August 21, 2007
Extra Extra
- A former lawyer at the Texas Secretary of State's Office sues after being fired in 2005 for making "embarrassing" statements about Karl Rove's Texas residency status
- In yet another sign of Austin's ongoing transformation, the Statesman debuts its own gossip/society column, helmed by entertainment editor Michael Barnes
- Things in Crawford, Texas quiet down now that no one cares to visit (or protest)
- TxDOT is rolling out a fancy new $9 million ad campaign to promote the Trans-Texas Corridor
- Tech firm Applied Materials turns on the city's largest "business use" solar array, generates enough energy in fifteen minutes to power the average house for a month
- It's official: the DeLorean is coming back next spring
- No one messes with Texas—when it comes to drunk driving deaths
Illustration by David Gilmore
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This is at least the third time the Statesman has tried a gosip column. Not exactly breaking any new ground.
hooray for Applied Materials! hopefully they influence other businesses to go solar as well.
mr. barnes' gossip/celeb. column is disgusting. it is probably the LAST thing i EVER want to see in my city's major newspaper. WHO CARES?!!!
Why are all the fashion and gossip columns written by crusty old men? It makes no sense! Even if it has to be written by a man, no woman cares what an old fart thinks about fashion.