Daily Archives: December 18, 2006

Vouchers for autistic children proposed

I’m going to have to give some serious thought to Sen. Florence Shapiro’s proposal to give parents of autistic children vouchers to pay for specialized early-intervention education for them. On the merits, this makes a lot of sense. This is … Continue reading Continue reading

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A matter of priorities

This is a nice story about the efforts of San Antonio to buy land in the surrounding areas as a means of maintaining a sufficient recharge zone for the Edwards Aquifer. Everything about this, from the way it got approved … Continue reading Continue reading

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Zoning? In Houston?

OK, who besides me saw today’s front page story about St. George Place and said something like “Huh, I had no idea that there was anything called ‘zoning’ anywhere in Houston”? The neighborhood is home to the first of Houston’s … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | 4 Comments

No love from the National Journal

Last Thursday, I blogged about how the National Journal twice quoted an incorrect assertion that Tom DeLay’s 2003 re-redistricting netted the GOP a mere two seats. PerryVsWorld has also blogged about this – though I disagree about his assessment of … Continue reading Continue reading

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How they spend their campaign cash

Following in the footsteps of Bay Area Houston and The Muse, who have both put a ton of time and effort into this, the Dallas Morning News takes a look at how our state legislators spend their campaign cash. A … Continue reading Continue reading

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New rules in Austin, but no effect on Northcross

Late last week, the Austin City Council approved new rules for big-box store development, but did not apply them to the Northcross Mall site. The rules will require the city to notify more neighbors of proposed large stores and have … Continue reading Continue reading

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