By Ella Tyler Many area voters will find a surprise at the end of their ballots. After a long list of candidates for senator, governor, judge, and more, there will be a list of propositions asking for votes on bonds, smoking, or liquor by the drink. Some of these are hot contests, but others have had little public attention.
COMMISSION IDENTIFIES TXU AS ‘COMPANY C’ Galveston County Daily News 10/21/06 The state’s largest power company is suspected of manipulating the electricity market. TXU BEING PROBED FOR POSSIBLE MANIPULATION US HALTS ENERGY-LEASE SALES OFF LOUISIANA COAST Houston Chronicle 10/24/06 BATON ROUGE, La. – The federal government has agreed to halt oil and natural gas lease sales off the Louisiana coast…
CITY SMOKING BAN EXTENDED TO BARS Houston Chronicle 10/19/06 The City Council voted Wednesday to extend Houston’s indoor smoking ban to bars, with several members acknowledging they went along reluctantly to forge a compromise on an issue that had divided the panel. STORMS SPARE HOUSTON BUT CAUSE FLOODS ELSEWHERE Houston Chronicle 10/19/06 A cold front zipped through Houston this morning,…