Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
As the soap opera-like saga of the Democratic presidential nominating process draws to within days of its last episode, John McCain’s campaign is losing lobbyists faster than his Straight Talk Express bus’s top speed.
The latest may soon be Phil Gramm, the Texas economics professor who used to be known as ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
It is becoming increasingly clear now: Wealthy weird white people.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
A proposed rule making the rounds at City Hall to require homeowners to make their private property wheel-chair accessible in case disabled individuals come to visit isn’t winning any popularity contests, according to a survey sponsored by the Austin Business Journal on its website.
“This is the most asinine thing I ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
The subterranean Austin city council runoff for the Place Four seat being vacated by Betty Dunkerly poked its head up this week when Laura Morrison, who led the voting in round one, criticized city leaders for awarding a contract to retool the Green Water Treatment Plant without sufficient public input. ...
Posted in Follow-Up, 2008 Elections, Growth, City Council | 13 Comments »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
The Associated Press says Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens is stepping up his ongoing efforts to get his $2 billion wind-turbine business off the ground — including an acknowledgment that his investment relies on federal tax incentive to survive.
“We are making Pampa the wind capital of the world,” Pickens says, ...
Posted in 2008 Elections, State, News | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Looking for a keynote speaker to strike just the right tone at its state convention in Houston next month, the Republican Party of Texas has turned to none other than Newt Gingrich, the former U.S. House Speaker who is “expected to be a big draw for Texas delegates,” according to ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Leffingwell Beats Meeker, Looks Ahead To McCracken
Lee Leffingwell handily defeated challenger Jason Meeker, setting the stage for the Austin city council member’s expected race against colleague Brewster McCracken in next year’s mayoral race.
Leffingwell needed a big win to position himself for his next campaign — and got it. He ...
Posted in Follow-Up, 2008 Elections, City Council, News | 9 Comments »
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Everyone knows California considers itself a trendsetter in everything from culture to commerce. And now a Bay-area town with a $16 million budget shortfall has declared municipal bankruptcy in what could be a harbinger of things to come for cities like Austin, which faces red ink of its own ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Catholics are turning out in record numbers this year to vote in Democratic presidential primaries from Texas to Pennsylvania. But at least a dozen of them were turned away from the polls yesterday in Indiana under that state’s strict new voter ID law, which was upheld by the U.S. ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Whether for re-election to his current post or Mayor next year isn’t entirely clear, but Austin City Councilman Mike Martinez has endorsed his dais mate Lee Leffingwell in a new YouTube spot.
Joined by a wide range of community leaders — from Shudde Fath and Joenne Grissom to Dwayne Lofton and ...
Posted in 2008 Elections, City Council | 13 Comments »
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza's victory over French invasion forces at Puebla in 1862, even though the locals sided with the invasion forces (not their own general), and the holiday was created in California (not Mexico) and is still ignored throughout that country ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
It seems Culleton don't quit.
Posted in Follow-Up, City Council | 4 Comments »
