Daily Archives: August 25, 2006

Wider smoking ban may be on the way

Didn’t get to this yesterday: Remember last year when a compromise ban on smoking in restaurant dining areas but not bars was enacted? Well, it looks like that ban will be extended to include bars, thanks to the unexpected support … Continue reading Continue reading

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Questions and answers in CD22

Here’s my latest entry at Kuff’s World, in which I take the cheesy framing device of asking myself a bunch of questions, none of which were too hard for me to answer, about the state of the race in CD22. … Continue reading Continue reading

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RIP, Maynard Ferguson

Maynard Ferguson, hero to trumpet players everywhere, has passed away at the age of 78. The cause was kidney and liver failure, said his personal manager, Steve Schankman. Mr. Ferguson had a stratospheric style all his own. He possessed “a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Pluto: Not a planet

Remember when I said that Pluto was still a planet? Apparently, I was wrong. Astronomers debating Pluto’s future as a planet Thursday were forced to choose between science and culture. Culture lost. More than 75 years after its discovery by … Continue reading Continue reading

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Spare that landmark!

It’s little more than a symbolic gesture, but at least we have it. The committee that advises Houston City Council on historic preservation unanimously approved a letter to Weingarten Realty on Thursday, urging the company not to raze the Landmark … Continue reading Continue reading

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Another contender in CD23

The field in the newly drawn CD23 has expanded by one. Lukin Gilliland Jr., a San Antonio businessman and longtime Democratic fundraiser, said today he’d run in the newly redrawn Congressional District 23. And he backed up his bid by … Continue reading Continue reading

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Debate deciding is hard work

Poor John Carter. He’s having such a hard time fulfilling his role as the debate decider. U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, said Wednesday he does not know if he will join District 31 challengers Mary Beth Harrell, a Democrat, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Another debate for Cohen and Wong

From the Bellaire Examiner: Whenever the question of a debate arose early in the campaign, observers say, District 134 State Rep. Martha Wong brushed off the possibility. Why would she want to give her opponent that stature, the value of … Continue reading Continue reading

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