Perry scrutiny grows as national bid talk attracts eyes
Amid a May 31 special session, officials discuss Gov. Rick Perry as a possible presidential candidate. Mother Jones highlights Perry controversies from road plans to Willingham and a probe into his fund ties, while The Eagle condemns Perry’s meddling at Texas A&M and calls for restraint. Straus labels a groping bill as unenforceable, pursuing a milder nonbinding measure.
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Rick Perry
George W
Bush
Perry
Mother Jones
Josh Harkinson
Trans-Texas
Texas Residential Construction Commission
Cameron Todd Willingham
Harkinson
State Auditor
Motherjones.com
Mojo
Rickperry
University of Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&m
A&m
Bryan College Station
The
Eagle
Theeagle
New York
New Orleans
Federal Transportation Security Administration
U.S
John Cornyn
Texas Supreme Court
Joe Straus
Texas
Today in History and Birthdays Highlights 2011
Notable events include NOW formed in 1966 and ERA defeat in 1982. Births feature Lena Horne, Paul Berg, Robert Ballard, David Alan Grier, Vincent D Onofrio, Mike Tyson, Michael Phelps among others. Also notes on Tonya Harding, Susan B. Anthony, Nietzsche quote, and Beijing 2008 Olympic golds.
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National Organization For Women (Now
Equal Rights
Ment
Glasgow
Scotland
Lena Horne
Paul Berg
Robert Ballard
David Alan Grier
Vincent D'Onofrio
Mike Tyson
Michael Phelps
Tonya Harding
Feisty Baytown Founder William Scott Involved in Feuds and lawsuits
Historical vignette recounts William Scott’s many foes after he settled in Baytown in the early 1820s. He disputed with Hunter over the Santa Maria de San Jacinto, clashed with Tory hunters after San Jacinto, attacked neighbor Talcott Patching, and beat Dr. Harvey Whiting. He wrote to Texas leaders seeking authority to seize Tories, and died Oct. 9, 1837, possibly worsened by his brutal disputes and a devastating hurricane.
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William Scott
Baytown
Scott
Morgan’s Point
Johnson Calhoun Hunter
Jean Epperson
Galveston Bay
Texas
Santa Maria de San Jacinto
Hunter
New Orleans
Feds
Stephen F. Austin
David Kokernot
San Jacinto
Talcott Patching
Patching
Thomas J. Rusk
Republic of Texas
David G. Burnet
Burnet
Harvey Whiting
Whiting
Kokernot
Tory Chaser
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Texas Public Policy Foundation
Kyle Field
Dave McNeely
Justice Scalia
Walmart
HER
ECO Bus Dispatch
Nancy Kerrigan
Susan B. Anthony
Rochester
N.Y
Friedrich Nietzsche
Beijing
China
Athens
Greece
Lhfe
United States Revenue Cutter
Memento River
Wanda
Orton
Paul
Dist
Gene Green
Janie Gray
Janie.gray
Baytownsun.com
Angie Pagel
Angie.pagel
Adam Yanelli
Adam
Yanelli
Sandy Denson
Sandy.denson
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Newsroom
Sunnews
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
P.O
Sun
Adam Vanelli
Fred Hartman
Editorial
Angle Pages Advertising Director
Jim Finley
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
Jay Eshbach
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