Daily Archives: June 6, 2005

An exception for TXI?

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve written about the cement plants in Midlothian before (see here and here for recent entries). Today I got the following press release: (DALLAS) — While the Dallas-Ft. Worth area struggles to find a way to reduce smog, the state … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | 3 Comments

Attorney General says no toll roads secrets

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

This is a victory for transparency. The Texas Attorney General’s Office agrees with the Chronicle that citizens have a right to know how a private development group plans to build and finance a toll road from Dallas to San Antonio. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Lea Fastow gets out of jail

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Lea Fastow has Left the pokey, but she still has five weeks in a halfway house to go. Hand-in-hand with her soon-to-be-imprisoned husband, Lea Fastow walked out of a downtown Houston prison before dawn today, then took a short ride … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Gathering the statistics

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I present the following as an FYI for those who are into this sort of thing (you know who you are). Greg posted a couple of days back that precinct-level data was now available statewide for all elections from 1996 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | 2 Comments

The Sugar Land Kiddie Roundup

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

There’s enough grist in this story about an overzealous police raid on a parentally-unsupervised high school party to power about a half-dozen mills. What really dropped my jaw is this: Static blares and bounces around the room of Gary Franks’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment | 3 Comments

What kind of primary do you think we’re going to have?

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Sunday Chron had this op-ed, which was written as a response to an earlier piece by former Gov. Bill Clements decrying the possibility of a bloody GOP gubernatorial primary. The central point of yesterday’s piece is this: Not just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2006 | 3 Comments

One year of Olivia

Posted on June 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

One year ago today, Olivia Rose Kuffner made her appearance in our lives. Today, on her first birthday, she’s given us a year’s worth of joy and happiness. She’s walking now, though she still crawls when she wants to get … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in See, I do have a life! | 17 Comments