Daily Archives: October 3, 2008

Friday random ten: How station managers do it these days

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

For my next Genius playlist, I went more mainstream, with Joe Jackson’s “Steppin’ Out” as the seed song. That wasn’t my first choice, but it was the first song I tried that didn’t report “no Genius information is available”, so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Mighty big pile of debris you’ve got there

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

That’s a lot of debris. If Ike were a football team, how many fields would it fill? According to Coach — er, Mayor — Bill White, the storm would cover 390 football fields with debris stacked 6 feet high. White … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Sheriff debate does go on

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Good to see that a debate between Adrian Garcia and Sheriff Tommy Thomas actually happened. I’d been worried about it, as you know. Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas and Democratic election challenger Adrian Garcia clashed Thursday over inmate deaths in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: TLCV and Parent PAC

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

The newspapers (some of them, anyway) may be dragging a bit in getting their endorsements together, but the various PACs and interest groups have been busy. I get a lot of these in my Inbox, way more than I can … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Someday, I hope we have clean air

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

According to the Chron, we may have to wait a little longer than we originally thought for that. At the request of Gov. Rick Perry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted the eight-county Houston region an extra nine … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Olson gets his vote around

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

The Lone Star Projectdocuments some interesting voting behavior by CD22 candidate Pete Olson. Documents obtained by the Lone Star Project show that Republican congressional challenger Pete Olson (Texas CD22 – Houston) voted in both the State of Virginia and the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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