Daily Archives: September 23, 2008

Billions and billions

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Wow. Texas will need $20 billion to $40 billion in federal relief assistance to overcome uninsured damage inflicted by Hurricane Ike, Houston Mayor Bill White said today. The mayor, speaking to the Houston Chronicle before his congressional testimony, said Houston … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Will Ike mean fewer billboards?

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

One of the easily visible effects of Hurricane Ike is a lot of torn-down billboards. Looks like many of them may not go back up. For billboards, the city ordinance says that if the cost of repairing the weather damage … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Public defender plan to be reviewed

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

We have talked before about the possible creation of a public defender’s office for Harris County. Commissioners Court approved a study of whether the county should adopt such a thing back in April. Now the report is ready to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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It’s “Guess the endorsement” time again

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

We’re past Labor Day, the conventions are over, and as we head into the last few weeks of the campaign season, it’s time once again to ponder the eternal mysteries of the Houston Chronicle’s endorsement processes. As I’ve done for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Blue America Senate contest

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

For obvious reasons, most campaign-related activity was shut down around here last week. Though there is still much to do to clean up and recover from Hurricane Ike, campaigns have begun to resume. Like it or not, Early Voting starts … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The dinosaur mummy rescheduled

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

The Houston Musuem of Natural Science was scheduled to open its Dinosaur Mummy exhibit last Friday. For obvious reasons, that didn’t happen. Now it’s been rescheduled for this Friday, September 26, and it still sounds really cool. I’ll be taking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of September 22

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Neither rain nor sleet nor hurricane can stop the Texas Progressive Alliance from doing its weekly blog roundup. Click on for the highlights. Continue reading →

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