Results tagged “johncornyn”

Texas Senator John Cornyn announced yesterday at the Harris County Courthouse that he has a bill in the works that would prevent incarcerated felons from making a profit of their personal belongings or art - "murderabilia," if you will. The bill is championed by victims' rights organizations, but the constitutionality of such a law is questionable. Houston victims' rights advocate and director of the Mayor's Crime Victims Office Andy Kahan has been fighting the sale... more ›

Good morning, Houston. We hope you got your fill of the Texas Legislature, because the 80th session is officially over. Your Senators and Representatives have been hard at work since January, passing lots of bills and making even more news, and now they'll be taking a break. The Houston contingent did us proud, from strip club taxes to baby-selling to overcoming liver transplants. We hope all the Texas political blogs can survive until 2009.... more ›

Amid a slew of noteworthy guest bloggers this week (Ed Brandon, Ted Oberg, and Ray Peters are all participating), the mikemcguff blog managed to get out a couple posts by its rightful owner, including this one about Westwood Mall, formerly located at Bissonnet and 59. In the late 90's the mall shut down and became what will know be known as Southwest Corporate Center. McGuff reminisces about filming movies and playing arcade games at the... more ›