Daily Archives: October 26, 2007

Urban League endorses HISD bond

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

One more endorsement for the HISD bond referencum. The Houston Area Urban League, an advocacy group for blacks, announced today its endorsement of the Houston school district’s $805 million bond proposal. The league’s support — which comes two weeks before … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Doing the referendum shuffle

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

The other day, Tiffany said to me “How are you voting on all these amendments and referendums? I don’t know enough about them to know what’s what. I’m depending on you to help me figure it out.” Which means I’d … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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“Get Ashby High”

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

This is the best comment I’ve seen on the Bissonnet high rise situation: If you’ve seen one of the ubiquitous yard signs in the area, you’ll get the joke. This sign was on a telephone pole at Shepherd and Bissonnet. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Historic? Check. Protected? Not so much

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

The good news. After three years of hard work by members of the Avondale Historic Committee, Houston City Council has approved Avondale West as the city’s ninth historic district. It is the second historic for Montrose. The Avondale East Historic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Citywide WiFi

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Interesting article from CNet on the current state of citywide WiFi projects. Despite the recent onslaught of bad press, citywide and regional Wi-Fi networks are not dead. In fact, cities, such as Corpus Christi, Texas; Minneapolis, Minn.; and Philadelphia, are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Still work to be done before the rail lines get built

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Christof takes a look at the state of the Metro 2012 Plan now that we know they’ll be pursuing light rail on all routes instead of BRT. METRO needs to re-examine how the Southeast and Harrisburg lines get into Downtown. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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