tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post5975416463002592047..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: The Dome is going to come downPDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-81634281433676418212013-08-16T12:40:01.156-05:002013-08-16T12:40:01.156-05:00Up in Dallas, at least they have actual contests! ...Up in Dallas, at least they have actual contests! And I probably fused Eckels and Emmett; I vaguely remember that handoff.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-31355082753920190102013-08-16T11:15:14.004-05:002013-08-16T11:15:14.004-05:00Not that long, relatively.
When Bob Eckels wante...Not that long, relatively.<br /> <br />When Bob Eckels wanted to go back to making a million bucks a year as a lobbyist in 2007, he picked Emmett to replace him. <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/With-Eckels-leaving-ex-lawmaker-likely-is-in-1546655.php" rel="nofollow">Really</a>; that's how it works around here.<br /><br />County commissioners serve for life (except in severe and obvious cases of corruption, like <a href="http://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/2008/10/harris-county-gops-love-boat.html" rel="nofollow">Jerry Eversole</a>).PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-75121512648131955942013-08-16T10:56:39.729-05:002013-08-16T10:56:39.729-05:00Didn't Ed live out his shelf life a decade or ...Didn't Ed live out his shelf life a decade or so ago? I mean, how long's he been holding down that seat, and without ever considering running for anything else?Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com