Perry’s retirement fuels pension clash over public pay
Texas Governor Rick Perry marks a $92,376 annual pension while continuing a $150,000 salary as governor, highlighting a retirement quirk in the Texas Employee Retirement System. Critics call it hypocritical given his denouncements of government pay and urge a fresh review of the state policy.
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Texas lawmakers and federal officials contact list
A compiled directory of U S House members and senators from Texas with office locations in Washington and local offices in Midland Odessa and Lubbock. It lists Rep Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer Francisco Canseco Sen John Cornyn Sen Kay Hutchison and state officials Rep Tryon Lewis Rep Tom Craddick Sen Kel Seliger Sen Carlos Uresti with addresses phone numbers and emails.
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Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington
D.C
Fox
Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Washington, D.C
Randy.house.gov
Francisco ‘Quico' R. Canseco
San Antonio
Longworth Hob
Canseco
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Cornyn
Senate
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Hutchison
Tryon Lewis
West 4Th Street
Austin
P.O
Tryon.lewis
State
Tom Craddick
Capitol
Austin TX
Tinyurl
Sen
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
E. University
Senatestate
Carlos Uresti
P.O. Box
Senate.state
Let Peace Begin With Me by Laura Dennis Wins 1988 Pulitzer
The sender highlights Laura Dennis as the 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner for Let Peace Begin With Me. The note frames freedom as a divine gift tied to self-control and moral guidance, echoing Coveting Commandment and Golden Rule values along with the Declaration of Independence.
Arabs spring reshapes world politics in 2011 year review
Stephen Chapman surveys 2011 as a watershed year for freedom and democracy. From Tunisia to Egypt to Libya and Syria, protesters toppled longtime rulers, while regimes faltered and NATO intervention intensified. The year also saw notable stumbles for autocrats in China Russia Nicaragua and Venezuela, underscoring that spring can arrive unexpectedly.
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Tahrir Square
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
NATO
Syria
Bashar al-Assad
Arab League
Osama bin Laden
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China
Human Rights Watch
Ai Weiwei
Vladimir Putin
Soviet Union
Russia
Putin
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Hugo Chavez
Venezuela
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Civility in politics urged as New Year resolution
An Odessa American opin ion column argues for civic civility in public discourse as a New Year resolution. It cites George Washington’s Rules of Civility and calls on citizens and leaders to foster respectful discussion, stay informed, volunteer, and engage with issues to strengthen democracy and achieve consensus.
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George Washington
Washington
Lee Hamilton
Center On Congress
Indiana University
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