Odessa Fandango Celebrates Fourth With Volunteers
IN OUR VIEW Credits go to the volunteers who supported the Odessa Fandango this Fourth of July. Main Street Odessa organized the event with food, music, family activities, and a renowned fireworks show, drawing crowds downtown and showcasing strong community spirit.
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Odessa
Main Street
Texas lawmakers and federal officials contact list
A compiled directory lists U S Representatives and Senators with Washington D C office addresses, phone numbers, local offices in Midland Odessa Lubbock and San Antonio, and official email links for Rep Mike Conaway Rep Randy Neugebauer Rep Francisco Canseco Sen John Cornyn Sen Kay Hutchison Rep Tryon Lewis Rep Tom Craddick Sen Kel Seliger Sen Carlos Uresti.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington
D.C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Washington, D.C
Randy.house
Francisco ‘Quico’ R. Canseco
San Antonio
Longworth
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Hutchison
Senate
Tryon Lewis
West 4Th Street
Austin
P.O
Tryon.lewis
House State
Tom Craddick
Capitol
Tinyurl
Sen
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
E. University Blvd
Senatestate
Carlos Uresti
P.O. Box
Senate.state
Letters to the Odessa American Editor Details
Postal address for letters is Editor Odessa American P O Box 2952 Odessa TX 79760 2952. Fax line shows 432 333 7742 and email onletters oapa com.
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Odessa American
P.O
Odessa
Let Peace Begin With Me Editorial Declaration
A Pulitzer Prize winner and publisher Laura Dennis edit a piece asserting that freedom arises from self control and moral guides. The newspaper pledges to inform readers to promote and safeguard liberty, viewing freedom as a divine gift aligned with the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.
The Words They Are Not Changing
Thomas Sowell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and Stanford University, remains a syndicated columnist.
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Sowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Access and opportunity in politics and banking debated
A critique of the word access in political and media discourse, arguing external barriers are miscast as the sole cause of unequal outcomes. The piece compares mortgage lending, credit, and basketball to show how definitions shape policy, media focus, and perceived social justice. It notes that statistics can be cherry picked and that equal access does not guarantee equal results.
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Michael Jordan
NBA
Critics hype over Citizens United clouding Supreme Court views
In a Chicago Tribune syndicated column, Stephen Chapman argues that Supreme Court rulings on corporate political spending neither ban nor doom democracy. He notes Montana’s case, the limited impact of corporate money in elections, and how most major companies stay out of campaigns. He cites critics like Durbin and Obama while highlighting that public funding and individual donors dominate. The piece ends with a local thumbs up for Odessa Fire Rescue.
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Supreme Court
Citizens United
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Vermont
America
Gallup
Chicago
Edward Burke
Illinois
Montana Supreme Court
Shining Mountains
Montana
U.S. Supreme Court
Dick Durbin
D-Ill
White House
The
New York Times
Democracy 21
Public Citizen
Sheldon Adelson
Newt Gingrich
Mitt Romney
Congress
Adelson
Gingrich
Rick Perry
Obama
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