Daily Archives: March 17, 2005

Eye on Williamson County

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Don’t know who’s behind this new blog from Williamson County, but I’m glad to see one from there. Williamson, like Fort Bend, voted for Bush in lesser numbers in 2004 than it did in 2000, and I think it stands … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Did Accenture get a helping hand?

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I noted before that Accenture won the bidding to provide call center services to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Today in the Statesman, two State Reps are alleging that they had inside help. On Wednesday, Albert Hawkins, executive … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Progress on Muni Wireless ban?

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The latest word from SaveMuniWireless is that the ban on city-supported network services has been stripped out. That’s great news, but as they note, there’s still the amendment process, and as this earlier entry showed, that means various bad things … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Senate is not the House

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Remember the special session on school finance reform last year, when the House passed a shell bill to the Senate? It’s beginning to look to me like they did the same thing this year, based on comments like these. Senate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Lamar!

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Tom DeLay Scandal Spillover Vortex has claimed another casualty. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, was listed as a special guest and speaker in 2002 for Texans for a Republican Majority. While investigating DeLay’s conduct last year, the House committee deferred … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Tuition relief

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Some good news for college students may be on the way, according to Inside the Texas Capitol, which rounds up several tuition-relief bills in the House and Senate and assesses their odds of passage. Those of you with a current … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Learning binary the Socratic way

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Via Greg, a fascinating lesson on learning binary numbers using the Socratic method. Given the results achieved, if everyone had learned the new math that way, we might have a much lower rate of innumeracy in the world. Continue reading →

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