Daily Archives: April 28, 2008

Supreme Court upholds Indiana voter ID law

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

This is a disappointment, but not a surprise. The Supreme Court ruled today that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws. In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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HGLBT’s Jenifer Pool achieves a milestone

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

This is cool. From a press release from the HGLBT Political Caucus. The Houston GLBT Political Caucus is pleased to announce the appointment of Jenifer Pool, President of the Caucus, to the City of Houston’s Building and Standards Commission. Jenifer … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The rise of Hispanic voting power

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Pretty good article today on the growth of Latino voting power in Houston and Harris County. As the babies born then turn old enough to vote in this year’s November election, politics in the Houston area has a much deeper … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Early overview of the County Judge race

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

The race for Harris County Judge is a little hard to get your arms around, because there hasn’t been anything like it in so long. Never mind a competitive race, there hasn’t even been a contested race in November for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Skelly, Doherty among leaders in cash-on-hand ratio

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

James L. at the Swing State Project takes a look at the “top 75 non-open seat House races this cycle in terms of each challenger’s cash-on-hand competitiveness”, which is defined as the ratio of the challenger’s cash-on-hand to that of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Workers Memorial Day

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

The following is an op-ed by Becky Moeller, the President of the Texas AFL-CIO, which I was asked to run as a guest column by Ed Sills. I thought it was interesting and timely, so here it is for your … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Single-serving sites

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

It seems weird in this day and age to register a domain and create a webpage that does exactly one thing, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped anyone from doing it. And I have to admit, some of them … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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