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• Forensic Science commissioner resigns to avoid revealing public info

  —Grits for Breakfast

  Somehow I'd missed that one of Governor Perry's recent appointees to the Texas Forensic Science Commission - Bexar County Medical Examiner Randall Frost - had resigned in October just weeks after his appointment because he wouldn't reveal immediate family members' names or assets required on state ethics disclosures.
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 6:07am EST
  

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• Tragicomedy in Mexico City : Clown Prince Juanito Calls it Quits

  —The Rag Blog

  Two thumbs up from Rafael Acosta, aka Juanito. Top, at Mexico City's Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Photo by Rene Soto / Milenio Diario. Below, at his office last month before his resignation. Photo from The Independent / AP.Tragicomedy in Ixtapalapa:Mexico's political clown prince resigns'Juanito is us all,' considers [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:03am EST
  

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• Funniest Protest Signs Of 2009

  —Granny Geek

  

  Cliffies, don’t miss this. The Huffington Post has a hilarious assortment of the funniest protest signs of the year. Here’s one.

  And another.

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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 6:55pm EST
  by Granny

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• Mayoral miscellania

  —Off the Kuff

  A few links of interest about the Mayor’s race. Because I know you haven’t read enough about it already.

  Nancy is ready for all the third-party attacks in the race to stop.

  Here’s an interview with Annise Parker at Open Left. Thanks to BOR for the tip.

  Signs, signs, everywhere [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 6:19am EST
  by Charles Kuffner

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• Irving’s sign ordinance

  —Off the Kuff

  Here’s an interesting story about the experience the city of Irving has had with its new ordinance that restricted signage by businesses.

  Strict new rules regarding business signs in Irving were enacted to literally remake the city’s image. The goal is to eliminate what many officials and residents say are [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:06am EST
  by Charles Kuffner

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• The Traveling Journal

  —Janet Morrison's Community Dialogue

  Our Education Department has what's called a Traveling Journal. Since our programs meet at different times and in different buildings, I think it's important for each of us to see what the other is doing on a particular day. Each staff member signs up for a day and is supposed [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 7:28am EST
  

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• Locke Rocking the Illegal Vote

  —musings

  Bay Area Houston has a new post up on Locke's illegally placed signs, plus this photo:
  
  
  
  He's also got this which is required by law to be printed on every political sign:
  
  "NOTICE: IT IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW (CHAPTERS 392" [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 6:30am EST
  

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• Sign of Locke's Campaign

  —Bay Area Houston

  According to the Texas Ethics Commissio:
  
  § 255.007. Notice Requirement on Political Advertising Signs
  
  (a) The following notice must be written on each political advertising sign:
  "NOTICE: IT IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW (CHAPTERS 392 AND 393, TRANSPORTATION CODE), TO PLACE THIS SIGN" [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 5:54pm EST
  

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• [Bay Area Houston] Sign of Locke's Campaign

  —Politicker TX - Texas Politics News, Reaction, and Analysis

  According to the Texas Ethics Commissio:

  § 255.007. Notice Requirement on Political Advertising Signs
  
  (a) The following notice must be written on each political advertising sign:
  "NOTICE: IT IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW (CHAPTERS 392 AND 393, TRANSPORTATION CODE), TO PLACE THIS SIGN IN THE" [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 5:54pm EST
  by johncoby@sbcglobal.net (John Coby)

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• Sarah Palin signs books in Texas

  —PrairiePundit

  Dallas Morning News:
  
  Hundreds of Sarah Palin supporters lined up in the cold this morning, and some overnight, at a Plano bookstore where she will sign her new book today.
  
  

  Supporters drove from as far away as Houston and Oklahoma to see Palin, but first [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:28pm EST
  

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• Daybreaker: Texas student punished for excessive exuberance

  —The Bayou

  This look like a gang sign to you?Maybe in a street gang run by "Chuckles the Clown." To administrators at the Northeast ISD (near San Antonio), that cheery looking student might be flashing street signs. For her "smiley" transgression, Charlie Patton is being punished by James Madison High School officials; [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:05am EST
  

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• Lockeing the Illegal Sign Vote

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  If you like lawlessness, you just might be a fan of the Gene Locke campaign.
  
