Commitment to ethics high among Permian Basin businesses
The BBB reports ethics commitment is high as area businesses face scrutiny over corporate scandals. Membership in the BBB has surged over 50 percent this year, with 200 firms joining, doubling 2003's new members, and Oasis Life Skills Center of Odessa becoming a new member. The BBB acts as a consumer watchdog and mediator, with no enforcement power.
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Midland
Better Business Bureau of
Permian Basin
Better Business Bureau
Bob Manista
Manista
America
Enron
Center For Energy and Economic Diversification
Bureau
BBB
Oasis Life Skills Center of
Odessa
Beverly Gonzalez
Magnets
ECISD weighs stipends and tax rate hike plan
ECISD executive finance director said a $500 one time stipend for all employees could cost $800,000 to $900,000, prompting a tax rate adoption delay to Sept. 30 to discuss raising to $1.45. Trustees agreed to consider the plan at a Sept. 28 special meeting alongside a $5.42 million bid for Sam Houston and Burnet elementary projects, part of a $117 million 2001 bond. The board also heard Odessa Joint Traffic Task Force's safety recommendations after a Permian student’s death, including traffic studies and returning driver education, with signs expanded near Permian High School.
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Revell
Bill Rutherford
Rutherford
Sam Houston and
Burnet
David Finley
ECISD
Finley
Odessa
Elsner
Permian
Hispanic Heritage of Odessa
Carol Uranga
Odessa volunteers honored for community service and art support
In Odessa a ceremony recognized volunteers led by G William Fowler and Roy Elsner for their service. Fowler praised Odessa as a great place to live while Elsner spoke of the humbling experience of volunteering. Mayor Melton lauded the volunteers for their community impact.
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Odessa
Roy Elsner
Elsner
Larry Melton
Gang leader executed for store clerk killing in Texas
Absent mercy, 32 year old Andrew Flores was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville for fatally shooting San Antonio convenience store clerk John Moreno during a 45 robbery eleven years ago. He apologized to Moreno’s wife and family, saying he could not bring anyone back. Flores, the 13th Texas inmate executed this year, had exhausted all legal avenues after the Supreme Court refused review and pardons officials denied commutation.
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Huntsville
Andrew Flores
San Antonio
Flores
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
John Moreno
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Dixie
Robin Blake
Blake
Cindera Nealy
17Th Street
Dixie Boulevard
Medical Center Hospital
By Julie Breaux
Permian High School
Kimberly Turner
Mark Sterkel
Edith Libson-Hardy
Odessa Council For the Arts and Humanities
Grace King
Mcm Grande Hotel
Fundome
Odessa American Newspapers
Saalata
Kids Fun Fest
Odessa American
Eastside
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Eve Flores
Newspaper Association of America
Oapa.com
Odessa American Newspapers IN
P.O
Wfest
First United Methodist Church
Noel Plaza
VAAN
Wwe
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