Search Results for: open beaches

Galveston’s recovery

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I wish them well. Gaido’s, like most businesses in Galveston, is hoping for a swift return to normalcy after Hurricane Beryl knocked out power across much of the island during the region’s peak economic season. Five days after landfall, many … Continue reading →

Posted in Hurricane Katrina | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Galveston’s recovery

Dispatches from Dallas, May 17 edition

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

This is a weekly feature produced by my friend Ginger. Let us know what you think. This week, in news from Dallas-Fort Worth, we have a grab bag: a big DMN expose on toll roads; education stories, including a chance … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog stuff | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Dispatches from Dallas, May 17 edition

Weekend link dump for September 20

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

“Several elements of those historic failures exist today: political disunity, economic collapse, the possibility of a razor-thin electoral margin, and corrupt challenges to the results. But none of those other transitions incorporated all of that at once, and a deadly … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog stuff | Tagged | Comments Off on Weekend link dump for September 20

Weekend link dump for May 10

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

A parable, or maybe just an allegory, about secrets, small towns, and people that everyone knows. “I feel like I’m hardly one to talk, since lockdown orders barely affect me at all. Still, these two charts suggest that Americans were … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog stuff | Tagged | 3 Comments

Coronavirus and local control

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

From Politico, evidence that there are no small-government “conservatives” in pandemic self-isolation foxholes: Texas is a big state with a proud small-government philosophy. And that’s being tested by the Covid-19 pandemic. Strict bans on public gatherings to curtail the virus’ … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

“We must find a way to co-exist with the bayou ecosystem”

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Offcite points to a way forward. We must find a way to co-exist with the bayou ecosystem, not get in its way. As Albert Pope, a professor at Rice Architecture, has pointed out in a series of proposals, most of Houston’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Hurricane Katrina | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on “We must find a way to co-exist with the bayou ecosystem”

Interview with John Cook

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

The office of Land Commissioner is often overlooked, but it has a role to play in a whole lot of aspects of state government. From state parks to beaches to mineral rights, from the Alamo to veterans issues to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2014 | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

San Antonio begins plastic bag ban consideration

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

I very much look forward to seeing how this goes. San Antonio spends about $1.3 million annually cleaning up plastic bags, while an estimated $25 million is spent across the state, [District 7 Councilman Cris] Medina’s Council Consideration Request says. … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

How to really put the unemployed to work

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Texas Workforce Commissioner Tom Pauken has the germ of a good idea here. Unfortunately, he’s incapable of seeing what it is, and so goes off a cliff with it. “Even in good economic times, there were people in Texas who … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget ballyhoo | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Weekend link dump for October 18

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

You have to wonder what Tom Lehrer would have made of tweeting in Church. Are you the unknown liberal? if big media companies really want Google to stop “stealing” their content, they can make that happen today, all by themselves. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog stuff | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Weekend link dump for October 18