Daily Archives: December 14, 2008

Some dirty tricks in the SD17 runoff

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

PDiddie reports: Some Democrats — I am one — are getting late-night robo-calls (11:00pm-2:00am) about ethics complaints against an unnamed candidate in the SD-17 runoff. Since this slime is NOT coming from the Chris Bell campaign, it’s obviously the latest … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for December 14

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Nearly seven years of blogging and I still haven’t been indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald. Yet. Swear your way to better health. Where the ticket-splitters are now. Let’s find a true progressive candidate to win back the Congressional seat that William … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Dallas extends smoking ban

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Good for them. Smoking will soon be illegal in Dallas bars, billiard halls and most other workplaces as the Dallas City Council [Wednesday] afternoon voted 10-5 to expand the city’s municipal smoking ordinance. The vote came after a more than … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Booster seats

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

The Texas Lege is going to take another crack at passing a bill to require booster seats in cars for children over the age of 3. [In November], Texas was singled out by the National Transportation Safety Board as one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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