Daily Archives: August 18, 2005

Where’s Kay?

You may recall that the VA hospital in Waco, despite an excellent reputation, is threatened with closure, something which has locals and area veterans very concerned. They’re now also frustrated, because they’ve got a review of the facility coming up … Continue reading Continue reading

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Targeting Cuellar

Via TAPPED comes this piece in The Hill about the upcoming primary battle in CD28, which will make two straight cycles of contentious primaries there. I’ve got no great love for Rep. Henry Cuellar (though I admit that I’d feel … Continue reading Continue reading

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When icons collide

Yesterday I saw a sticker of Stewie from The Family Guy on the back of a truck. Given that it was a poor likeness, and the fact that neither the name of the character or the show was a part … Continue reading Continue reading

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The life and times of Eric Scheffey

I’ve blogged about Dr. Eric Scheffey before, when he finally got his license to practice medicine revoked after a 20-year career of botched surgery and almost 100 lawsuits. This month’s Texas Monthly has a feature article on Scheffey, available for … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Astrodome Village

I’m not sure what surprises me more – that there’s a plan to turn the Astrodome into a make-believe village of things that mostly don’t exist in Houston (the reason being in some cases that we’ve bulldozed them to build … Continue reading Continue reading

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Chron writeup of I-45 town hall

Here’s the Chronicle report of the I-45 Town Hall from this past Saturday. There’s some more details and a full description of the TxDOT preferred plan for the freeway. I’m disappointed to note that the I-45 Coalition page still has … Continue reading Continue reading

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Toll road testiness in San Antonio

The Jeffersonian points to this story about some friction between Bexar County Commissioners Court and the Texas Department of Transportation over funding for a regional toll road authority there. The war of words that County Judge Nelson Wolff and County … Continue reading Continue reading

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