Daily Archives: May 1, 2006

Halftime at the special session

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

We’re at a bit of an intermission in the special session (just past it now, actually), what with the House waiting on the Senate and the Senate getting started on its business. That makes this a good time to review … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Evacuation drill tomorrow

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

If you hear any alarm bells tomorrow, you can ignore them. That’s just the statewide hurricane evacuation drill going on. The three-day drill – being staged statewide for the first time – will test the evacuation response in the first … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Strayhorn lawsuit against SOS to be heard today

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

In March, Carole Keeton Strayhorn filed a lawsuit against Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams to force him to start counting and verifying ballot petition signatures as they came in and not all at once beginning on May 11, which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The squeeze on Wong

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the latest from Kuff’s World, on the race in HD134 between State Rep. Martha Wong and Democratic challenger Ellen Cohen. Also, here’s a post on the latest Congressional blogger, Rep. Silvestre Reyes of El Paso. Check ’em out. Continue reading →

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Put it where the people are

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

David Crossley and Christof Spieler have a good editorial in Sunday’s paper about the goals and purposes of a good urban transit system. One point that they make that I think deserves a higher profile: Although the purpose of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More HHSC-is-broken stuff

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Another damning article on the lousy, screwed-up state of affairs in the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) since the privatization effort began. Problems include: State officials on Friday abandoned plans to drop 28,000 more children from the Children’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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