Daily Archives: September 8, 2012

Saturday video break: Trapped

Song #52 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Trapped”, originally by Jimmy Cliff and covered by Bruce Springsteen. Here’s the original: Very cool. I think I always knew that Springsteen was performing a cover, but I’d never heard … Continue reading

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HCDE election lawsuit dismissed

The lineup for the fall elections is now officially set. The disputed election results for the trustee runoff between two Democratic candidates will stand after a federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Harris County Department of … Continue reading

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On tickets and plea bargains

Interesting story about the municipal courts, but I’m a bit puzzled by the numbers cited. About 22,000 traffic tickets were dismissed in a single month in Houston this summer – nearly half the number issued during that span, according to … Continue reading

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A dollar a tree

Replacing the trees lost in the Bastrop fires last summer is going to cost some money, but there’s now a foundation working on raising that money. Flanked by containers bristling with pine tree seedlings, state and local officials on Tuesday … Continue reading

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