Daily Archives: August 19, 2008

Bye-bye, TRCC

Good riddance if it goes away. An agency created to resolve disputes between homeowners and builders is “fundamentally flawed” and should be abolished, the Sunset Advisory Commission staff said today. “It’s really doing more harm to homeowners than good,” said … Continue reading Continue reading

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Brimer denied again

The State Supreme Court has rejected Sen. Kim Brimer’s latest attempt to knock Wendy Davis off the ballot in SD10. That leaves one more appeal pending in the 2nd Court of Appeals in Fort Worth for Brimer’s petition to have … Continue reading Continue reading

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Would we call him “Mr. Governor Mayor”?

I realize we’re all focused on the 2008 elections, and rightly so, but if I may interrupt that for a moment to bring a bit of interesting news for 2009: According to a well-placed City Hall source, former Governor of … Continue reading Continue reading

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From the “How fleeting is fame?” department

Ken Hoffman: Let’s get right to today’s trivia: Who holds the Major League Baseball record for most career home runs by a player whose last name begins with the letter Q? For example, A is easy. It’s Henry Aaron with … Continue reading Continue reading

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Good news coming for Metro?

This sounds promising. The U.S. transportation secretary will announce “good news” regarding expanding transit in Houston Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. Metro has asked the agency to pay for half of two planned light rail lines. The announcement by Transportation Secretary … Continue reading Continue reading

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Candidate Q&A: Dion Ramos

Note: This entry is part of a series of written Q&As with judicial candidates who will be on the ballot in Harris County. I am also doing recorded interviews with non-judicial candidates. This is the first such entry in the … Continue reading Continue reading

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ACORN in the field

I spent a few months as a deputy vote registrar in 2004. It’s pretty tedious work, and you don’t really get to see a reward for it, since the folks you register won’t cast their ballots for at least several … Continue reading Continue reading

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Still searching for Bigfoot

You have to give these guys credit for persistence, if nothing else. Two men who claim to have stumbled across a Bigfoot corpse in the woods of northern Georgia indignantly stood by their story at a news conference in Palo … Continue reading Continue reading

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Texas blog roundup for the week of August 18

I’m too in awe of Michael Phelps’ gold record count to come up with a snappy intro to this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. So please just click on for the highlights, and we can all get back to … Continue reading Continue reading

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