Here are some local blog links to click open when you’re taking a break during all those glorious football games. Happy Labor Day Weekend everyone!
- Rally for Reform? Paid Activists Support Single Payer System (Big Jolly Politics)
There were three buses that arrived between 5:45 and 6:30 pm. I think that ACORN paid for them but was never able to nail that down for certain, although I did try. Two people from the buses told me it was ACORN but a third person told me, in very broken English, that his job sent him there. He identified himself only as Rodrigo and was carrying a SEIU sign. I asked him if he was getting paid and he said yes. I also asked him where he worked, he said at a hotel but wouldn’t tell me the name. But regardless of who actually paid for the buses or was paying his salary, the fact is that a large portion of the supporters at this rally were provided transportation, given t-shirts and signs, and paid to be there.
David Jennings continues his fine town-hall citizen-journalism at his new blogging home.
- Chronically classy (Lone Star Times)
- A Question for the Mayoral Candidates (First in A Continuing Series) (Slampo's Place)
- It was a gift from comedy heaven… (Unca Darrell)
- Lobbyists Can Now Register With Harris County, If They Feel Like It (Hair Balls)
- Can't get downtown? Follow court cases online (Inside East Harris County)
- Union Friggin’ Station (Keep Houston Houston)
- Houston doesn't need zoning, but it does need better development regulations (Mean Green Cougar Red)
- Mike McCoy on a mission for the Houston Police Department (Isiah Carey's Insite)
- Locke, Parker spar over budget issues (Houston Politics)
- Freeman and Bradford spar over SEIU endorsement (Off the Kuff)
- Check Out Houston Council Candidate Karen Derr’s Classy Campaign Sign Locations (Texas Liberal)
- All in the family, HCC-style (Off the Kuff)
- The lineup, slightly revised (Off the Kuff)
- Interview with Richard Sedita (Kuff's World)
- Truce! (Musings) It’s good that everyone calmed down and decided to play happy, we suppose, but here’s the lesson to be drawn: If you’re going to cut-and-paste from any source, you’ll never be accused of plagiarism if you attribute, and attribute in great detail. Here on the blog, when we cut and paste from news stories, our attribution generally includes a link, as well as the name of the author and publication. And we’ve been trying hard lately to limit the length of the excerpt, because ripping 10-12 grafs in a short post with little attribution is a not-dissimilar abuse of the work of others (something many bloggers ignore). Proper attribution and fair use are good practices!
- Isiah Carey simply got caught (Bay Area Houston)
- Dude! Get your own blog! (Bay Area Houston)
- Openings and Closings: Restaurant Revamp Edition (Swamplot)
- Giacomo's Cibo e Vino: the return of chef Lynette Hawkins (Cook's Tour)
