Deputy withdraws firing demand after DOJ probe hearing
County official Sharon Wilson tearfully testified before the Elections Commission after a 90 minute open meeting in which she said she would never jeopardize the county. Commissioners debated DOJ letters about bilingual poll workers and Wilsons recruiting practices while urging to keep her in place.
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Cathy Linch
Wilson
Election Commission
Commission
Elections Commission
Caddel
Barbara Horn
Linda Haney
Gary Johnson
Mike Holmes
Justice Department
DOJ
Odessa
Texas
Secretary of State
California
Caddel, Linch
Sharon
Johnson
Oil markets unstable as Katrina threats gas supply
Oil traders monitor Katrina impact as offshore facilities may shut down. Gasoline prices rise about nine cents a gallon but analysts say a $3 per gallon ceiling is unlikely unless offshore damage persists. Crude futures fluctuated near $70 as industry assessors prepare to return to offshore sites by helicopter for damage surveys.
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Burns
Ed Lilliere
Energy Merchant LLC
New York
Election Official Reassigned After Compromise in Ector County
The Elections Administrator post is reconfigured as Wilson retires under a compromise. Wilson will stay on to assist in recruitment and bilingual outreach while a new coordinator handles recruitment of bilingual workers and ensures Spanish election literature and proper signage. The move aims to align with federal election rules as requested by Commissioner Barbara Graff.
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Graff
Wilson
Odessa
DOJ
Johnson
Greg Simmons
Election Commission
Ector County
Simmons
Lily Plummer
Plummer
John “Bert” Russ
Bob Bryant
Sharon Wilson
Barbara Graff
The
Department of Justice
Caddel
Ector County appoints bilingual coordinator and boosts election staff
Ector County voters will see a new bilingual coordinator reporting to the Election Commission which meets quarterly. The commission approved a $26 000 salary plus 500 travel stipend and a policy to hire county employees as election workers to ease staffing.
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Mary Martha Arana
Odessa
Department of Justice
Arana
Caddel
Commissioners Court
Andrews Man Dies in Single-Vehicle I-20 Crash
Alvaro Rodriguez, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene after his 1998 Ford SUV veered off Interstate 20 in Ward County and struck a bridge mast. The lone occupant, traveling east at about 70 mph, died before rescue crews arrived. Monahans trooper Billy Zachary investigated.
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Andrews
Alvaro Rodriguez
Ward County
Rodriguez
Monahans
Billy Zachary
Tiny fiber optic tube aids natural ear sound
Five leading hearing aid manufacturers seek 50 people with frequency hearing loss to test a device that passes natural sounds through the ear canal unamplified and provides a hi fidelity boost for soft speech. It uses a micro processor and aims for realistic sound quality. Contact numbers and addresses are listed.
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Harry Groppe
Groppe, Long & Littell
Houston
New Orleans
John Welborn
Michelle Valkarn
Robert Rishel
Mobile
Ala
Cochrane- Africatown USA
Mobile River
Ector County Election Commission
Jerry Caddel
Republican Party
Democrat Party
Gregg Lindly
Livingston Hearing Centers
Midland
W. Wall
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Clovis
N. Prince
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