Daily Archives: October 18, 2006

New smoking ban passed

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

In the end, the vote wasn’t close. The City Council voted today to extend Houston’s indoor smoking ban to bars but to continue allowing smoking in outdoor patios and in bars that promote cigar smoking and derive significant revenue from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | 9 Comments

A twofer on Radnofsky

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Now see, this is what happens when you talk about serious issues instead of silly romance novels: You get relegated to page B3, where that sort of thing belongs. The U.S. military presence in Iraq serves only to destabilize the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2006 | 4 Comments

Rip that bodice!

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I suppose I should congratulate Fred Head for getting a story about his campaign for State Comptroller on the front page of the Chronicle. I’m not sure this is the kind of story one wants to have written about said … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The high cost of getting tuff on crime

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Grits reads the staff report and the self-evaluation (both PDFs) from the Texas Sunset Commission on the Department of Criminal Justice so you don’t have to. For those of you who think that the answer to our current crime problems … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment | 6 Comments

Sklar’s TV ads

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Those of you living in CD14 may soon get to see one of the following ads on cable TV from Shane Sklar. Ron Paul has raised a lot of money (some of which was used in his primary), but he’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Kenny Boy unconvicted

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Kenny Boy Lay’s criminal record has been officially wiped clean. Former Enron Chairman Ken Lay’s criminal conviction was vacated and his indictment dismissed by a judge today. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake granted the request by Lay’s estate to vacate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Pity the poor Big XII

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I would have blogged about John Lopez’s latest comic masterpiece before now, but I kept laughing too hard every time I tried to set fingers to keyboard. Honestly, the man is funnier than Robin Williams at the Metropolitan Opera House. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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