Koufax Awards: Vote The Texas Ticket
Vince Leibowitz | Jan 10, 2007 | Comments 0 |
Texas’ progressive bloggers had a heck of a year in 2006. From TexRoots to exposing scandals like CondoGate, we “crashed the gate” and rocked the (Texas) House, helping Democrats up and down the ballot.
Now, it’s our turn for a little recognition. Every year, the Koufax Awards honor work by the best bloggers of “the Left” (hence the award being named after a lefty baseball player, Sandy Kofax).
The Texas Progressive Alliance has, as a group, come up with a “Texas Ticket” that we are asking all of our readers to nominate for the Koufaxes. The “ticket” is below. Blogs with the most votes will make it into the second round of voting and we’d like to see Texas blogs up for the finals in every category of the Koufaxes.
Voting is easy. All you have to do is copy the list below and paste it into the comments section on the Koufax Awards site, which is here. (Please note that you have to paste it in as it is here because the rules require URLs for each entry)
You can add additional blogs to this list as well, but we do ask, in the hopes of supporting Texas bloggers, that you vote this entire list, especially since all it requires is a “cut & paste.”
Best Blog : Off The Kuff (www.offthekuff.com) , Burnt Orange Report (burntorangrereport.com , Texas Kaos (texaskaos.com) , Capitol Annex (capitolannex.com)
Best Blog — Pro Division:Â The Agonist (www.theagonist.org)
Best Blog Community: Texas Kaos (texaskaos.com)
Best Writing: Charles Kuffner, Off The Kuff (offthekuff.com)
Best Post:Â Â Best Post: Get Out Your Map Colors, It’s Time For More Redistricting Fun! (Capitol Annex, http://capitolannex.com/2006/07/15/get-out-your-map-colors-its-time-for-more-redistricting-fun/))
Best Series: Capitol Annex’s Coverage Of The Renewal Of The Voting Rights Act (http://capitolannex.com/capitol-annexs-coverage-of-the-voting-rights-amendment-renewal-2006/); Burnt Orange Report’s 40/40 Project (http://www.burntorangereport.com/tag.do?subjectId=20); Musings’s Coverage Of State Rep. John Davis’ $1,500 Boots (& Various ethical problems) (http://muse-musings.blogspot.com/2006/10/khou-exposes-state-rep-john-davis.html)
Best Single Issue Blog: Grits For Breakfast (gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com)
Best Group Blog: Burnt Orange Report  (burntorangereport.com)
Most Humorous Blog: People’s Republic of Seabrook (intellectualize.org) , McBlogger (mcblogger.com)
Most Humorous Post:Â McBlogger (http://www.mcblogger.com/archives/2007/01/giant_wax_cock.html, Burnt Orange Report: (http://www.burntorangereport.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1986 )
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition:Â McBlogger (McBlogger.com), Musings (muse-musings.blogspot.com)
Best Consonant Level Blog: Capitol Annex (capitolannex.com) , McBlogger (mcblogger.com , Musings (muse-musings.blogspot.com) , Bay Area Houston Blog (http://bayareahouston.blogspot.com/ ) , Eye On Williamson County (eyeonwilliamson.org)
Best Expert Blog: Grits For Breakfast (gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com) , A Capitol Blog (acapitolblog2.blogspot.com)
Best New Blog: North Texas Liberal (northtexasliberal.blogspot.com) , Texas Kaos (texaskaos.com) , Musings (muse-musings.blogspot.com)
Best Human Equality Blog: Dos Centavos (doscentavos.blogspot.com)
Best Coverage of State or Local Issues: Burnt Orange Report (burntorangereport.com) , Eye On Williamson County (eyeonwilliamson.org) , Capitol Annex (capitolannex.com) , Off The Kuff (offthekuff.com)
Best Commenter: The Pretzel, Texas Kaos (http://soapblox.net/texaskos/showDiary.do?diaryId=2269)
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About the Author: Vince Leibowitz is an award-winning former print journalist and editor, and contributor to the San Antonio Current. He currently works for political campaigns in Texas.






