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Gun-Toting Teachers in Texas
‘The school board’s decision last year permitting teachers and staff to carry arms is ricocheting across the nation’By Lisa Sandberg HARROLD, Texas — Traci McKay was horrified when, on the first day of school last week, her 14-year-old daughter bounded … Continue reading
Georgetown : Ex UT Austin Top Cop Used Undercover Snoops Against Student Anti-War Groups
Jeffrey Van Slyke when serving as police chief at University of Texas at Austin.Georgetown paper calls Chief Jeffrey Van Slyke to taskBy Scott Henson Jeffrey Van Slyke, the former University of Texas Police Department chief who authorized undercover snooping on … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Campus Police, Campuses, Peace Movement, Surveillance, Texas, UT-Austin
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Fontaine Maverick : John McCain is no Maverick!
Former Texas Congressman and San Antonio mayor Maury Maverick — the real thing.McCain’s just talking ‘gobbledygook‘By Fontaine Maverick / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2008 I just got a call from my brother, Maury Maverick, who said that if … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, History, Marketing, Maury Maverick, McCain, Presidential Campaign, Progressives, Texas, Texas History
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Angola : Slavery Haunts America’s Plantation Prisons
Prisoners picking cotton at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Photo by William Albert Allard / National Geographic.‘It’s not even really a metaphor for slavery. Slavery is what’s going on’By Maya Schenwar / August 28, 2008 On an expanse of 18,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Angola, Human Rights, Involuntary Servitude, Louisiana, Prisons, Slavery, Texas
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Toll Roads : Soon to be Yesterday’s News?
Toll road protest in California earlier this year.‘Ordinary people will look back on this era, shake their heads in wonder and ask: how on earth did anyone ever think toll roads were sexy?’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, Energy, Finance, Oil Prices, Peak Oil, Public Finance, Texas, Texas Highways, Toll Roads, Transportation
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We’re Number One: Texas Leads Nation in Lack of Health Insurance
Texas Continues To Shine At Being UninsuredBy Olivia Flores Alvarez / August 26, 2008 Texas is at the top of the heap again – this time we are the most uninsured state, health care-wise, in the country. Woo hoo! Oh, … Continue reading
The Rio Grande : ‘That Damned Border Fence’
Each mile of fence cost Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument $430,000, said superintendent Kathy Billings. Photo by Rich-Joseph Facun / Arizona Daily Star Faulty design turned border fence into dam, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.‘The project almost ensures problems with … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Wall, Environment, Flooding, Immigration, National Park Services, Texas
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Texas : Raiding Pension Funds to Build Toll Roads
Northbound Texas Toll 130 at the Exit 426 off-ramp. This toll road northeast of Austin opened for traffic in 2006.‘An irresponsible and immoral idea”By Paul Burka / August 23, 2008 I doubt whether Rick Perry, David Dewhurst, or Tom Craddick … Continue reading
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Tagged Public Finance, Texas, Texas Highways, Toll Roads, Transportation, TXDot
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Ronnie Dugger : LBJ, The Texas Observer and Me
Former Texas Observer editor Ronnie Dugger with President Lyndon Johnson. Photo by Yoichi Yokamoto / Courtesty LBJ Library / Texas Observer.‘None of us knew it yet, but we Americans were about to be trapped in the history that Lyndon Johnson … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Authors, Democratic Party, Journalism, LBJ, Progressives, Texas, Texas History, Texas Observer, The Presidency
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San Marcos : Officer Receives Threats After Allowing Dog to Die
Missy died en route to a veterinary clinic while San Marcos cop wrote a ticket. Family photo.Texas cop who wrote a ticket while dog choked to death, received oral reprimand.August 21, 2008 SAN MARCOS, Texas — A police officer who … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Abuse, Animal Cruelty, Dogs, Law Enforcement, Police Tactics, Texas
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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas : Big Bad Dawg (Video)
Sen. Corndog : All Hat and no Cattle Thanks to Telebob / The Rag Blog / Posted August 21, 2008
Danny Young : ‘Mayor of South Austin’ Dead at 67
Danny Young, washboard player with the Cornell Hurd Band, owner of the Texicalli Grille, and Mayor of South Austin. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Washboard ace, neighborhood activist: ‘On Wednesday, a mighty whiff of the Old Austin spirit … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Deaths, Musicians, Neighborhood Activists, People, Texas
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