reading Continue reading

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