Daily Archives: September 13, 2004

Blogrolling

Posted on September 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I seldom use my Blogrolling links on the sidebar to read blogs these days, since my Bloglines subscriptions do a much better job of keeping track of what I have and haven’t read for me, but if I’m going to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Take the train to the game

Posted on September 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

After the Rice-UH game at Reliant last Sunday there was a fair amount of complaining by fans about the parking and traffic situation. Turns out they had even worse problems for the opening Texans game. “It took us an hour … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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How long is 45 days?

Posted on September 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Remember this? Reps. Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) and Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.), the panel’s chairman and ranking member, respectively, now have until early September to decide if their panel will take up a complaint against DeLay that was filed by Rep. Chris … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Two of these things are not like the others

Posted on September 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron reports on the five people with a Houston connection who made Capitol Inside’s list of top political donors in Texas. I’m not sure what Capitol Inside’s algorithm was, but I really don’t see why they bothered with Linda … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Call it a capsule review

Posted on September 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Star-Telegram has a brief overview of the five Congressional races which involve redistricted Democratic incumbents. No real new info, though it does nicely tie together current fundraising data plus the ratio of Democratic to Republican voters in each district. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A good year for the Lottery

Posted on September 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Missed this on Friday: Popular scratch-off games and a record lottery jackpot propelled the Texas Lottery to its second-highest sales during fiscal year 2004. Unaudited sales figures of all products totaled nearly $3.5 billion in the fiscal year that ended … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Chron on Stenholm vs Neugebauer

Posted on September 13, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron’s weekly Let’s Check In On The Congressional Elections Report takes a look at Charlie Stenholm versus Randy Neugebauer in CD19. A few things of interest: “This redistricting can do nothing but hurt the agricultural interests of this part … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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