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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1990
Page
4
The Odessa American announces its mission to improve the Permian Basin community. Publisher David F. Lyons and Managing Editor M. Olaf Frandsen outline commitment to better living, working, and recreation across Odessa and surrounding areas.
Editorials from Austin and San Antonio urge aggressive investigation into insurance fraud and S I funds abuses, warn taxpayers of high losses, and call for accountability. They cite ongoing cases in Texas and critique delays in indictments and the handling of seized property.
James J. Kilpatrick surveys a term of indecisive rulings on evidence exclusion. He notes seven cases testing what constitutes reasonable searches and particularly described warrants, including sobriety checkpoints, locked suitcases yielding marijuana, anonymous tips, plain view items, and a guest's statements. The column weighs how dissenters view strict compliance versus pragmatic law.
In Texas, ethics and campaign reform talk outpaced action during the fourth special session. Gov. Clements and lawmakers faced intense pushback after a clash over school finance reform, with calls for investigations into lawmakers gifts and trips, reporting lapses, and attempts to tie pay raises to ethics limits. Public support for gift and trip restrictions remains high as legislators struggle to move bills in a hostile political climate.
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