Constable on 410

The weirdest thing just happened to me on 410 near Broadway where they have traffic cuts down to one lane. Traffic is stop and go of course and right after they shut down the 2nd lane there was a constable standing there with a radar gun. Now, there is no way anyone was going more […]

Cibrian for Mayor

Diane Cibrian for mayor?
MySA.com: City Council
While hedging on her Fiesta medal slogan, Cibrian did confirm that she has been exploring the idea ever since last fall, when she says a group of constituents asked her to consider running.
That would have been when she had logged less than six months on the council.
So what magnificent achievements […]

CNN selling T-shirts?

This might not be new but it is certainly the first time I have noticed it. On their home page, next to several of their video stories there is a little tshirt icon. If you click on the icon it will bring you to CNN Shirt where you can buy a shirt that has the […]

So what do we do now?

Depressing Interesting article on the Democratic candidates, their campaigns, and historical comparisons.
The haunting of the Democrats | Salon
This intra-Democratic conflict is profound and epistemological. It speaks to deeply divergent ideas about the nature of politics, of America and indeed of human life. It dwarfs the so-called divisions in the Republican Party, which always seem miraculously […]

Early voting starts on Monday

Index
05/10/08 -
Joint General & Special Election
* 03/11/08 Begin Accepting Applications to Vote by Mail
* 04/10/08 Voter Registration Deadline
* 04/28/08 Early Voting Begins -
* Calendar and Locations, Sample Ballot
*05/02/08 Final […]

They moved the candy aisle!

A while back I was ranting about how our newly remodeled HEB had placed the cereal and candy in the same aisle.  Well, it’s gone. The candy now shares the aisle with the juices, still not great but better than the cereal aisle. Now if they would just return my Honey Nuts with strawberries (generic […]

BexarMet public meeting Monday

MySA.com: Metro | State
The legislative committee established to watch over operations of the Bexar Metropolitan Water District has scheduled a public meeting for 5 p.m. Monday for an update on the troubled utility’s progress in resolving its problems.
The meeting is to be held in the gym of Concordia Lutheran Church, 16801 Huebner Road.
State Rep. […]

It’s not about politics–right

Bexar County awaits AG opinion on needle-exchange program | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Regional News

Ms. Reed has come under intense public fire since word of the Day bust – which started as a charge similar to a traffic ticket but was upgraded to a Class A misdemeanor by the […]

Texas still in court today

Grits for Breakfast: Eldorado
Here’s the official tally of underage women married to older men revealed by the Texas Department of Public Safety in court today, compiled from FLDS records seized at the YFZ ranch (according to the Salt Lake City Tribune): “attorneys representing the state focused in on 10 women between the ages […]

Interesting that Arizona didn’t take 416 kids

Arizona also received abuse report on polygamous sect - Salt Lake Tribune
SAN ANGELO, Texas - As Texas authorities massed at a polygamous sect’s ranch in west Texas, authorities in Arizona received information about a similar situation involving a teen in Colorado City, Ariz.
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said Flora Jessop […]