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MagickMuffin

MagickMuffin's Journal
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January 14, 2013

RIP Byron Sibbet

Byron, during high school, found a love for politics which continued throughout his entire life. Some of his political accomplishments included: city councilman for North Richland Hills, mayor pro tem for 10 years, president of Midcities Democrats, election judge and lastly he ran for state representative.

Read more here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary.aspx?n=albert-byron-sibbet&pid=162361376&fhid=4250#storylink=cpy



I knew Byron personally and he was a very soft spoken, sweet and kind person. And like the above citation says, Byron was very involved in our Democratic Party.

He will most definitely be missed.

Edit to add: Byron ran against Kay Granger, however, no one can win against "Miss Money Bags Lockheed Martin" Granger.

February 18, 2012

YET Another Police STING: TCU students sold drugs to undercover officers during sting

FORT WORTH -- Fifteen TCU students, including four members of the football team, were among 18 people arrested early Wednesday after a six-month drug sting in which deals allegedly went down everywhere from players' homes to a Hooters restaurant.

The fast-moving story took an unexpected turn late in the day when Fort Worth police said that an arrest warrant affidavit had mistakenly identified the wrong man, Austin Carpenter, and would be canceled.

In addition, TCU spokeswoman Lisa Albert said late Wednesday that only 15 of those arrested were actually registered for classes this semester.

The bust ensnared members of the Horned Frog football team, which recently celebrated an invitation to the Big 12 conference, and information in the documents revealed a surprise team-wide drug test on National Signing Day.

The players, two of them starters, were accused of selling marijuana to other students and teammates.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/15/3736441/many-current-tcu-students-arrested.html#storylink=cpy




This has been REALLY big news here. The talking heads are such a-twitter about it all. This happened this past Wednesday.

Why you can even take a poll!

Would the drug busts influence your decision to attend or to let your child attend TCU?

Yes (35%, 3850 votes)
No (57%, 6294 votes)
Not yet (8%, 855 votes)

Total votes: 10999





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