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Editorials from El Editor: Happy New Year and our very own
spy gate; out thoughts on the LPD surveillance cameras |
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Lubbock: 2007 A Year In Review |
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Use of automated cameras in law enforcement helps scammer
fool citizens |
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Lubbock attorney Steve Claus sentenced for bankruptcy fraud |
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Chamber of Commerce Members Polled on Bond Election,
more |
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Who's Running for Re-election? |
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Jim
Gilbreath One-on-One, Part 1,
Part 2
- he's the "quite" voice not because he is "reasonable" but
because he is a follower and not a leader, a fine guy for
sure but let's not mislead KJTV |
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Lubbock residents' water use way down in '07 |
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Hidden police cameras concern some Lubbock leaders |
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LPD
press statement on "burglary cameras" - cute term for
surveillance cameras |
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Lubbock
issues statement acknowledging art censorship was wrong
action |
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Cameras Hidden From Some
Councilmen, Not Others
- why the surprise? This is how it's being run at City Hall
by Mr. Integrity, His Highness of Hubris, mayor-man David
Miller. |
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Police Try To Ease Hidden Camera Fear |
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Council members react to police cameras |
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Police using hidden cameras for law enforcement
- with probable cause in a given location, such as repeat
burglaries, such cameras being placed temporarily are acceptable.
Without probable cause they should not be used. Lt. Stevens needs
some "re-education" about a government camera being the same as a
private camera in a store. |
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ACLU wants details on banned Lubbock art |
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"Lactivists": Women Protesting City Censorship of Artwork |
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George Strait Concert Causing Ticket Concerns |
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Texan of the Year finalist: Lubbock native Bill Mullican |
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34th Street Businesses Worry
- they should worry if
nothing is done |
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Economic group plans national campaign to recruit workers |
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Miller Accuses Martin & Boren Of Sneaky Malfeasance
- this is the story behind the sound clips we played on
Friday's Pratt on Texas |
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Nine cadets graduate into understaffed police
department - so we
are taking care of the basics Mr. Mayor-man Miller? |
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Council says
let voters speak in bond election for the soccer fields |
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Council decides to let voters decide on soccer field
funding; Dumbauld asks for $90 million more - by Abel Cruz |
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Councilman Klein's statement on
Cert. of Obligation bonds & the soccer park
- good but he isn't the originator of the push for Truth in
Budgeting |
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City Manager
proposes $104 million bond package, $76.80/year more for
each $100,000 of home or property value,
AJ story |
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Names & Numbers donates $100,000
to centennial |
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Petitioners Want More Of Milwaukee Ave. Paved |
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Lubbock Hispanic Chamber of Commerce votes to be absorbed by
the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce |
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Council set to tackle soccer field funding |
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Miller issues a statement on debt & city employment growth,
says little we don't know
Miller doesn't remember that we have been told that we will
be facing from between one-quarter of a BILLION to one-half
a BILLION dollars in debt for major water projects. That was
not on the "debt" agenda when the 2004 bond was passed,
certainly not at the major level at which we are looking. |
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Water Board Finalizes Plans to Repair Lines Along 34th
Street, Downtown |
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Lubbock
censors art for display at city's Buddy Holly Center
- again Lubbock suffers |
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Water mains under 34th Street need complete replacement |
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Leonard Says City Addicted To Costly C.O.’s |
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Animal Shelter Overcrowding |
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David Seim Named Chairman Covenant Board |
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Hot check raid in Lubbock sent dozens downtown in handcuffs |
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Council To Focus On Funding New Soccer Fields,
Council kicks up interest in delayed soccer field funds |
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NuWire Investor says Lubbock #4 best place to invest in
America |
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AJ: Get to bottom of 'Party Patrol' controversy
- a bit late but they're welcome |
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NE Lubbock Development effort slows as does funding |
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Mission creep at Lubbock Chamber of Commerce may continue
with political school |
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Mac Davis to participate in
Lubbock Centennial Celebration |
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Lubbock shows strong economic
growth, according to report |
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FAA Finally Releases Johnson Plane Crash Report |
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Men's Health mag. names Lubbock among Drunkest Cities!
