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The Culture|
April 30, 2010

Liliana Quevedo, Realtor

Quevedo grew up in Juárez and has been a realtor in El Paso for six years. She is an agent for One Realty El Paso.</emAs a bilingual realtor in El Paso, with roots in Juárez, I have a lot of connections in Mexico. I got my license in 2004, just

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river trips texas
Travel & Outdoors|
April 30, 2010

Go With the Flow

Throw a canoe on the roof or a tube in the trunk and head for the Llano, the Brazos, the Pecos, the Trinity, the Guadalupe, or any of the other rivers on this list of the twenty best trips to take on Texas waterways this summer.

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Politics & Policy|
April 30, 2010

AZ SB 1070 — the bill analysis

In the Arizona Legislature, the correct term is "fact sheet." It's the equivalent of a bill analysis in Texas. This is the fact sheet for the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.” ARIZONA STATE SENATE Forty-ninth Legislature, Second Regular Session FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1070 Purpose Requires officials

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Politics & Policy|
April 30, 2010

Cook Political Report: Tx 23 now “leans Democratic”

Charles Cook, the publisher of a widely read (in Washington) political newsletter, has changed his rating of the congressional race for Tx-23 from “likely Democratic” to “leans Democratic.” This is the race between incumbent Democrat Ciro Rodriguez and Republican challenger Quico Canseco. The district includes the northwest, west, and southwest

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Eat My Words|
April 26, 2010

Eat Your Vegetables.

I must have been a strange child. As I divulged to you earlier, in my early years, I did not like honey. Or rice. I would push rice around my plate to convince my parents that I’d eaten it all. Years later, both parents told me they were never

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Politics & Policy|
April 25, 2010

Target practice

Remember that comment Perry made a week or so ago, when Obama talked about adding jobs at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida but remained mum about the Johnson Space Center in Houston? Perry said that Obama had “put a target on Texas’s back.” One hardly expects Obama to love

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Politics & Policy|
April 23, 2010

Did Bill White pioneer contingency fees?

This is a charge that the Perry campaign, through spokesman Mark Miner, has leveled at White. It seemed dubious to me, because contingency fees have been used by plaintiffs' lawyers since long before Bill White was practicing law. Contingency fees are used in personal injury cases when a client cannot

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Politics & Policy|
April 21, 2010

The other mansion

Bill White is criticizing Rick Perry for allowing the taxpayers to pick up the tab for the home where is family is living while the Governor’s Mansion is under repair. Here’s what White had to say on the subject: Dear —– Did you know that Rick Perry is charging taxpayers

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Eat My Words|
April 21, 2010

Great Kettles of Crawfish!

Well, I feel sure there must be crawfish boils going on all over Texas, but the only ones I’m hearing about are in Austin. So, here ya go: The Lavaca Street Bar is having a crawfish boil this Saturday, April 24, starting at 3.  No cover.

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Politics & Policy|
April 20, 2010

Thursday afternoon tea

I attended a tea party meeting on tax day. It was held at the Doubletree on Interstate 35 north. The session took place in the hotel ballroom, so the atmosphere was rather subdued. The attendees were almost entirely white and in the 40 to 60 age cohort. I did see

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Politics & Policy|
April 20, 2010

The Rasmussen Poll: Perry 48, White 44

The previous poll showed Perry ahead 49-43. This one shows him ahead 48-44. The difference has no significance at this stage of the race. Perry is still under 50%, but very close. Remember, Perry didn’t break 50% in the primary until election day. The most interesting thing about the poll

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Politics & Policy|
April 19, 2010

How Lehrmann won

I have been looking at the voting numbers in the race for Supreme Court, Place 3, in which Lehrmann defeated Green. This was a classic race of New Texas versus Old Texas, rural versus urban and suburban. Green carried 149 counties to Lehrmann’s 83. (Yes, I know. This does not

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Eat My Words|
April 16, 2010

The Good Times Are Rolling In

Perla’s–Austin’s very attention-getting seafood restaurant–is celebrating its one-year anniversary with a big ol’ shrimp and crawfish boil this Sunday. It’s all you can eat, including free beer, for $20. Dr. Zog will play zydeco. Co-chef Larry McGuire says they’ve bought 400 pounds of the Louisiana mudbugs, so they need

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Politics & Policy|
April 15, 2010

Is Perry running for president?

