Odessa first responders join Dallas 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb
Odessa Fire and Rescue and Odessa Police Department send 5 members to Dallas for the Memorial Stair Climb at Renaissance Tower honoring 343 firefighters 70 police officers and 9 EMS personnel who died on 9/11. Participants raise funds for COPS F ndation fallen firefighter and law enforcement charities.
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OFR Cpt
Jason Cotton
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
Renaissance Tower
Dallas
Cotton
Lawmakers and federal officials contact list notes Texas reps
A dense directory lists U S Representatives and Senators from Texas with district offices in Midland Odessa Lubbock and Austin and Washington D C. It includes addresses phone and fax numbers and email links for Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer Pete Gallego John Cornyn Ted Cruz Tryon Lewis Tom Craddick Kel Seliger Carlos Aresti and others.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Republican
Midland
Rayburn House
Washington
D.C
Odessa
Eighth St
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Longworth House
Fox
Randy
Pete Gallego
Cannon House
Gallego
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Cornyn
Senate
Ted Cruz
Dirksen Senate
Washington, D.C
Cruz
Tryon Lewis
West 4Th St
Austin
Capitol Extension
Tryon.lewis
House State
Tom Craddick
West Texas
Capitol
P.O
Housestate. Tx
Texas
Senate State
Carlos Aresti
San Antonio
Capitol Station
Open government and free press defend democracy
Kelley Shannon argues for robust open government and First Amendment protections. The FOI Foundation of Texas promotes access to information through the Texas Public Information Act and Open Meetings Act, highlighting recent laws safeguarding public records, whistleblower sources, and citizen speech while noting upcoming state conference and awards.
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U.S
Freedom of Information Foundation of
Texas
Austin
FOI Foundation of Texas
Texas Land Commissioner
Jerry Patterson
Foift.org
State Bar of Texas
FOI Foundation
James Madison
Michael Brown
Ferguson
Nonpartisan
FOI Foundation of
Rick Perry
George Washington
United States
Kelley Shannon
Obama could learn from Perry energy policy tips
Obama should imitate Perry by airing ads and meeting leaders in Germany to promote American coal. The piece argues U.S. coal exports and Keystone pipeline could boost jobs and energy security, noting Germany's Energiewende and the shift to coal as nuclear plants close. It cites Reuters and WSJ on coal imports and rail constraints, urging a campaign-style foreign push and removal of domestic coal regulations.
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Texas
Rick Perry
California
Illinois
Connecticut
New York
Perry
Obama
Germany
U.S
Jochen Homann
Federal Network Agency
Reuters
Colombia
Congress
Paris
WSJ
Appalachia
America
Jerry Brown
Toyota
Panhandle Pancake Breakfast Earns Thumbs Up
Odessa American invites readers to share thumbs up or thumbs down opinions on current topics using a pancake breakfast nod to the Panther Paws. Email onletters at a0a0a.com with nomination note.
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Odessa
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Public Forum
Odessa American PO
Oapa
Jeremy L. Halbreich
AIM Media Texas LLC
MEDIA
William R
Rick” Starks
Patrick Canty
Laura Dennis
BY Kelley Shannon
Glenn Foden
Isis
MAC. Org
King Peatures
Energy Matters
Marita
Marita Noon
Energy Makes
America Great Inc
marita@ responsibleenergy.org
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