Daily Archives: January 23, 2008

Texas Monthly and me

So the February issue of Texas Monthly is on the newsstands, and they’ve got a feature story called 35 People Who Will Shape Our Future, one of whom is their cover boy, Lance Armstrong. And one of whom, amazingly enough, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Court hearing on Wendy Davis’ ballot eligibility

As noted before, today was the day for the court hearing regarding SD10 candidate Wendy Davis’ ballot eligibility. PoliTex has a nice liveblog of the proceedings, which to my layman’s eyes look like they went favorably for Davis. It appears … Continue reading Continue reading

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Oh, those performance enhancers

I see that Chuck Knoblauch has been invited to talk to Congress. Knoblauch, who played at Bellaire High School and Texas A&M, was asked to appear Thursday for the first of five depositions scheduled by the House Oversight and Government … Continue reading Continue reading

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Ask about the Dome hotel, and ye shall receive an update

I had wondered where we stood with the Astrodome convention center/hotel deal. Now we know. The Harris County Sports and Convention Corp. expects to work out a proposed lease within two weeks with the company that wants to turn the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Time for another S-CHIP veto override effort

Another attempt to override President Bush’s veto of expanding S-CHIP is on the agenda for today. The struggling economy gives Democratic lawmakers another weapon in their effort to expand a popular children’s health insurance program. In the end, however, they … Continue reading Continue reading

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Candidate interview: Ron Reynolds

Note: This entry is part of a series of recorded interviews with non-judicial candidates in contested Democratic primaries. I am also doing written Q&As with judicial candidates. Today’s interviewee is Ron Reynolds, who is running for State Representative in House … Continue reading Continue reading

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Is this town big enough for all those convention center hotels?

I just have one question regarding this story about another proposed convention center hotel for downtown: “The current convention center hotel is filling up, and Houston can attract more conventions if it had more hotel rooms in the Central Business … Continue reading Continue reading

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The circus is coming to town

That’s about the most succinct way I can think of to summarize this story about the court hearing next week in which Chuck Rosenthal has to explain his email deletions or risk facing contempt of court charges. The hearing, which … Continue reading Continue reading

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The planning and anti-planning debate continues

Here’s a little tidbit from anti-planner Randall O’Toole’s op-ed on Sunday that caught my eye: Cities with strong planning authority, such as Portland, Ore., and San Jose, Calif., almost invariably have the least affordable housing, the fastest growing traffic congestion … Continue reading Continue reading

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