Ben, Ross, Evan and Matt talk about President Obama’s visit to Texas and who didn’t want to be seen with him, the battle over strings attached to federal education money, Bill White’s donor-appointees and the legal and political definitions of residency.
Brian Birdwell
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Hold On, Mr. Resident
For legal purposes, where you sleep is only part of the answer to where you live. There’s also where you vote, where you intend to reside, whether you consider your nesting place temporary and where you pay taxes.
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2010: An Opponent for Birdwell [Updated]
Democratic officials in Senate District 22 got together in a Hillsboro restaurant Thursday evening and nominated John Cullar to run for the state Senate seat now held by Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury.
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State Government
Kip Averitt: The TT Interview
The McGregor Republican — who quit the Texas Senate earlier this year — talked to the Tribune on Tuesday about politics and parties, redistricting, things left undone and how the Legislature changed during his time there.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Stiles’ and Torres’ three-parter on the changing Texas political map, Ramsey on questions about Brian Birdwell’s voting history and residency, Aguilar on the Obama administration’s immigration crackdown, Reed on hospitals that won’t induce early labor, Stiles on what Troy Fraser left off his financial disclosure form, the latest installment of Hu’s Face-Off video debate series, Grissom on the problem-plagued Driver Responsibility Program, Galbraith on the controversy over fracking and M. Smith’s interview with former Texas Supreme Court Justice Harriet O’Neill: The best of our best from July 26 to 30, 2010.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 39
In this week’s episode, the TT podcast gang talks about Texas voting trends, the latest skirmishes in the governor’s race and the eligibility questions surrounding state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury.
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2010: Birdwell “Never, Ever Voted Twice”
State Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, says he didn’t vote twice in the 2004 elections and disputes the Texas and Virginia records that say he did.
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The Brief: July 28, 2010
Being in two places at once, it turns out, sometimes isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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State Government
One Man, Two Votes
State Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, voted in the November 2004 presidential election twice, choosing between George W. Bush and John Kerry in Tarrant County, Texas, and again in Prince William County, Virginia, according to election records in the two states.