Daily Archives: October 16, 2006

Endorsement watch: Now that’s what I call enthusiastic

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s Shane Sklar getting endorsed by the Victoria Advocate. “Dr. No” is a joke in Washington. At no time was this more obvious than in May 2004, when he was the lone House member to vote against a nonbinding resolution … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Shelley’s money

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve got to give ol’ Shelley some credit. She did a decent job raising money last quarter. I’m sure there was some pent-up demand for a Republican candidate in CD22, and I know for a fact that Nick Lampson eased … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Endorsement watch: More State House races

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron continues its long, slow march through the endorsement process with three more recommendations in State Rep races. Two of their endorsements went to Democrats, one for an open seat and one for a GOP-held seat. State representative, District … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Park naming delayed by rain

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

The announcement of the winner of the contest to name the new downtown park has been postponed until tomorrow due to the nasty rain in the Houston area. Not clear to me that tomorrow will be better, but you can’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Republicans for Henley

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Republicans for Henley For all I know, it may be just one person, but what the heck. That’d still make it bigger than “Democrats for Culberson”. Somebody alert Paul Burka. The sign is on the north side of Westheimer and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Wallach interview transcription

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve got a full transcription of my recent interview with Rice computer science professor and electronic voting machine expert Dan Wallach over at Kuff’s World. If you’d prefer to download it in Word doc format, you can get a copy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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He opposes what?

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Via Eye on Williamson, I see that the Statesman endorsed all Republicans in the non-gubernatorial non-judicial statewide races. The one that is boggling me is this one: Agriculture commissioner This race pits two men who live within 30 miles of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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