Houston Janitors were present at a conference call today organized by the SEIU to lead a rally/press conference announcing a huge and successful union drive in Houston. Julius Getman, a noted labor law professor at University of Texas, has called the janitors’ effort “the largest unionization campaign in the South in years.”
We listened in on [...]
11.30.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Attorney General forbids marriage between Kerr County Tax Assessor-Collector Paula Rector and one of the district’s tax appraisers. It’s finally happened…the sanctity of marriage has finally been destroyed by the State of Texas. [AAS]
11.30.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
We spoke to Barbara Radnofsky, candidate for U.S. Senate, today. Her campaign has sent out a press release announcing their momentum in meeting their fundraising goals. When we spoke to her today she was enthusiastic about the support she’s seen from all across Texas as she meets with county chairmen and the electorate-at-large. Radnofsky hears [...]
11.30.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
There’s a hearing of the Joint Committee on Public Education and the Committee on General Investigating & Ethics that’s trying to go after school administators that worked on behalf of their school communities during the sessions. Seems someone thinks it’s unethical. I’d just like to point out that Todd Baxter is now officially [...]
11.30.05 | Uncategorized | admin
A Federal Judge dismissed some charges against John Colyandro. The lawsuit filed by two losing candidates alleging that Colyandro and the Law Enforcement Alliance of America violated the Texas Election Code by using corporate funds to influence contests for Texas attorney general and an East Texas legislative race.
Pre-cursor to the remaining charges against the [...]
11.30.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
We had heard about Bill O’Reilly’s “hate list”, and part of it is finally up [Thanks ThinkProgress!]. The main targets on his list (those that “are the worst offenders”): MSNBC (quel shock!), The St. Petersburg Times, and the New York Daily News.
Umm, okay. MSNBC - rival network to FOX. Keith Olbermann, the [...]
11.30.05 | Uncategorized | admin
Someone sent me this link and I thought I’d pass it along. It’s the story of an active alumni of Baylor that worked to create endowed scholarships, served on advisory boards and donated time and money to advance the school. Then, he was kicked to the curb, in spite of all his work for the [...]
11.29.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
We love us some Freudian slips. For example, when Orrin Hatch refers to Iraq as Vietnam.
“The Democratic Party seems to be taken over by the Michael Moore contingent in their attitude toward Vietnam, and they continually call for a withdrawal of troops at a time when we haven’t finished the job,” Hatch said on [...]
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See Tom clapping there in the background? He’s having a gay ol’ time! Congressman DeLay is assuring his supporters that the money they give him to fight this battle will result in the a victory of justice and all that is good…meaning he’s going to jail and would really like their money to hire a [...]
11.29.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
The Texas Bloggers that participated are reviewing all of your nominations for Texan of the Year: Blogger Style and we’ll all post the first Texan of the Year this week. Your nominations were widely varied, some thoughtful and some retarded….just like our readers. We love you guys.
11.29.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome