Daily Archives: March 15, 2007

The blogging judges

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Galveston County Judge Susan Criss and her blog get a nice shoutout in the Chron today. When Criss started the blog “As The Island Floats” in January she began it with warnings that she would not discuss cases before her. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More on the voter ID bill

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the letter (PDF) that Sen. Ellis and others sent to Lt. Gov. Dewhurst regarding voter ID bills. Nothing new information-wise, but as you can see it was signed by all 11 Democratic Senators. It’s nice to see such unity … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Why some made the ballot and others didn’t, continued

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Previously, Matt Stiles reported on why some candidates who had filed to be in the May 12 City Council special election were disallowed on the ballot. Short answer: they failed to fill out a portion of the ballot application in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Voter ID bills appear to be dead for this session

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Good news. Sen. Rodney Ellis has a letter signed by 11 senators saying that they won’t vote to bring up a bill that would require a picture ID and proof of citizenship to vote or register to vote – which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Statewide smoking ban update

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

The statewide effort to ban smoking in restaurants, which began in the Senate, has now come to the House. A House committee public hearing on a statewide smoking ban was a virtual replay of arguments made on the local level … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The “logic” behind Jessica’s Law

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

This DMN article is about the qualms that District Attorneys have about “Jessica’s Law”, but it also very neatly captures the weird logic being employed by some of that law’s supporters. Mr. Dewhurst said that while the state should be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Voters reject tax decrease

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Noted for future reference. Voters defeated a ballot measure Tuesday that would have lowered city taxes more than 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. Voters cast 1,656 ballots against and 1,241 for the proposal to decrease city property taxes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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