Windfall stirs up beach battle: Preservation of shoreline: good sense or a perk for rich homeowners? (Kevin Moran, Houston Chronicle)
Texas is poised to receive $240 million in federal money to preserve erosion-prone parts of the state’s 367-mile Gulf coastline, but some question whether it is wise to keep building and rebuilding beaches that could quickly be destroyed by a storm.
Some people involved in coastal issues say such projects make good sense because they help maintain the
Review mixed for Cowboys’ “rehearsal” (Randy Galloway, FWST)
For a dress rehearsal, this was an offensive wardrobe malfunction. The Cowboys were exposed by ground and air.
Continuing with the negatives from Saturday night, mix in an assortment of special teams blunders (always a Big Bill no-no).
Not exactly in dress rehearsal form, those special teams, with two flubbed field-goal attempts and a 102-yard kickoff return for a TD by old friend Reggie Swinton.
Expect heavy growling all week
Here’s something I never expected to hear before a show by my friends in the Dead End Angels:
Rick’s not playing with us tonight. He’s playing with Susan Gibson.
Okay, funny joke guys, you got me. Rick Poss can come on out and play now.
Except there was no Rickenbacker set up on stage. No electric guitar at all. They weren’t kidding.
They had a couple of guest guitarists sit in, and it was a good time. It’s
The Chris Bell campaign has announced the endorsement of a PAC of South Asians called Desis for Texas.
Evan at Perry vs. World notes the ties between staffers of the Bell campaign and the PAC.
If your campaign can’t draw legitimate grassroots support beyond the Texas liberal “netroots,” I guess manufacturing “grassroots” endorsements is the next step. That’s politics.
I’d only suggest that the manufacturing process seems to have some flaws. Check out this interesting paragraph from the