Election Judges say one the best ways to make sure only those legally eligible are casting the votes that make the decisions on everything from President to how much money the local government can borrow is to have some means of positive identification.  Positive, meaning, short of some Mission Impossible impostor costume, there is minimal chance of fraud.  It is a crying shame, in these so-called "advanced technological times", that the entire electoral process, even in these united states, could be easily cheated.  Texas has no bragging rights when it comes to free and fair elections if efforts to prevent voters from being properly qualified are being blocked.  Ironically, Texas law does not require individuals to carry identification documents.  Is it any surprise that Texas also has the largest population of undocumented illegal immigrants?  In one generation, a broken immigration system has enabled illicit trade across the Texas-Mexico border and transformed virtually every major U.S. city into havens for the mass cultural migration and reshaped the American way of life.  A loyal American who pledges allegiance to this great country would stand up for truth and justice.  So why the big whoop over voter ID when the problem can be easily solved with a simple photograph and thumb print collected during the registration process?  The voter database has the ability to display an image.  A thumb print scanner would make it almost impossible to cheat.  Are our law makers intent on enabling fraud?

DALLAS Dallas Morning News – Net office leasing fell during second quarter 2009 by more than half a million sf, according to preliminary totals from Jones Lang LaSalle.

The biggest drops during the quarter were in Richardson-Plano and along LBJ Fwy.

As the budget season approaches city officials are scrambling to balance the books.  Long known for "sweeping" monies from one city operating fund to another, the pile of co-opted cash is getting smaller with each bit of bad economic news.  Hard fought attempts to sway legislators on SB 300 fell short of hopes that a new tax could help offset the mounting cost of neglected and delayed infrastructure projects.  One trick used by officials to make it look like funds are skillfully budgeted and the administration is behaving in a fiscally-responsible way is the moving of projects from one funding column to another.  In the case of bond money, bond programs initially start off with a long list of projects.  When the money runs out, projects are moved from bond programs to other capital projects.  Subsequently, the generally ignorant public gets sold the same project again in the next bond program.  A prime example is Heights and Huffhines parks.  First it was bond money for renovations.  The next bond program was for rebuild.  The current situation is only one is getting the re-do.  But, the once-quiet, friendly neighborhood Huffhines Park is being changed into a fee-based city facility.  Even the residents who are paying the bonds will have to pay fees to use new park facilities, just like all the out-of-towners.