Daily Archives: January 16, 2007

The road home (I hope)

The good news is that Houston is dry, so the airports ought to be open today. The bad news is that snow is falling in Portland as I type this. The good news is that area schools are open, and … Continue reading Continue reading

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Cellphone surcharges

You know you’re paying more for your cellphone service than you need to, right? Cellular subscribers are paying hundreds of millions of dollars each year to subsidize landline telephone service, enriching big telecommunications companies while providing little or no benefit … Continue reading Continue reading

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Craddick’s leadership shuffle

Two points of interest in this Clay Robison column on the impending committee chair shakeup in the Lege: Rep. Robert Talton, R-Pasadena, who openly campaigned for Pitts in the speaker’s race, likely will be replaced as chairman of the Urban … Continue reading Continue reading

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Red light cameras come to Bexar County

Balcones Heights, which is a small incorporated city within San Antonio, is the latest place to install red light cameras. Engineers started installing camera-ready traffic signals in Balcones Heights on Thursday. The devices include a camera designed to capture the … Continue reading Continue reading

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