Daily Archives: May 16, 2005

Speaking of sneaky tricks

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Remember how I talked about crunch time and the odious things that can get snuck into otherwise innocuous bills as amendments? This is a good example of what I’m talking about. Will Hartnett gets our first Sneaky Legislator Award. SB419, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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An update on Barbara Radnofsky

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I had the chance on Friday to chat with Barbara Radnofsky, who was in town to do some mediation work in between trips around Texas for her Senate campaign. She takes her job – and by that I mean “running … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CTC update

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Citizens Transportation Coalition gets a little writeup in today’s Chron. “The process isn’t always designed to engage the public,” said Robin Holzer, who chairs the coalition. “We want to solve problems in the planning stage before contracts are let … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Your useless statistics of the day

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Tony Womack stole four bases in Sunday’s game for the Yankees. He did not, however, score any runs. This is, in many ways, a microcosm of his career. That is all. Continue reading →

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Crunch time

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

It’s T-minus two weeks for the Lege (barring overtime, of course, in the still-not-too-unlikely event that school finance and related tax work don’t get finished), and that mostly means watch out for bad but sneaky legislation. This is the crunch … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The jockeying for HD143 has begun

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Governor Perry hasn’t even announced a date for the special election to replace the late Rep. Joe Moreno from HD143 (the earliest it can be is September 10), but there’s already three candidates that I know of out there for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blogging in Amarillo

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Nice mention in the local media for the Amarillo-based bloggers of the Panhandle Truth Squad. Keep up the good work, guys! Continue reading →

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Postcards from the labor market

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

There were a couple of stories in the Business section that caught my eye recently. First is this piece about how the offshoring trend has had an unanticipated side effect – scheduling regular meetings with coworkers whose workday doesn’t intersect … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Enron Broadband trial: Bored now

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

You may think that any trial which features mixed-up videotapes would be a generally exciting one, but the Enron Broadband trial appears to have bogged down in a bunch of boring technobabble. Tom points to this Chron story from last … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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