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2010: Farouk Shami, White People, and 9/11 “Truth”
“You don’t find white people who are willing to work,” the Democratic candidate for governor said. But there’s more. He also didn’t disavow the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Economy
TribBlog: Tax Revenues Continue to Fall
Sales tax collections fell by double digits, again.
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State Government
2010: Newspaper Endorsements: SAEN for Gilbert
“Gilbert is far more knowledgeable about agriculture issues and state government than Friedman.”
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State Government
2010: Newspaper Endorsements: DMN, SAEN on Lite Guv
“Earle has the better insight into the levers of power in government,” says the Morning News. “Chavez-Thompson is undoubtedly the best Democratic candidate in the race,” says the Express-News.
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Public Education
TribBlog: NYT Mag on SBOE’s “Christian Nation”
It seems the social conservatives on the State Board of Education may be on their way to getting more ink than any other politicians in modern Texas history, a cause that will be helped in this Sunday’s printing of The New York Times Magazine.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: TX Supreme Court To Consider “Pole Tax”
The Texas Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a $5 tax on admission to the state’s strip clubs — a measure lawmakers implemented in 2007 to raise money for sexual assault prevention and low-income health insurance.
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Watch Debra Medina Walk it Back
“It is what it is,” she says, after she didn’t denounce 9/11 conspiracy theorists in a radio interview on Thursday.
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Ads Infinitum: KBH’s “Honest”
With early voting starting next week and public poll numbers in the twenties, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s latest spot aims to remind voters why they should like her more than the incumbent governor.
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The Brief: February 12, 2010
Debra Medina, take comfort in the words of Cat Stevens — “The first cut is the deepest.” Especially if the cut is about 9/11 truthers.