Daily Archives: June 14, 2006

Ceverha settles with Dems in TRMPAC lawsuit

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

It’s a start. The treasurer for Texans for a Republican Majority, a political committee at the heart of almost four years of criminal investigations and civil litigation, has paid $65,000 to former Democratic candidates in an attempt to end his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Cleanup checklist

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

From yesterday’s Chron, some action on the clean-air front. Concentrations of a dozen air pollutants in the Houston area pose significant risks to public health, and nowhere is the risk greater than in east Harris County, along the Ship Channel, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blue Bayou

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Congrats to John for becoming the newest member of the Chron.commons community. His new blog is called Blue Bayou. Nicely done! Continue reading →

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Chet Edwards’ new look

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t see the word “blog” anywhere on Chet Edwards‘ spiffily redesigned webpage, but it’s got a blog-like structure to it. Whatever you want to call it, it looks good. Check it out for yourself and see. Continue reading →

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Annie’s List endorses Thibaut

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Via Houston Dems: Annie’s List has added HD133 candidate Kristi Thibaut to its ledger of endorsed candidates for State House. I’ve been a fan of Kristi’s for awhile now, so I consider this very good news. Among other things, Annie’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Enron’s emails

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Via David Pogue’s technology blog comes Enron Email. Search through more hundreds of thousands of email messages to and from 176 former Enron executives and employees from the power-trading operations in 2000-2002. For the first time, they are available to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Krispy Kreme: Still dead in Houston

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

As you may recall, the Krispy Kreme donut franchise exited Houston in March in the midst of a nasty franchisee lawsuit. At the time, a local outfit called Jumbles Dough Factory and Coffee Bar took over several former Krispy Kreme … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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