From The Blogs: Friday, April 28, 2006

Vince Leibowitz | Apr 28, 2006 | Comments 0

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Good Friday Morning! Here’s your From The Blogs for Friday, April 28, 2006:

Big, Fat Congrats to fellow blogger Dave Haigler of DemLog fame: He’s going to be sworn in as a federal administrative law judge today!

Other Round-Ups: Burnt Orange Report, Today’s Papers (Slate), Today’s Blogs (Slate).

Today’s Must Reads:

Bay Area Houston Blog notes that the assault on teachers is continuing in the Lege.

Grits for Breakfast has a great post on recividism rates among former TDCJ inmates.

Off The Kuff has a post on the bill to limit individual political condtibutions that’s been filed in the Texas Legislature.

Jurist notes that House Democrats are starting a legal challenge to overturn the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which was signed in spite of a clerical error.

Midterm Madness tells us that the DCCC has released its initial list of 22 races (with GOP incumbents) for targeting this fall.

Texas Blogs

Rep. Aaron Pena’s A Capitol Blog has two excellent posts up. First, one on grassroots conservatives in an uproar over the tax bills and another on the cigarette tax which includes some well-informed blogging about proposed amendments thereto.

A Little Pollyanna asks where the star power is in Austin these days, harkening back to the days when Alec Baldwin was in town during the Special on Redistricting.

The Agonist has a very, very useful roundup on blogs discussing Net Neutrality, including those votes cast by a couple of wayward Texas D’s.

Annatopia tells us she’s taking a hiatus from blogging, in part to help prepare for the State Democratic Convention blogger activities, since the Fort Worth Convention’s right in her neck of the woods.

Austin Outsider notes Texas really hates smokers.

Blue Texas has up a great post on predictions and polls. More: Casual Soap Box,

Dallas Blog has more on the Democrats’ call for a 90-day gas tax holiday.

The Jeffersonian notes that Congressman Charlie Gonzales is no friend of the internet.

Lobby Duck actually gives kudos to the House for their work on the tax bills.

Lone Star Times notes GOP Senate Nominee Dan Patrick is already making his presence felt in Austin.

Pink Dome has a different take on the proposed gas tax holiday and tells us the quest to determine the hottest person in the Texas Legislature is over (Read their post, click through the link and follow the directions…I just want to know where Dawan Dukes got that dress…my little sister’s going to be in a beauty/scholarship pageant and she’d die for that one).

Check out this post from the Red State, noting an interesting snafoo on the TLO system.

Right of Texas tells us why people have been mailing bricks to Texas Senator John Cornyn.

Rio Grande Valley Politics talks about the politics of tax freezes, particularly in the RGV.

Texas Moratorium Network (a new to us blog) tells us about the Texas Young Democrats adopting a platform including opposition to capital punishment.
National Blog Round-Up
Democratic Daily is talking about some U.S. House members pushing for Bush to sign into law a measure that never passed the House.