Monthly Archives: June 2005

Combs and Staples make their moves

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Man, KBH’s much-awaited announcement is still more than two weeks away, and dominoes are falling already. We’ll start with Ag Commish Susan Combs, who has formally announced that she’s running for Comptroller. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs officially opened her … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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RIP, George Mikan

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

George Mikan, the original dominating big man of the NBA, who led the then-Minneapolis Lakers to five titles in six years, died today just shy of his 81st birthday. A superstar decades before the term existed, Mikan was the first … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Congrats to Byron

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Congratulations to Byron LaMasters, founding father of the Burnt Orange Report, for graduating college and landing a job. I know I’m not alone in saying that I’ll miss his voice on BOR (he’ll still post occasionally), but he’s leaving the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Courage in CD21?

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Matt reports a rumor from the 21nd Congressional District. The buzz is that John Courage may challenge Lamar Smith again. Courage is a San Antonio teacher and former challenger to Smith in 2002. In 2002 Smith received 73% of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The judicial pay raise flap

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

There’s apparently some lingering bad blood from the past legislative session between State Rep. Terry Keel and State Sens. Robert Duncan and Rodney Ellis. Duncan was championing a bill to give a raise in pay to state judges, while Keel … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Fire destroys Oasis restaurant

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Oasis restaurant, an Austin landmark that sits on a cliff overlooking Lake Travis, burned down last night after an apparent lightning strike. The main three-story building, with its treehouse-like decks jutting along a 450-foot cliff overlooking the lake, was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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When giant inflatable gorillas attack

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Now this is what I call an effective bit of political theater. LAFAYETTE — A 28-foot gorilla has begun stalking some of Louisiana’s Republican congressman, starting Tuesday by menacing U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany Jr.’s office in Lafayette’s federal courthouse. While … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Not so fast for KBH

Posted on June 1, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Quorum Report gives an update to the Big Upcoming Announcement By Kay Bailey Hutchison story: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is certainly not tipping her hand about future plans. But rumors that she will announce her intentions on Thursday or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Fifty-seven channels and nothing on

Posted on June 1, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Maybe I expect too much out of the summer schedule these days, but the TV landscape is looking like a vast wasteland between now and fall premiers. I’m glad to see that The 4400 is back, and the promos for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Perry ponders, Kuff yawns

Posted on June 1, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Say it with me: Governor Perry says he’ll call a special session on school finance reform if those pesky legislators can ever agree amongst themselves on how to go about doing it. “The final chapter is not written,” Perry said. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Why “CSI: Houston” will never crack the primetime lineup

Posted on June 1, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve not been following the HPD crime lab scandal as closely as I should – Grits and blogHOUSTON have generally been on top of it, so you can scan their archives or those of the Chron to get up to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Anderson verdict overturned

Posted on June 1, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The US Supreme Court has unanimously overturned the conviction against accounting firm Arthur Andersen for shredding documents related to the Enron investigation. The high court found that the trial judge’s 2002 jury instructions were so vague that jurors could have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Just when you thought it was safe

Posted on June 1, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Legislature may have failed to ban municipalities from offering free wireless network services to its residents, but that doesn’t mean that the US Congress can’t give it a try. Naturally, the person behind this bad idea is a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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