BexarMet delayed the release of contract
As the Bexar Metropolitan Water District was fighting for its life last year in the Texas Legislature, the utility stalled the release of public information that could have shed light on a controversial contract worth an estimated $177 million.
“I want us to delay anything as long as we can,” [...]

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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive – The end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? « – Blogs from CNN.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The lead sponsor of a bill to overturn the controversial Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law said the law could conceivably be passed in the first year of President-elect Obama’s [...]

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It's Monday, and that means it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance's weekly blog round-up. Barfly at McBlogger takes a moment to remind all of us that we better not fu*k with Barbie.
Ruth Jones McClendon gets the Speaker's race dangerously wrong says CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme. [...]

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It is the Monday after the election, and that means it is time for another Texas Progressive Alliance weekly blog round-up–but with a twist. In this edition, TPA member blogs bring you some of their best posts from the last year of election coverage. Enjoy this trip down memory lane, courtesy of the TPA.

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Los Angeles stops issuing marriage licenses to gay couples – CNN.com
"This is a great day for marriage," Ron Prentice, chairman of ProtectMarriage.com, said in a statement. "The people of California stood up for traditional marriage and reclaimed this great institution."
Along with my happiness about the change in color of the executive and legislative branches of [...]

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County Results – Election Center 2008 – Elections & Politics from CNN.com
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I just want to say wow. It was a given that Texas was going to go for McCain what it is amazing is that San Antonio (Bexar county), Dallas county and Harris County all went blue. Austin did also but that was a [...]

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They moved my freaking precinct last night. I found the volunteers out front to tell them I was there to help and found out that they moved my polling location. I went inside to ask the poll workers if we could put up a sign telling people where the new location was and was appalled [...]

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It is Monday, November 3, 2008. In less than 24 hours, the United States will have elected a new President and Texas will–hopefully–send Rick Noriega to the U.S. Senate and a host of new State Representatives and Senators to Austin.
In the meantime, here is your Election Eve edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance’s weekly roundup.
Bradley [...]

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