Daily Archives: December 6, 2006

“Not necessary to toll”

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Paul Burka attended a committee meeting by the Study Commission on Transportation Financing, at which David Ellis, a co-author of a report by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M, gave some interesting testimony about road funding. Executive summary: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 1 Comment

2006 Texan of the Year: ParentPAC and Carolyn Boyle

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Progressive Alliance has named Carolyn Boyle and Texas Parent PAC its “Texan of the Year” for 2006. Which is to say we got smart this time and picked someone who couldn’t get Leiningered in the next primary. Of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | 5 Comments

Feel the power

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Sweet. I didn’t even have to blog about this. Texas bloggers: Retract your claws. Vicki Truitt means you no harm. The Keller state representative has been public enemy No. 1 for bloggers for the past three weeks because of a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | 1 Comment

SurveyUSA says: Bonilla leads by seven

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

We have a poll for the runoff. In a runoff election today, 12/4/06, in Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla appears to edge Democrat Ciro Rodriguez, 53% to 46%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WOAI-TV … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2006 | 1 Comment

Targeting 2008: Congress

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I think we can all agree that the 2006 strategy among the powers that be among Texas Democrats, which was to focus on the State Legislature while largely ignoring the statewide races, was a success on its own terms. Dems … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2008 | 5 Comments

The HDCC

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

BOR has done a series of posts on how the Dems made gains in this last election cycle. The latest entry gives props to the least well known of the factors, the House Democratic Campaign Committee, or HDCC. Check it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2006 | 2 Comments