Ike Dike study faces big price and big questions
Galveston eyes a $250000 study on the Ike Dike a 17 foot levee idea from High Island to San Luis Pass designed to shield Galveston Bay and Houston port facilities. Critics note cost and who pays while advocates cite potential to protect lives and billions in property after Ike.
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Galveston
The
Daily News
William Merrell
Texas A&m University
Galveston Bay
High Island
San Luis Pass
Bolivar Roads
Harris County
Galveston County
Bay
Houston Ship Channel
Washington
Texas City
Texas lawmakers and officials contact list
A compiled directory of federal state and local representatives with office addresses in Midland Odessa Lubbock San Antonio and Amarillo including U S Rep Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer Francisco Canseco U S Sen John Cornyn Kay Hutchison Rep Tryon Lewis Rep Tom Craddick Sen Kel Seliger and their office locations phone numbers and web addresses for Texas constituents. The list includes district and Austin offices with contact emails and official sites.
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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
Randy.house
Francisco ‘Quico’ R. Canseco
San Antonio
Longworth
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Hutchison
Senate
Tryon Lewis
Republican
West 4Th Street
Austin
P.D
Tryon.lewis
State
Tom Craddick
Capitol
Tinyurl
Sen
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
E. University Blvd
Senate State
Noted Publisher and Editor Honored in 1988 Pulitzer Tribute
The Odessa American announces the 1988 Pulitzer Prize recognition with Patrick Canty as publisher and Laura Dennis as editor. Accompanying text echoes a civic mission: “Let peace begin with me” and loyalty to freedom, self-control, and moral guiding principles.
The marijuana rebellion and the 2012 ballot bets
The piece surveys growing support for marijuana legalization across Washington Oregon and Colorado with Measure 80 Initiative 502 and Amendment 64 leading polls. It notes generational divides and cites Gallup Rasmussen and Seattle Times editorials while predicting broad political consequences if legalized.
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Maryland
New York
Washington
Colorado
Oregon
Surveyusa
State Liquor Commission
California
Gallup
Carter
May Rasmussen
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Seattle Times
U.S
Obama
Genocide in Syria feared as U S policy falters
Guest View warns that ongoing Middle East violence and Syria's civil war risk Alawi genocide if U S policy mostly aligns with Sunni rebels. It argues the Balkan model partition could only solution, warns of regional destabilization and calls for credible geopolitics balancing sectarian realities.
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Middle East
Stevens
Libya
U.S
John McCain
Syria
Tunisia
Egypt
Aleppo
Damascus
Homs
Al-Assad
Ba'ath
Iran
Hezbollah
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Hama
Iraq
Yugoslavia
Ont
Latakia
David Keeling
American Geographical Society
Writers Circle
Western Kentucky University
David.keeling
Wku
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