Texas: Michael

God bless the folks at KPFT for what they do, but it sure would be nice to have one station in Houston that is moderate, middle of the road, that provides a balance of talk radio and news we can use. Instead, we have KPFT and right wing hate radio.

KPFT's schedule is pocked with shows like the Vegan hour, Connect the Dots (which I actually enjoy if I can figure when it is on), the Peace Hour, Earth 101, Amy Monotone Goodman, and other far, far, left wing shows. There are some good ones like Connect the Dots which I have mentioned, and an immigration show with Gordon Quan, but they are far and few between.

Bill Spelman may make it to filing day without an opponent (and I hope he does) which actually allows for him to potentially run an interesting election campaign this spring centered around a less politically driven discussion about the budget and future of Austin. It's almost like we get an extra few months head start as him as a councilman, which of course, being a professor who's done a lot of survey and field research, he could very well use to incorporate into solutions and ideas for the city. That's a huge benefit for Austin as most candidate don't get to catch a breath from the politics of the campaign trail and then getting sucked into Council Land never to be heard from for 3 years.