80th Legislature Senators Motely in Austin
Texas 80th Legislature convened in January with 31 senators and 150 representatives serving until May 28. Senate District 25 spans Comal Guadalupe Hays Kendall north Bexar and south Travis. The Senate comprises 27 men and 4 women with an average age of 55 and 12.7 years average legislative experience.
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Senate
Comal
Guadalupe
Hays
Kendall
Bexar County
Travis County
Texas
House of Representatives
Sena
Consumer Reports Revises Child Seat Crash Test Findings
The Star-Ledger reports Consumer Reports will redo its February crash test on child safety seats after NHTSA data suggested the original conditions overstated speeds. The piece notes the magazine’s reputation for consumer advocacy, but acknowledges the risk of injury at any speed if seats are improperly installed.
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Star-Ledger
Newark
N.J
Consumer Reports
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
Feds
NHTSA
Shawn Hornbeck
Today in History highlights key events on January 27
This calendar note recalls Apollo fire deaths on Cape Kennedy in 1967, Mozart’s birth in 1756, Edison’s lamp patent in 1880, Verdi’s death in 1901, the 1943 Wilhemshaven air raid, the 1944 end of the siege of Leningrad, and Soviet liberation of Auschwitz in 1945.
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Associated Press
Virgil I
Gus” Grissom
Edward H. White
Roger B. Chaffee
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Salzburg
Austria
Thomas Edison
Giuseppe Verdi
Milan
Italy
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Auschwitz and
Birkenau
Poland
Personal conflict over river plans in New Braunfels
A reader criticizes city council focus on rivers, arguing personal interests of Ken Valentine distort public good. The letter laments a trash boat under Garden Street bridge and suggests removing it, urging decision making that benefits the community over individuals.
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Garden Street Bridge
Ken Valentine
New Braunfels
Ken
Comal
Readers Ask for River Safety and Taxpayer Fairness
A New Braunfels letter argues that summer river tourism sustains local business and laments winter hardship. The writer questions safety records on the Comal River and critiques proposed ordinances as harming tubing and city culture. They accuse council member Ken of pursuing personal land value rather than public needs.
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Ken
Comal
New Braunfels
David Taylor
Contact details for Texas political offices and officials
A dense listing of U S government figures and offices in Texas with addresses phone numbers and faxes including President George W Bush Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison John Cornyn Lamar Smith Henry Cuellar Governor Rick Perry Nathan Macias Jeff Wentworth Judith Zaffirini and related state and local offices in Austin San Antonio and Austin with contact methods for constituents.
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Jeff Wentworth
Loop 410
San Antonio
Austin
Jeff.wentworth
Senate
State
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Tor
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Robert Nichols
Dan Patrick
Carlos Uresti
Kirk Watson
Hegar
Uresti
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Nichols
Jacksonville
Steve Ogden
U.S. Naval Academy
Sens
Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Comal County
United States
W. Bush
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell
Hutchison
Duncan Drive
John Cornyn Russell
Hart Room
Washington
D.C
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Navarro
J Lamar Smith Rayburn
Lamarsmith
House
Henry Cuellar
Longworth House
House.gov
Cuellar
E. Commerce St
Rick Perry State Capitol
State House
Nathan Macias
Congress Ave
Nathan.macias
Rse
Tx.us
Judith Zaffirini
Toepperwein Road
Mike Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Radio America
Ydney
Australia
Michael Devlin
Shawn
New York Post
Oprah
Oprah Winfrey
Jerry Springer
Mikereagan
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