Daily Archives: January 29, 2007

Just say “No” to Tom Craddick

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, the Lege will be back in Austin tomorrow for what would normally be a pro forma vote to suspend the Constitutional rule against bringing non-emergency legislation to the floor in the first 60 days of the session. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Rebate this!

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Let me see if I’ve got this straight. The budget surplus isn’t as big as we thought it might have been. Thanks to our obsessive desire to feed the property tax cut beast, we’ve got $2.5 billion in unallocated money … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The business tax needs to be fixed already

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Looks like the new business tax may need to be fixed even before it gets put into effect. The law dramatically expands the number of business taxpayers. But it’s also riddled with errors and in some cases created new loopholes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Point/not-quite-counterpoint on rail

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t know for sure, but I presume that when the Sunday Chron runs two op-eds on more or less the same subject from opposing perspectives it was planned, as in they invited the two point/counterpointers to submit the pieces … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Talking about taking the train to Galveston

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Texas’ oldest rail line may ride again soon. The group of consultants, engineers and planners envisions a train running from an as-yet-undecided station in Houston at 59 mph along the 140-year-old Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad, said consultant Barry Goodman, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Means and ends

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Two, four, six, eight, welfare reform wasn’t so great. When Texas became one of the first states in the nation to overhaul welfare by insisting the poor work, the governor made a bold prediction. “I believe this bill will make … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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