Daily Archives: June 5, 2006

School finance: The more you look, the less you like

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I have written before about how the changes to the school finance funding formula enacted in the last special session have been received by the plaintiffs in the West Orange-Cove lawsuit. Their contention that the requirement of a referendum to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Evidence of actual dissension found

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

On Saturday at Kuff’s World, I noted that an effort to insert a plank in the State GOP’s platform calling for the repeal of the new business tax failed by a 28-3 vote. That was not the end of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Split verdicts in the Enron Broadband retrials

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Last year, the Enron federal task force failed to secure any convictions in the first trial of executives of the former Enron Broadband Services. Even though that case was considered stronger than some of the others they had to try, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Get ready to call your Congressperson again on Net Neutrality

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Net Neutrality will come up in Congress again this week. Here’s the latest email on the subject from MoveOn: Dear Charles, It’s time. Next week, the full House of Representatives votes on whether to protect Internet freedom. Your representative, Sheila … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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John Carter’s priorities

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

You may have heard that Fort Hood is having some financial difficulties. A “severe budget crunch” has hit Fort Hood, one of the nation’s largest military posts and home to a U.S. Army division serving in Iraq, officials said Thursday. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Protecting veterans’ identities

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

You may recall last week that an employee of the Veterans Administration had a laptop that contained a database with more than 26 million personal records in it stolen. This led to Sen. Tom Harkin (D, Iowa) to introduce a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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