Everything’s bigger in Texas, including our dogs. The best use for a Wal-Mart I’ve ever heard of. Not having a car is a good way to avoid traffic. The most amazing story about bowling you’ll read today. Judge Richard Posner is not amused by the level of craziness in today’s GOP. “So there you have [...]
Posts on ‘July 15th, 2012’
Voter ID trial wraps up
I didn’t follow the day to day reports from the voter ID preclearance trial, mostly because there wasn’t anything in the testimony that was truly unexpected. Lots of numbers, some of questionable provenance, were presented. The state continued to claim that nobody would be prevented from voting, not even the people who don’t have drivers [...]
Sullivan submits his resignation
As promised. Councilman Mike Sullivan submitted his resignation Wednesday, fulfilling a promise he made to leave Council if he won the Republican primary in the county tax assessor-collector race. He did win on May 29. His resignation is effective on Jan. 1, which is the day he would have to leave Council anyway if he [...]
How long will those school finance lawsuits take?
That depends in part on whether they all get heard together or not. The massive lawsuit over the state’s method of financing schools, scheduled for trial beginning Oct. 22, could continue into January if two challenges by charter schools are included in the case, District Judge John Dietz said Wednesday. First, however, Dietz will hold [...]
Wash hands or wear gloves?
There’s an interesting debate going on in Oregon about the best way to ensure food safety in restaurants and other eateries. Oregon restaurant owners and chefs recently earned a small victory, delaying by several months a new state rule that could make dining out more expensive, create waste and, despite its good intentions, do little [...]