Repeat Tweets: Interpreting the Mayor

Repeat tweets from October, 2013:

• 2 Oct 2013: Interpreting the mayor: what makes a Richardson dog park a priority is that it's holding up real priorities. www.marksteger.com
  
• 2 Oct 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "We can work together but Democrats don't want to." Cruz is just trolling us now. #wacko
  
• 2 Oct 2013: Headline: "Congressman Pete Sessions: Republican In Name Only?" Seriously? Sessions isn't deranged enough for GOP? www.neontommy.com
  
• 2 Oct 2013: .@KenPaxtonTX, get your facts straight. Honor Flight cofounder says Park Service "bent over backwards" for veterans: talkingpointsmemo.com
  
• 2 Oct 2013: MT @SenTedCruz: "This is #HarryReidsShutdown. He won't negotiate, won't talk." Cruz on other hand is all talk. He broke it, he owns it.
  

After the jump, more repeat tweets.

S2L77: Hierapolis

From 1977 04 08 Turkey

In the previous installment of this travel journal, we were in southwest Turkey, in Pamukkale, where people have been going for thousands of years to bathe in hot springs on travertine terraces.

The ancient Greco-Roman city of Hierapolis was built there. In 1977, we had the site to ourselves. We were free to wander among the ruins, from the baths to the temples to the huge outdoor amphitheater.

More photos of Hierapolis after the jump.

The Premiere of Palisades Village

This is how it begins. A request for a zoning change.

Name/Location: ZF 13-13. Palisades. NW of Central Expy. & Galatyn Pkwy.

Project Information: A request by Larry Good, GFF Planning, representing JP Realty Partners, Ltd., for a change in zoning from LR-M(2) Local Retail, PD Planned Development, and TO-M Technical Office to PD Planned Development for the development of a pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use development on approximately 59.4 acres located on the west side of Central Expressway, generally bounded by Collins Boulevard to the west, Palisades Boulevard and Galatyn Parkway West Extension to the south, and Palisades Creek Drive to the north. The property is currently zoned LR-M(2) Local Retail, PD Planned Development, and TO-M Technical Office. Staff: Chris Shacklett.

Source: City of Richardson.

After the jump, my early assessment.

Peggy Venable Says I am an Idiot

Source: Twitter.

It's hard to argue with that logic.

Stefani Carter, Short of Money and Friends

When I wrote about the Texas House District 102 race last week, the situation was relatively straightforward. Incumbent Stefani Carter wasn't running for re-election, having decided to run for the Texas Railroad Commission instead. Former Dallas City Council member Linda Koop had announced her own campaign to replace Carter. Koop was the favorite to win the GOP nomination and the general election.

Then a strange thing happened on the way to the voting booth. Stefani Carter announced that she was dropping her bid for Railroad Commission and would seek re-election to House District 102 after all.

After the jump, assessing how badly Stefani Carter misplayed her hand.