Archive for the ‘rumor’ Category
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Today is William Shakespeare’s birthday, which brings us to the topic du jour — Gov. Rick Perry and his announcement last week that he will seek another term in two years. His announcement may have failed to convince even as many Texans as voted for him last time (39 ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
After we broke the story that UT Chancellor Mark Yudof had agreed to take the top job at the University of California and would soon make his decision public, a reader commented that former state representative and longtime Democratic activist Glen Maxey should be considered as Yudof’s replacement.
“Maxey is a ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
According to an analysis of Monday’s early vote in the Travis County District Attorney’s Democratic runoff, 21.1 percent of those who cast ballots had a history of voting in previous Republican primaries.
If the trend continues, persistent rumors that one of the candidates is making a concerted effort to attract Republican ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
The Houston Senator is planning on announcing his retirement tomorrow. Sources tell us it will be effective March 10.
Senator Dennis "The Menace" Bonnen anyone? Anyone? Yeah, us neither.
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
The retirement of longtime Travis Co. District Attorney Ronnie Earle seems to have set off a stampede of candidates talking about replacing him. And that’s just among Earle’s staff.
An early front-runner, State District Judge Jeanne Meurer, is taking herself out of the race before it even starts. That ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
We get all kinds of crazy tips in our email box. Keep them coming and we will sort through them as best we can.
We were going to let this one go, but figured we would try an open query to you, oh knowledgeable reader.
The pertinent part of the email is ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
We should probably be reporting on all the Bushies heading back to town, Dell layoffs stock through the roof or KVET's Sam Allred getting canned.
Well, we just did, so here's what we really want to mention: Lance Armstrong was spotted celebrating the end of baseball season by rounding bases with ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
News broke last night about Las Manitas surviving the new development on congress. We just realized that Copa Bar & Grill (not near as popular with the Council Crowd) owner Mary Ogden is represented by none other than Harry Whittington- of the famous Dick Cheney buckshot incident.
Did Marriott ...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Fresh from his re-election victory with almost-but-not-quite 39 percent of the vote, Texas Gov. Rick Perry first had his staff float his name as a possible vice presidential contender and then asked them to heavily promote a profile-raising series of Republican red-meat speeches to the faithful around the country.
Now he’s ...
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Driftwood, Texas for starters.
Patrick Rose bought 1,500 barbecue dinners for his fundraiser at the Salt Lick this weekend and told the local newspaper that he had fallen one-third short of that goal when only 1,000 supporters attended.
It turns out that only 312 dinners were actually served.
Either Rose's support base is ...
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
Word circulated before Labor Day that Rick Perry and his family would soon move out of the Governor’s Mansion, and at least 61 percent of Texans quietly applauded. But wait! Turns out the arrangement is only temporary while taxpayers who can’t afford to update their own homes fund ...
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
We get tips. We try to check them out. Sometimes you can and sometimes you can't. We are going to go ahead and print this one. If it turns out to not be true, we can always delete it!
Below is the tip. We edited out the ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
State Rep. Patrick Rose has already been under fire from many fellow Democrats for making nice with House Republicans, especially embattled Speaker Tom Craddick. He has since professed his loyalty to his party's caucus, though rumors abound of a last minute reconciliation attempt with Craddick.
He didn’t help himself last ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
The political rumor mill continues to churn with whispers that State Rep. Patrick Rose (D- Dripping Springs) could find himself with not one, but two opponents next year.
Trial lawyers Movers and shakers in his own party may have recruited a candidate to challenge the "Craddick D" in the primary. ...
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
The jockeying for position to run for Austin Mayor in two years would be comical if not for the fact that.... well, come to think of it, it is comical. Lee Leffingwell, no one’s favorite uncle, against Brewster McCracken, everyone’s irritating kid brother.
The most recent clash came over the ...
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