Daily Archives: September 16, 2007

OJ busted for stealing his own memorabilia

I am required by the Mandatory Blogging Act of 2003 to post about this. O.J. Simpson was arrested Sunday and faces multiple felony charges in an alleged armed robbery of collectors involving the former football great’s sports memorabilia, authorities said. … Continue reading Continue reading

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TYC retrospective

Grits says: With a new lawsuit to overturn its pepper spray policy, the Blue Ribbon Panel releasing its report [Thursday], plus a lot of other related information on the Texas Youth Commission coming out recently, I thought I’d update this … Continue reading Continue reading

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Report from the Upper Kirby meeting

The Chron reports from the Upper Kirby public meeting on the storm sewer project north of US59 and its ancillary effects. Nearly 300 people have signed an online petition against the project at the Web site of Trees for Houston. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Land shark!

On Studemont, just north of Arnie’s and south of I-10 is an old warehouse. A little more than a week ago, demolition equipment arrived on the property and started work tearing it down. Shortly thereafter, this guy appeared: I presume … Continue reading Continue reading

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Christie departs, Tahir stays

We already knew that the luckless Jack Christie had dropped out of the race for City Council At Large #5. As things stand right now, he’ll be the only one to depart. Christie’s departure could create an opening for candidate … Continue reading Continue reading

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A bit more about the candidates

I complained before that we don’t know a whole lot about many of the candidates for the various City Council offices beyond their names. While this story from the This Week section doesn’t go into much detail about anyone, it … Continue reading Continue reading

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Last call for comments to Metro on Universities line

The DEIS has been filed, the public hearings have been heard, and the final decision about the route for the Universities line is imminent. You have one last chance to tell Metro what you think, and that’s by filling out … Continue reading Continue reading

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