Monthly Archives: October 2007

Shouldn’t this be a bike tour? World cycling champion Lance Armstrong on Tuesday urged voters to allow the state to borrow $3 billion for cancer research and prevention, saying Texas is the right place to head up the fight against … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Not a whole lot of money pouring into the Council races. Candidates in this fall’s city election reported varying success collecting campaign contributions in the past three months, with Councilman M.J. Khan leading the pack at $188,000, according to filings … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Good stuff here. If all of the Council campaign overview stories that I’ve been bitching about were instead more like this, with actual in-depth questions about issues and space for full answers from the candidates, I’d have that much less … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Once more we venture outside the City Council races, this time to HCCS Trustee District 1, where Kevin J. Hoffman is running against incumbent Yolanda Navarro Flores. Hoffman, who is not to be confused with outgoing HISD Trustee Kevin H. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Long as we’re talking about County Judge stuff, here’s some news of note: Save the Date – Tuesday, October 30 for “The Official Campaign Announcement Party” David Mincberg for Harris County Judge at The Art Studio of Molly Gochman 2445 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There are three things in life that are certain: Death, taxes, and Republicans proposing tax cuts. Harris County Commissioners Court on Tuesday floated the idea of cutting the county’s property tax rate 1 cent — a decrease that would save … Continue reading → Continue reading →

And here’s the Chron overview of the crowded District D field. The candidates are Wanda Adams, a recycling education coordinator for the City of Houston; Lawrence Allen, a special projects director for the Houston Independent School District; Keith Caldwell, an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

No surprises, the Chron stumps for the incumbents. District B, Jarvis Johnson — District B suffers from underdevelopment and a lack of housing stock to attract start-up businesses. Johnson, who began his community involvement as a youth center director in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I blogged about the AFL-CIO’s endorsement of the HISD bond referendum on Monday. Here’s the Chron story about that. Making more concessions to win support for the Houston Independent School District’s $805 million bond proposal, Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra announced Monday … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I may be getting close to the end of the Council interviews, but I’m not quite there yet. Today we head back out to District E for a conversation with Will Williams. Williams lives in Kingwood, where he’s a practicing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As we know, the Texas House now has 70 Democrats in it, thanks to the recent party switch by Rep. Kirk England. The Dems have a chance to close the gap between them and the Republicans even more before next … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So here’s the Chron story about the District C race, which features Council Member Anne Clutterbuck and two challengers, Robert Glaser and Alfred Molison, who had also been a candidate in the At Large 3 special election. I know I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What Grits says. Statewide, the Legislature wrapped debt to pay for new prisons into a larger, more innocuous set of bond proposals that goes before voters Nov. 6. Reported the Austin Statesman (“State asks voters for $1 billion in bonds … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The headline of this story, which takes place at a candidate forum hosted by The Metropolitan Organization (TMO), is about an incentive pay program for HPD, but the bulk of the actual text is about the HISD bond referendum, which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I presume that everyone reading this is a registered voter already, but if for some reason you’re not, or if for some reason you haven’t updated your registration after moving, tomorrow is the last day to rectify this situation if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve said before that I’m getting close to the end of my interview series with City Council candidates. As such, I’m going to branch out a bit into some other races, like HISD Trustee. That’s what I’ve got for you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As was the case with the Greater Houston Partnership, the local chapter of the AFL-CIO had initially announced its decision to defer support of the HISD bond proposal until HISD got its act together. And as was the case with … Continue reading → Continue reading →