Bears repeating: "
violence has reached the Rio Grande Valley
because it is a large consumer of prohibited substances and a route for these."
Yaas, MoFo GOODHAIR finds that there's nothing spells "voting" like a concealed weapon license.
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http://www.themonitor.com/news/matamoros-54133-chamber-president.html Mexicans warned to beware of RGV
.... Media reports from Matamoros over the past year indicate that there has been friction between some members of the business group and Michael Barkin, consul general of the U.S. in Matamoros. Several issues have been mentioned, from apparent personality conflicts to the treatment of Mexican citizens by consular staff. ....
The news report quoted Quintanilla as saying that
violence has reached the Rio Grande Valley
because it is a large consumer of prohibited substances and a route for these. ....
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/groups-call-for-higher-ed-change-regents-meeting/Groups: End tenure, ‘frivolous’ research in higher ed
.... Amanda Shell, a representative of former U.S. Rep.
Dick Armey's national Tea Party group FreedomWorks, was on hand to lay out specific changes the groups want to see. They
called for the end of tenure that, according to Shell, "only leaves professors to stick with the status quo of the academic establishment," the
end of unnecessary research projects "that simply suck money from the university system" and for a "more transparent environment," in which teacher-to-student ratios, teacher salaries, tenure status, research funding and research results are all publicized.
FreedomWorks has taken a particular interest in Texas higher education, which has been a hot-button issue since Gov. Rick
Perry made it one of his priorities earlier this year and
his years of behind-the-scenes pushing for controversial changes came to the surface. According to Shell, about
6,000 individuals in Texas and surrounding states
have signed a petition in support of the proposals she laid out.
Shell did not specify the criteria for determining what research projects would be deemed "frivolous," indicating that students and taxpayers could do so if they had enough information. "The goal is that, if it's more transparent, they can determine if they feel like their money is being spent productively or not," she said. ....
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2011/aug/24/stringent-texas-voter-id-law-changes-texas-polls/Stringent Texas voter ID law means changes at Texas polls
Will it
suppress the vote, as minority groups and Democrats allege? Or will it restore integrity and increase the state's abysmal turnout at the polls, as those who champion the measure say it will?
Beginning in 2012, voters will be required to show a valid photo ID in order to cast a ballot. Gov. Rick
Perry designated the legislation, which passed as Senate bill 14, by state Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, as
an emergency item. During the 2009 session, the voter ID bill came close to derailing the final weeks of the 81st Legislature as House Democrats engaged in the stall tactic called "chubbing" — debating minor bills in an effort to stall the calendar from advancing — to ensure the measure did not come up for a vote. After
last year’s election gave Republicans a 101 to 49 advantage in the House, however, the bill was virtually assured to make it to Perry’s desk.
The new measure means most Texans will have to show an allowed form of identification to vote in any local, state or national election. These include a state-issued ID card or a driver’s license, a military ID, a
concealed hand gun license issued by the Department of Public Safety, a passport, or a state-issued election identification certificate. The latter is a free ID issued to a person who requests it specifically for the purpose of voting. ....
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