South Texas judge faces perjury charges
A Travis County grand jury indicted District Judge Amado J. Abascal III of South Texas on two counts of aggravated perjury Friday, alleging that he lied about the source of campaign contributions.The first count stems from testimony Abascal gave before the grand jury in October 2005, when he claimed under […]
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Glenn Greenwald - Salon
There is one principal reason for this shift — the Bush presidency and the political movement that supports it is not driven by any of the abstract political principles traditionally associated with “liberalism” or “conservatism.” Whatever else one wants to say about the Bush presidency, it has nothing to do with limiting […]
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Is this unreasonable?
MySA.com: State Government
The so-called shield legislation would require prosecutors or civil litigants to show convincing reasons why information held by journalists is central to their case and can’t be obtained any other way.
This could include justifying requests for the identity of a reporter’s confidential source or access to video footage or interview information, […]
Filed under: Barry Macha, Phil Goldberg, Robert Duncan, Rodney Ellis, SB 966, Texas Daily Newspaper Association, USAA, journalist shield law, shield law, texas | 1 Comment »
MySA.com: Helotes debris fire may be out, but battles remain in aftermath
Helotes can breathe again.The monster debris fire that confounded county leaders, mocked the state’s environmental agency and grabbed national attention for three months has officially gone poof!
Finally!! Three months of this fire burning and it is finally out. We […]
Filed under: Helotes, Helotes fire, Henry Zumwalt, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas | 2 Comments »
Candidates for the May 12 election.
If you don’t know your counsel district you can click here and type in your address and it will show you under the box which district you are in. They don’t have sample ballots up yet but I am sure they are coming. Keep checking back, we are sending out […]
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On the main web page for Somerset ISD!
Somerset ISD - SISD Home
PEDRO “PETE” ZAMORA FILES AS WRITE-IN CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT 1 SISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Pedro “Pete” Zamora (53 years of age) of 1955 Silver Eagle Drive, San Antonio, TX 78264, phone: (210) 626-1553 has filed for a place on the ballot as a […]
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Missing word in bill halts CHIP debate | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
AUSTIN — A missing word in a bill analysis derailed debate Monday on a bill to cover more youngsters under the Children’s Health Insurance Program.A sharp-eyed Rep. Robert Talton, R-Pasadena, noticed the error in the analysis of House Bill 109 — the word “family” […]
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MySA.com: Metro | City bond election is focus of meeting
The League of Women Voters is hosting a meeting to discuss the coming city bond election.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Oakwell Branch Library at 4134 Harry Wurzbach.
Bonnie Conner, […]
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So two Republicans have introduced legislation that would allow the formation of a library district that could be funded by a sales or property tax and Roddy Stinson doesn’t like it.
MySA.com: Roddy Stinson
“If voters want to have financial support for the library system, they can vote for it. If not, they can vote against it […]
Filed under: HJR 88, Jeff Wentworth, Joe Straus, Roddy Stinson, SJR 34, San Antonio, accountability, community development, disabled homeowners, libraries, library districts, public spending, senior homeowners, slash and burn republicans, tax and spend | 1 Comment »
The Southside ISD website lists the board members and their positions but doesn’t provide any contact information. Nor is there any indication if the members are elected from single member districts or at large. As for finding out information on how to run for the school board–forget it.
However, as in other districts, individuals have figured […]
Filed under: Craig Knapp, Isaac Griego, Rick Quebe, San Antonio, School Board elections, Southside ISD, Tony Luna, candidate information | No Comments »
