State says 247885 due by Bennett legal staff writer
Former Ector County Tax Assessor Curtis Winn retired Friday after a nine month probe led to three indictments. The state motor vehicle division claims the tax office owes 204383.09 in overdue license receipts and 43502.16 in interest. A court suit was filed to remove Winn from office pending outcome of charges.
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Ector County
Curtis Winn
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation Motor Vehicle Division
Winn
Motor Vehicle Division
Mike Holmes
Tax Office
Juanita Rogers
Odessa American
State Attorney General's Office
Tax Assessor Collector’s Office
Holmes
Texas
Texas Rangers
State Comptroller of Public Accounts
Ector County District Attorney’s Office
Beverly Hudson
Melody Lane
Winn’s
Title Department
Elston Ford
Patsy
Makeshift camp on Ninth Street a rough home for about 10 men
About 10 men set up a tramp camp at Ninth Street and Muskingum Avenue living in improvised shelters made from jeep panels and tarps. They share a living area dubbed the living room, barter what they can, and survive with little work, hoping to return to oil field jobs. Hawkeye, a resident, sums up their ethic with a stray cat blues philosophy.
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T.C
Ninth Street
Muskingum Avenue
Hawkeye
Levi Strauss
White tax hike plan aims at 1.27 billion dollars
Gov. Mark White proposed a 1.27 billion tax package to fund teacher pay raises and other state needs. The plan adds beer and wine taxes and a 2 percent sales tax on industrial gas and electricity, with $910 million for teachers, $200 million for highways and streets, $90 million for welfare, and $75 million for college construction. House leaders oppose new taxes this session, though Lt. Gov. Hobby expressed support.
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Austin
Mark White
White
House
Gib Lewis
Bill Hobby
Lewis
EPA Overhaul Aims to Speed Cleanup of Hazardous Waste
The EPA announced a major overhaul to speed cleanup of its 1.6 billion superfund program after an internal study criticized mismanagement and slow action. Acting Deputy Administrator Lee Thomas said regional offices gain more authority to spend up to 250000 without Washington approval and quick response efforts will be expanded.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Lee Thomas
Thomas
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