Daily Archives: August 24, 2010

Red light camera petitions certified

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

They made it just under the wire. A petition to ban red light cameras in Houston has been certified by the city secretary, making it all but certain that voters will decide in November whether the 70 devices at intersections … Continue reading →

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More judicial Q&As

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

As was the case with the primary, David Jennings of Big Jolly Politics is doing a similar set of judicial Q&As for Republican candidates, most of whom are the incumbents in these races. You can see the Q&A responses he … Continue reading →

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Judicial Q&A: Katie Kennedy

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

(Note: I am running a series of Q&As for Democratic judicial candidates on the November ballot. I am running these responses in the order that I receive them from the candidates. These Q&As are primarily intended for candidates who were … Continue reading →

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At long last, the DeLay trial gets underway

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

You know what today is? It’s Tom DeLay Sees The Inside Of A Courtroom Day, that’s what day it is. Yes, I know, he’s out of trouble with the feds – this is about the state charges that have been … Continue reading →

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His calendar is wide open

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Let me briefly sum up Elise Hu’s story about the sparseness of Governor Perry’s calendar: Either he’s lying about how much he actually works, or he does an awful lot of stuff that he doesn’t want the public to know … Continue reading →

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The charter schools make their case

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Specifically, David Dunn, the executive director of the Texas Charter School Association, makes the case for public funds for charter school facilities in this op-ed from the weekend. One of the major obstacles to critical education reform in Texas is … Continue reading →

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