Daily Archives: October 9, 2007

Endorsement watch: Districts B and C

No surprises, the Chron stumps for the incumbents. District B, Jarvis Johnson — District B suffers from underdevelopment and a lack of housing stock to attract start-up businesses. Johnson, who began his community involvement as a youth center director in … Continue reading Continue reading

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HISD and union support

I blogged about the AFL-CIO’s endorsement of the HISD bond referendum on Monday. Here’s the Chron story about that. Making more concessions to win support for the Houston Independent School District’s $805 million bond proposal, Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra announced Monday … Continue reading Continue reading

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Interview with Will Williams

I may be getting close to the end of the Council interviews, but I’m not quite there yet. Today we head back out to District E for a conversation with Will Williams. Williams lives in Kingwood, where he’s a practicing … Continue reading Continue reading

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Dan Barrett for HD97

As we know, the Texas House now has 70 Democrats in it, thanks to the recent party switch by Rep. Kirk England. The Dems have a chance to close the gap between them and the Republicans even more before next … Continue reading Continue reading

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District C overview

So here’s the Chron story about the District C race, which features Council Member Anne Clutterbuck and two challengers, Robert Glaser and Alfred Molison, who had also been a candidate in the At Large 3 special election. I know I … Continue reading Continue reading

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A suggestion for the Hannah Montana problem

The Wall Street Journal had a story on Friday about a lawsuit by Ticketmaster against a ticket scalper. IAC/InterActiveCorp’s Ticketmaster earlier this year filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against RMG Technologies Inc., a small … Continue reading Continue reading

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Texas blog roundup for the week of October 8

Time again for another Tour de Blog. Click on for the highlights: Continue reading

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