The question got a lot of play on Fox News after Perry gave a rousing speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on Friday. On Fox, Perry said, “My name is not on the straw poll. I have no interest in the presidential election personally.”

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Politics & Policy|
April 14, 2010

Gonzalez wins in El Paso

Norma Chavez bit the dust. The outcome was a foregone conclusion after Chavez brought up Gonzalez’s sexual orientation and was condemned by most of her peers in local politics. She had just made too many folks mad over the years with her bellicosity and her boasts about her influence in

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Politics & Policy|
April 14, 2010

Storm warnings for Democrats

The message sent by voters in the Republican primary is that they have little use for establishment politicians. Mabrie Jackson, Delwin Jones, and Mark Griffin all fit that profile. Jones and Griffin were endorsed by establishment types and those endorsements were albatrosses around their necks. Jackson got the same percentage

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Politics & Policy|
April 13, 2010

Lehrman defeats Green

This was an odd race. Lehrman led by 10,000 votes early and 12,000 votes late. She won all of the counties in the Metroplex media market, though the margins weren’t overwhelming. Green won Harris County by 5,000 votes, which was the only reason the race was as close as it

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Politics & Policy|
April 13, 2010

Frullo wins

This race was won in the primary with a piece of mail raising the issue of whether Griffin got a sweetheart deal on property that he owned (a low appraisal and a high purchase price). Otherwise Griffin would have won the race without a runoff. The mailer knocked him below

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Politics & Policy|
April 13, 2010

Better luck next time

I made a lot of calls yesterday about these races and got a lot of information. Most of it turned out to be wrong. (As was I in saying that the frontrunners from the primary would win their runoffs.) It’s obvious that conservatives did a great job of getting out

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Politics & Policy|
April 13, 2010

Brian Russell attacks Bill Ratliff

The Russell campaign sent out this e-mail today: After a solid week of lie-riddled negative mail, my opponent has now launched an autodial endorsement call by Bill Ratliff, the father of the failed “Robin Hood” school finance system, who has recently made headlines by running his liberal son against the

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Politics & Policy|
April 12, 2010

Farney assails Russell in key SBOE race

Today I received a robo-call from former state senator and lieutenant governor Bill Ratliff urging Republicans to support Marsha Farney in her race for State Board of Education against Brian Russell. Ratliff’s brief message made the point that Farney had showed her commitment to public education by sending her children

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Politics & Policy|
April 12, 2010

One last look at tomorrow’s runoffs

All of these runoffs except one involve Republicans. Please note that I am still adding to these reports. Texas Supreme Court, Place 3 Former legislator Rick Green vs. Fort Worth district judge Debra Lehrmann I want to be fair and balanced about this. Even though Green has no judicial experience

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Eat My Words|
April 12, 2010

When Backyard Hens Aren’t an Option

Spring (thank goodness it’s finally sprung) generally brings change. For me this means that after many years of apartment-dwelling, my fiancé and I are moving to a house, complete with a backyard, in a city that allows for—hold on to your hats, folks—backyard chickens. Oh yeah, we’re talking Martha Stewart

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Eat My Words|
April 8, 2010

Once a Barbecue Fanatic, Always a Barbecue Fanatic

Many years ago, before he moved away from Austin to the Frozen North (the D.C. area), journalist Jim Shahin was one of the people I turned to in times of freelance need. He contributed to food stories for Texas Monthly, but mainly, he distinguished himself by possessing a barbecue fanaticism

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Politics & Policy|
April 4, 2010

Could Jackson, Taylor clash again?

The resignation of Plano state representative Brian McCall on Friday, following the announcement that he will become chancellor of the Texas State University system, could produce yet another clash between Mabrie Jackson and Van Taylor in their bitter battle to succeed McCall. On March 2, Jackson led Taylor in the

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Selena Quintanilla posing for magazine shoots.
Music|
April 1, 2010

Dreaming of Her

On March 31, 1995, South Texas came to a standstill as the shocking news spread that the hugely popular Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez had been shot and killed in Corpus Christi. Fifteen years later, the people who knew Selena best recall the life and devastating death of a star

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Eat My Words|
April 1, 2010

Where Did Tony Eat This Afternoon in Austin?

Ahem. I just HAPPENED to be lurking at Perla’s Seafood and Oyster Bar when Tony Bourdain (yes, that Tony Bourdain, of “No Reservations,” on the Travel Channel, sitting on the right) was having a late lunch with co-chefs Larry McGuire (middle) and Tommy Moorman Jr

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