Daily Archives: February 19, 2007

City Council redistricting: Back on the agenda?

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

As you may recall, the City of Houston will be required to redraw City Council boundaries, adding in two new single-member districts, when its population hits 2.1 million. It looked like that process was going to get started last August, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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This is not your father’s Fort Bend County

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Juanita notes something that bears repeating. Here we are in what is assumed to be the conservative stronghold of America. It’s Tom DeLay’s old district, for Pete’s sake. Yet all three of the Congressmen from Fort Bend County – Al … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Dynamo Stadium: Not on the golf course

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

We now have some official opposition to the proposal that’s been floated to turn the Gus Wortham golf course into a soccer facility for the Houston Dynamo. Walter Boyd makes the case for saving the Wortham course in this Sunday … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Forty-one

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Today is my 41st birthday. I started the celebration early by changing Audrey’s diapers at 2 AM and 4 AM, and by reassuring Olivia after she had a bad dream at 3 AM. Do I know how to party or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Is that a Bigfoot foot?

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

You all know how I feel about claims regarding Bigfoot. Am I about to be proven wrong? When the foot turned up at the Spotsylvania County, Va., landfill, the first thought was that someone had committed a brutal crime. Deputies … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NCAA to change clock rules again

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

If you hated the new clock rules that the NCAA implemented for football this past season, then this will warm your heart. Upon review … college football’s rules-makers found evidence to overturn last season’s controversial efforts to speed up games. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Once more with toll road math

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

It’s not the Trans-Texas Corridor, but this report on how much you’ll pay to drive on the new toll roads in Central Texas illustrates a point I’ve made several http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/008494.html#008494. So, what does it cost you to drive on Central … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Why 21?

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

John M. McCardell Jr. used to be the president of Middlebury College. He believes that current law that restricts drinking to those 21 and over is bad social policy, and he intends to prove it. With backing from the Robertson … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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