Daily Archives: December 30, 2008

School finance: Sorta kinda important to the Lege

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Just not so important that it will get anything more than another Band-Aid, but you take what you can get, I guess. “Are we going to start school finance from the ground up? I don’t think so,” said Rep. Rob … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Houston’s red light camera numbers

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

The city of Houston has now released its own red light camera study, and to say the least the numbers are interesting. The number of crashes at Houston intersections with red-light cameras doubled in the first year after their installation, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More on the Dems’ anti-Craddick list

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the Chron story about the list of 64 Democratic House members who say they won’t vote for Tom Craddick for Speaker under any conditions. “We need a new direction in the Texas House because the status quo means gridlock, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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End of the year Texas blog roundup

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

2008 was a heck of a year for Texas Progressives. The Presidential Primary came to Texas (for real), we caucused, conventioned, challenged, credentialed, voted, elected, counted, re-counted, brought Netroots Nation to Texas, watched Tom Craddick fight for his life, said … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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