Counting the cost

Posted on February 2nd, 2007 by TechDigger

I’m not surprised.
Survey: Houston among nation’s ’stingiest’ cities - Houston Business Journal:
According to the survey, the most charitable city nationwide is Salt Lake City, with annual charitable contributions of $2,196 per taxpayer, while San Antonio ranks as the stingiest, with $717 in contributions.
Rounding out the top three most generous cities were West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, [...]

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Now if only Texas will do the same

Posted on February 2nd, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

Florida plans to return to paper ballot system | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
DELRAY BEACH, FLA.— Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday announced plans to abandon the touch-screen voting machines that many of Florida’s largest counties installed after the disputed 2000 presidential election. The state will instead adopt a system of casting paper ballots counted by scanning [...]

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