Thanks for the tax cut, guv

Homeowners confused, frustrated as property tax bills arrive (April Castros, Associated Press)

What was supposed to be one of Gov. Rick Perry’s greatest campaign assets may have turned into one of his worst liabilities.

Perry claims in a now-pulled ad that the last special session of the Legislature would mean the “average homeowner will receive a $2,000 tax cut.”

As Texas homeowners receive their bills this month, most will find their property taxes have gone up instead of

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Nice blogger

Alison Cook gave the little Houston blog a nice hat tip earlier.

It’s kind of cool, because not all pro journalists with blogs actually acknowledge non-journalist bloggers.

It’s also cool because Alison Cook just rocks in general.

Houston is a fairly horrible written-word town, but we are lucky to have two very good food writers (Cook and Robb Walsh). They’re fun to read because they know their food, but they also are down with Houston quirks, and seem as

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Mandate radio

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell, the Mandate of the New Mainstream, visited with KTRH-740 talker Chris Baker on Monday.

The podcast/mp3 is available here for anybody who’s interested.

I haven’t listened to much talk radio this week, so I’m catching up with some of those helpful Clear Channel podcasts.

Next up: Michael

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The Jerry and Bill Show

Was not very good tonight.

Neither was the Drew and Tony show.

Unless you’re a Giants fan. Then it was pretty good.

It’s just astounding this many years later that the Cowboys have not had a real NFL quarterback since Troy Aikman retired.

I should have gone to this

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