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• Houston elit un maire gay.

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  Over the weekend, Annise Parker was elected to be the next Mayor in Houston, Texas. Not only is this openly gay woman now Mayor of the 4th largest US city, but that city is in east Texas.
  
  Now I know Houston is very different from rural east Texas but [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:19pm EST
  by Mean Rachel

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• Conflicts: Kinky and Gilbert, Perry and Washington, and Dewhurst and the stimulus

  —Texas Politics

  Kinky vs. Gilbert...again Humorist Kinky Friedman's plan to exit the governor's race to enter the agriculture commissioner race means that there will be a showdown between Friedman and East Texas rancher Hank Gilbert after all. While both men were in...

  
  

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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  by chron.com, MySA.com

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• Conflicts: Kinky and Gilbert, Perry and Washington, and Dewhurst and the stimulus

  —Texas Politics

  Kinky vs. Gilbert...again Humorist Kinky Friedman's plan to exit the governor's race to enter the agriculture commissioner race means that there will be a showdown between Friedman and East Texas rancher Hank Gilbert after all. While both men were in...

  
  

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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  by chron.com, MySA.com

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• "The Seven"

  —True Blue Texan

  The last of my Father's siblings was laid to rest today. Aunt Mildred was 97. Youngest and I attended her funeral in Rusk.
  Rusk is deep in East Texas, some 225 miles northeast of Austin. To get there, we took a state highway that is mostly two lanes, often [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 9:44pm EST
  

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• Visit Houston! Holiday tourism tips from the Beaumont CVB

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  We don't envy the Beaumont CVB.Selling Southeast Texas has got to be a doozy of a gig. Matter of fact, there might not be a more difficult job (they did rustle up a heckuva jingle, though).So this week, the Beaumont CVB had a little open house shindig down at their' [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 11:28am EST
  

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• Daybreaker: Wanna open a restaurant? Southeast Texas is closed

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  We Southeast Texans seem to be fighting economic progress with every fiber of our being. And for a community that loves to eat, we're apparently stuffed.Beaumont nixed plans to have a Jack-in-the-Box build a new location across from St. E's, next to a Dunkin' Donuts, 'cause a few folks got [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:03am EST
  

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• Spirit of giving: East Texas man robs bank, gets caught giving it away

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  Unlike the Swine Flu, the holiday spirit has infected us all.Our tale takes us to East Texas, where men are men and banks are robbed. Bryon Jacovin Garrett is such a thief. He was apprehended yesterday up in Nacogdoches for holding up the Walmart branch of Commercial Bank of Texas. [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 2:50pm EST
  

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• Daybreaker: Don't shoot your eye out, Beaumont

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  Easily the best holiday ad you won't see on Southeast Texas television (not yet, anyway). We felt compelled to bring this to a wider audience (if you can call the 12 people that read the Bayou an "audience"). It's the good folks over at JJ's Pawn Shop on College, doing' [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:03am EST
  

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• SundayBreaker: Our Southeast Texas Bigfoot goes on vacation

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  It appears that Hardin County Bigfoot we all know and love has a thing for Tex-Mex. The Yeti/Sasquatch thing has been spotted in Bexar County, near San Antonio. The local NBC-affiliate is doggedly pursuing the paranormal scoop. The sightings have brought out the big guns, luring in members of the [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 12:10am EST
  

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• How Low Can A Criminal Go ?

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  Some people are just lower than a snail's belly, and it seems that Texas has it's share of those people. Take for example the two low-lifes who are giving even criminals a bad name in East Texas.
  Last Thursday, a 25 year-old woman left [...]

  Posted: December 05, 2009, 12:02am EST
  

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• Lampson for Comptroller?

  —Off the Kuff

  Former US Rep. Nick Lampson may be getting back in the game.

  Former Congressman Nick Lampson, a moderate Democrat from southeast Texas, is considering a race for state comptroller, he confirmed this afternoon.

  “It’s something that I’ve been asked to look at,” he said. “I don’t know that I will but [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:47am EST
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• Former Congressman Nick Lampson Considering Comptroller Run

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  There have been all sorts of rumors about certain politicians following Bill White onto the 2010 ticket to potentially make it our strongest ticket in over a decade.  Now, though, a rumor is substantiated.

  Former Congressman Nick Lampson, a moderate Democrat from southeast Texas, is [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  

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• Bayou joke of the day: So Two East Texans walk into a Louisiana Wal-Mart...

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  There's a joke in there somewhere.If someone asked us to describe the prototypical East Texas crime, we'd be hard pressed to come up with a better example (minus the Meth) than this clusterfudge perpetrated by two sad sacks from Jasper. Although the stealing of that 10-ton oil pump was a' [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 11:37am EST
  

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• Former U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson for comptroller?

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  Former Congressman Nick Lampson, a moderate Democrat from southeast Texas, is considering a race for state comptroller, he confirmed this afternoon.

  "It's something that I've been asked to look at," he said. "I don't know that I will but I don't want to close'" [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:34pm EST
  

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• How about this for a headline?

  —South Texas Chisme

  'TYC Ombudsman resigns after indictment'
  The newly appointed ombudsman for the Texas Youth Commission resigned Monday after being indicted on a felony charge for allegedly smuggling a weapon into an East Texas lockup for teenage lawbreakers.
  
  Catherine S. Evans, a former Dallas state district judge, was indicted on [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 2:56am EST
  

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• BAYOU travel dispatch: You might be flyin' out of THE best airport in the land

  —The Bayou

  Y'all headin' out-of-town for Turkey Day? If so, hope you're travels take you through Houston. A remarkably non-scientific survey has ranked the largest metro airports from tops to nots.The best fly-zone in the land: Southeast Texas Regional! Alright, just joshin'. It's Houston's Bush International.A funny poll, since all airports -- [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:10pm EST
  

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• Daybreaker: Should a 15-year-old Port Arthur kid be tried as an adult?

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  Maybe it's the holiday season talking; what with all this supposed good cheer going around. Perhaps it's because so many recent Southeast Texas kid touchers have received such relatively light sentences, but this one bothers us.It's the recent news that 15-year-old Da'Quan O'Neal Zeno will be tried as an adult.Zeno [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:36am EST
  

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• Daybreaker: What's goin' on in Buna?

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  Is there anything bigger than Southeast Texas playoff football? Not much. So when Buna suits up to battle Newton this Friday, it should be your typical mid-November frenzy. With one exception: allegations of assault have surfaced against two Buna players.According to KBMT-TV reports:"Two members of the Buna High School Cougar" [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:05am EST
  

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• Never too early

  —Beginning To Wonder

  to think about food! I will be travelling to east Texas with friends this Thanksgiving, to gather at the farm of another mutual friend and we are all excited and talking about food. This year, for the first time, I am responsible for the turkey! No biggie - I've done' [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:38am EST
  

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