Daily Archives: February 25, 2005

Moochie!

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I just want to say that any day which includes the Rockets re-acquiring Moochie Norris is a good day. Hair stylists all over Houston will be celebrating tonight. Continue reading →

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Update on the municipal wireless ban

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Save Muni Wireless reports from the public hearings over HB 789, which would prohibit municipalities from offering network services, with news of the testimony favoring and opposing the proposed ban. He also notes that bill sponsor Rep. Phil King (R, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Another way to combat blog spam

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Netaloid has been studying the recent uptick in comment, trackback, and referral log spamming, and has come to some interesting conclusions as well as a suggested course of action. Read the whole saga here, here, and here. Meanwhile, via rc3, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Yet another toll road through a residential area proposed

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Boy, that Houston-Galveston Area Council 2025 Regional Transportation Plan sure is a gift that keeps on giving, isn’t it? I’ve got a note from Andrea Warren, the Public Relations Committee Chair for the Oak Forest Homeowner’s Association, informing me that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Again with the casinos

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

There’s another move afoot to install casinos in Texas, but this time it’s a little different than before. Downtown Houston and Galveston Island could become casino destinations to compete with anything Las Vegas has to offer, a Houston senator said … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Woodfill gets whacked

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Harris County GOP Chair Jared Woodfill’s petulant whine about insufficient partisanship on City Council gets roundly panned today in this Chron editorial and in the letters to the editor. blogHOUSTON is also critical, though more of Woodfill’s Jared-come-lately tactic. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hensarling and Brady get flack on Social Security privatization

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Rep. Kevin Brady of The Woodlands and Rep. Jeb Hensarling of North Texas are finding out that selling Social Security privatization is harder than they thought. Check it out. Continue reading →

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Raymond, Cuellar, and Rodriguez

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Want more evidence that State Rep. Richard Raymond is a candidate for Congress in 2006? You got it. A statehouse resolution opposing President Bush’s plans to privatize a portion of Social Security could be a harbinger to a Democratic primary … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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