Bob Pinzler
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April 24, 2006
With the world of telecommunications doing its best imitation of the reverse of the Big Bang theory, the entity most likely to get the fuzzy end of the lollipop is local government.
Considering the proposed purchase of BellSouth by AT&T, which is really SBC, which used to be Southwestern Bell, w...
April 22, 2006
Whenever you visit with local officials in Texas, discussions of disaster management are not far from the surface. However, last week during a visit, the talk was not of refugees from Katrina, a good many of whom have settled in as permanent residents, nor about the latest FEMA misstep, of which th...
March 11, 2006
One of the general rules of government is that if you want to make a controversial decision you don’t really want to explain, release it at 5pm on a Friday. Even better, do it on the Friday before a holiday weekend.
The Friday night before President’s Day weekend certification by California Secre...
February 11, 2006
The United States Congress has finally come to the realization that if people purchase goods online, state and local governments receive no sales tax revenues to offset the use of their streets to deliver the stuff.
"Main Street retailers collect sales taxes, while many online and catalog retaile...
February 11, 2006
A lot of politicians produce volumes of hot air about their focus on the education of children. The bluster includes the necessary statements about “investing in our future,” or “not leaving any child behind.”
Well, here are two numbers for you to ponder: $1.63 and 35 cents.
The first is the am...