Daily Archives: May 27, 2006

Noriega getting set to go to the border

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

State Rep. Rick Noriega, whose imminent deployment to the US-Mexican border as part of President Bush’s plan to bolster the patrol with National Guard troops has been discussed here before, talks some more about what lies ahead for him. Noriega, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Enron jury

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Just filing this for future reference. Conversations with panelists who sat in judgment of Lay and fellow former Enron executive Jeff Skilling revealed a spiritual group of Texans who went into the jury room teetering back and forth and came … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Congressmen attack Accenture

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

The Accenture/Texas Health and Human Services outsourcing debacle is getting some attention from Congress. Declaring it a failed experiment that is harming the neediest in the state, a group of Texas congressmen including Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, a San Antonio Democrat, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Evacuation authority and other hurricane stuff

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Some stuff from Thursday that got lost in the Enron verdict-a-rama: Task force chief dismayed Perry lacks authority to order evacuations The chairman of Gov. Rick Perry’s hurricane task force said Tuesday that he was disappointed the Legislature did not … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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