Dig Deeper Texas

Until Bonilla became desperate last monday I wasn’t thinking there was a snowballs chance in hell that Ciro would pull this out. I was hoping he would but I have gotten very used to being disappointed in Texas politics. I try to understand why people in San Antonio and Texas, good hard-working people who are [...]

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ySA.com: Politics
He also faulted Rodríguez for taking $250 from Abdurahman Alamoudi, who was later convicted of conducting illegal business transactions with Libya. Left unsaid was that Alamoudi’s check came years before he was investigated and that Rodríguez was one of nine congressmen he sent money to, a list that also included Lee Hamilton, later named [...]

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MySA.com: Baloñas sues Bonilla over Web Sites
This is just funny.
Last December, Bonilla’s campaign treasurer, Jill DeYoung, registered at least a dozen Web site addresses that included Bolaños’ name. She acquired the domain names — such as rickbolanosforcongress.com and rickbolanos.com — on the same day the San Antonio Express-News reported the El Paso Democrat’s interest [...]

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