Daily Archives: September 28, 2006

Still more Zogbys

Another round of Zogby Interactive polls, for which BOR has the Governor’s race summary. Basically, it’s still Perry leading but in the danger zone at 33%, Bell in second but back a bit at 22%, Friedman farther back at 19%, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Abramoff, Rove, and Mehlman – BFFs

Roll Call: Hundreds of contacts between top White House officials and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates “raise serious questions about the legality and actions” of those officials, according to a draft bipartisan report prepared by the House Government … Continue reading Continue reading

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Gods. Mythical beings. Cheap beer.

As a onetime PhD student at Rice (long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away), I enjoyed reading this feature story about its notorious grad student pub Valhalla. It’s pretty much like the piece describes, and unless you drink … Continue reading Continue reading

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Only $2.9 million to go

Big Time Dick Cheney is coming to town to help Shelley Sekula Gibbs’ futile write-in campaign. The national Republican Party has joined the fight to replace former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, donating more than $100,000 to the Republican candidate’s write-in … Continue reading Continue reading

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Shame on you, Shelley

Apparently, Shelley Sekula Gibbs has noticed the fact that she hasn’t been in the news much lately, not that this should surprise anyone. What surprises even me is the way she went about getting attention for herself. Several City Council … Continue reading Continue reading

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Why they call it “gossip”

I guess it’s good news for Kinky Friedman that after all this time, some people still think of him as a Celebrity Candidate, where the fact that he sometimes says funny things trumps the substance (or, as is often the … Continue reading Continue reading

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A Williamson twofer

Vince continues his interview series with the other Williamson County Democrat for State Rep, Jim Stauber, who’s running in HD20. Stauber has a tougher task than Karen Felthauser does, as HD20 was about eight points more Republican than HD52 in … Continue reading Continue reading

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Senate candidates invited to debate at Rice

Another email of interest: The Rice College Republicans, Libertarians, Young Democrats, The N.A.A.C.P. and Rice Vote Coalition have invited Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ms. Barbara Ann Radnofsky and Mr. Scott Jameson to a candidates’ debate at Rice University on October … Continue reading Continue reading

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Is Houston Avenue still on the table for I-45?

Last January, a Downtown Management District board member proposed rerouting a section of Interstate 45 to run along Houston Avenue. That proposal was not well-received, and was more or less disavowed by TxDOT’s Pat Henry in a subsequent neighborhood meeting … Continue reading Continue reading

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