Daily Archives: May 10, 2006

Strayhorn loses lawsuit

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

No surprise here. A federal judge Wednesday rejected Carole Keeton Strayhorn’s plea that the state should apply statistical sampling to count voter petitions for her independent gubernatorial candidacy. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel, acting nine days after hearing the challenge, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Compromise on recapture?

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Aaron Pena quotes from a Quorum Report story that says a deal has apparently been brokered on equity and recapture in the Senate. This is was had Sen. Florence Shapiro’s hackles up. Sayeth The Rep: “The compromise plan has the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Astroworld land sold

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Seventy-seven million dollars for the land that the former Astroworld once sat on. Not a bad price for Six Flags, that’s for sure. The story says that Six Flags has not announced who the buyer is, so we don’t have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Strayhorn’s signatures

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

The Strayhorn campaign has turned in their petitions, and I think it’s safe to say that they can feel pretty confident about getting on the ballot. Independent candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn announced Tuesday she gave Texas election officials 223,000 signatures … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Frontrunners?

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Fort Bend Now reports from the top secret, invitation only, you-don’t-need-to-know GOP candidates’ forum for the CD22 nomination from the weekend. Two organizers of Saturday’s Harris County GOP candidates’ forum say state representatives Robert Talton and Charlie Howard are emerging … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Equity good, the rest not so much

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

The Duncan-Staples amendment to HB1, which restores a measure of equity in funding for poorer school districts, was praised by school groups yesterday, though the bill that contains the amendment was not. The groups, including the Texas Association of School … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hotel tax lawsuit

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

The city of San Antonio is suing online travel brokers, claiming that they are insufficiently paying its hotel occupancy tax. Dallas-based Hotels.com and Travelweb and Southlake-based Travelocity.com, a subsidiary of Sabre Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TSG), were among 19 firms that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Bell gets AFL-CIO endorsement

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Chris Bell threw a few rhetorical punches at the AFL-COPE convention yesterday. Mr. Bell had previously focused his fire on Mr. Perry. But he spent much of this speech urging attendees of the AFL-CIO COPE Convention not to be swayed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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