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tweets @TexasMonthly @lws_sa @lawrence_wright Also this essay on Dallas, 20 years after November 63 texasmonthly.com/story/why-do-t…
Why Do They Hate Us So Much?
texasmonthly.com — A great man was dead and an outraged world desperately wanted someplace to lay blame. It chose Dallas and changed the city forever.@Roland_PM @danabacon Dana you should also follow our pal @M_Gelin -- Swedish journalist based in New York who writes a fair bit on Texas
@danabacon It was @janeriklarsson and @Roland_PM - they are working on a book about Texas v California (look for it if you read Swedish!)
Back to back meetings today. Just checking in. Safe to bet the House is once again (3rd time this week) in high fuss over nothing? #txlege
@Weston_Hicks Serious question. Do you also consider teacher unions to be "accountability groups"? agendawise.com/2013/05/rep-la…
Rep. Larson pleas to keep Texans in the dark
agendawise.com — State Rep. Lyle Larson wrote an opinion piece in the Dallas Morning News in a plea to bring back the good ol' days when special interests passed crony laws without blowback and always fumbled the conservative legislation they were elected to pass.@MQSullivan No need to worry--#SJR1 won't affect our credit rating.
@jackiep713 @HCookAustin there were 16 nay votes in the House (on SJR1). The 3 was in the Senate on 1025 but different dynamic there
@VanessaJMartin thanks! there was some tough competition for that too
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