  I know from experience that it's difficult to prevent enthusiastic volunteers or paid sign crews from placing campaign signs in illegal places (right of ways, for example). But, Locke has so many illegally placed' [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:36pm 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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• TYC Ombudsman indicted, resigns

  —Grits for Breakfast

  If you'd predicted this when Governor Perry appointed Judge Catherine Evans TYC Ombudsman earlier this year, I'd have said you were nuts. See Mike Ward's coverage at the Austin Statesman. [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:27pm EST
  

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• NY Times sees new bipartisan consensus on criminal justice, ignores old one

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  A story by Adam Liptak published on the front page of the New York Times Tuesday has been getting a lot of attention: "Right and Left Join Forces on Criminal Justice." It described growing "signs of an emerging consensus on the right that the criminal justice system is an" [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 10:55am EST
  

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• Design for Bush Library Unveiled

  —Relaxed Politics

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  November 18th, the final design for the Bush Library was unveiled by the architect and Laura Bush.  The architect, Robert A.M. Stern, who is dean of the Yale Architecture School, is not known for his cutting edge designs. In fact, he is considered rather traditional in a field that prizes [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:31pm EST
  by gnome de plume

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• Irony Alert: No Trespassing Signs in DISH, TX

  —Bluedaze.

  DISH, TX has some new No Trespassing signs up! It's ironic because they were erected by industry NOT the citizens of DISH. The citizens of DISH can actually spell despite all the benzene and neurotoxins industry pumps at them.Industry trespasses and takes half the town with compressor stations, processing plants' [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:22pm EST
  

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• Democrats in Retreat for 2010 Congressional Elections: 2 Dems hint they could Lose, 1 other Resigns

  —Libertarian Republican

  

  From Eric Dondero:
  
  Three big developments in Congressional races the last week, signal that at least some Democrats realize they're in big trouble heading into 2010.
  
  Firstly, a largely unexpected announcement on Monday that Rep. Dennis Moore or Kansas is planning to retire. Moore is' [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:50pm EST
  

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• Gene Locke Places Campaign Signs In Illegal Places & Consorts With Gay Bashers

  —TexasLiberal

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  Houston Mayoral candidate Gene Locke puts his campaign signs everywhere. Above are some that have popped up like mushrooms. ( Here is a link to a U. of Illinois horticulturist writing about how the limit the spread of mushrooms on your lawn. Gene Locke could stop of the spread of his signs by [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:35pm EST
  by Neil Aquino

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• Precinct 110 Chair Resigns. Loop 9 is a P110 Precinct

  —The Ellis County Observer

  Loop 9 List: I have a Loop 9 Questionnaire that I posted online at: http://www.elliscountyobserver.com/?p=9289 The Loop 9 Questionnaire will be postal mailed to elected city councilmen, mayors and county officials in Cedar Hill, Midlothian, Glenn Heights, Red Oak, Lancaster and and answers will be posted and printed in The Ellis County [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:47pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• Stop Loop 9 Posters Are In

  —The Ellis County Observer

  The 12×18 StopLoop9.com posters are in. Since I paid $74 for the first 100 to be printed, I’m giving these out sparingly and to select people. I’ll brandish a few of them for yard signs (see the MISD Bond photo below for a look at what I mean), but this is [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:48pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• [MHS Football Player Brawl] Did Eagle’s Nest Security Cameras Catch the Event on Tape?

  —The Ellis County Observer

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  I was driving around Midlothian Monday night with a digital camera and found the field where the major Halloween brawl/gang hit-job occurred (1310 N. Mockingbird Lane), but noticed something interestingly random: surveillance camera signs in people’s front yards and along the side of Mockingbird (which borders the Eagle’s Nest house-airport [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:49pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• Stop Loop 9 Posters | Print Your Own + Order Some

  —The Ellis County Observer

  I’ve ordered 100 Stop Loop 9 posters (11×17) from my friends over at Excalibur Printing in Arlington (Reaganite-owned and operated!), but now activists can print out their own posters and signs to make: Join Us On Facebook! [Updates: Meeting Times, Dates, Events on the Facebook Group] [Click Here: STOP LOOP 9 POSTER AND [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:38pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• Radical Muslim MO Rep. resigns over Bribery charges, Democrats replace him with admitted Tax Cheat

  —Libertarian Republican

  

  Republicans can't find candidate to run against tax-avoiding Dem for Special Election
  
  From Eric Dondero:
  
  Missouri Representative T.D. El-Amin has represented northwest St. Louis in the Missouri Legislature for the last two years. El-Amin, is described by Missouri Bushwhacker as a "Muslim media darling." His' [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:07am EST
  

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