Do they not watch national news?

Posted on January 9th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

AP Wire | 01/09/2007 | Radio host turned senator loses first legislative fight
AUSTIN - Conservative radio host Dan Patrick didn’t have much luck on his first day as a state senator.
Making good on a campaign pledge, Patrick passionately advocated for the end of the “two-thirds rule” - a Senate tradition that prevents legislation from being [...]

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Kudos to the voters of Dallas County

Posted on January 9th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

dallasobserver.com Unfair Park » New D.A. Rising?
New D.A. Rising?
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins says he wants to get innocent people out of jail. Oddly, in Dallas County, this is a novel concept.On Wednesday, DNA testing exonerated Andrew Gossett of Garland, who had been serving a 50-year sentence for a 1999 sexual assault he didn’t [...]

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