- silly |
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Saggy Pants Bans May Not Be
Lawful - it's an
overreach by government no matter |
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49th Carol of Lights ceremony reflects the beginning of the
holiday season
(photos) |
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Blue Cross makes rate deal with Covenant
- let's see how this works, first the City of Lubbock gives
BC the stick to leverage Covenant with all to save money,
now BC rates will go up - what a deal |
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The chickens come home to roost: Commentary on the Mayor's
Roundtable and the LPD Party Patrol by Abel Cruz |
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LCU
flyer and controversy: LCU President issues a response,
see it
here |
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Mayor's first meeting focuses on services
- so after a year & a half of
big spending and attempting to build city monument, he
starts talking about basics - could an election be upcoming? |
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LPD party-patrol & other drinking "crimes" backlogs
Municipal Court
- note the questionable nature of the charges & the high
dismissal rate & link that to the Party Patrol story |
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Lubbock housing market plugs along despite national slump
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Dumpster Documents Give Clues to Lubbock Cemetery? |
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Mayor conducting public meetings across districts
- what fun! |
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State alcohol law details allude Tech students |
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35 gas leak alarms all at once, but all were false alarms |
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Former Lubbock Police Officer Will Go to Trial in Civil
Lawsuit |
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Lubbock Airport "Beautification" Renovation Grounded
- or "hide the beauty of the High Ground behind trees not
natural to the area" delayed |
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Are Lubbock police systematically violating rights in their
"party patrol" -
Pratt's commentary |
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Lubbock Businessman Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge |
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Racial focus in City board nominations? |
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Restoration of Pioneer Hotel presents some challenges for
McDougal Cos. |
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DeLeon recall effort not over, committee calls for
Dumbauld's resignation |
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Hispanic Chamber merger with Lubbock C. of C. to be voted
upon by membership |
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City extends pay for military reservists |
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Family Promise organization helps homeless families gain
self-sufficiency |
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Council approves $2.4 million for new fire station on
Indiana Ave at 63rd St |
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City aims to get empty yards back on tax rolls |
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Lubbock Crime Ranks High in U.S |
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Nearly 150 new jobs for the area are in the works
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Wild
West Harley Davidson, Toys for Tots motorcycle parade video
(2.3Mb) |
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TTU master plan: City officials begin planning for
additional 12,000 students by 2020 |
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Mayor writes King of Tonga in response to his comments on
the city - notice His
Highness of Hubris didn't bother providing our stellar
employment rate or median income numbers to refute the silly
charge |
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More than $10,000 in stolen items traced to a dozen
burglaries |
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Guadalupe Neighborhood Assoc. shows city what people can
accomplish on their own |
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Officials agree on plan to tap water source |
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 We're
proud of the High Ground - are you?
1.7Mb mp3 file - shame on the ashamed of Lubbock types |
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DA Powell
explains why no charges in City recall petition handling
mp3 file |
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Recall Petitioners Plan Civil Lawsuit |
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AJ Story: No charges will be filed in case of DeLeon
petition-counting objections |
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City manager calls those exercising rights "silly" |
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Ashamed of Lubbock crowd claim airport landscape
enhancements botched |
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Do Our Elected Officials Vote? |
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Injured LPD Officer Speaks About His Family's Tragedies |
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Lubbock STDs increase with national trend |
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Western portion of Marsha Sharp Freeway set to open this
month |
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Klein Denounces Lubbock For Animal Death Rate, calls animal
shelter "death camp"
- how dare he compare animal deaths to those of human beings |
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Freeway construction dust, emission could be health hazards |
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Miller
Flap:
Others have hearsay, Pratt brought you a witness
(mp3) |
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Story and statement by Miller from KCBD |
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Feud in City Hall: Miller claims sabotage by Leonard |
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Mayor, city councilman on defense in light of allegations |
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Mayor Miller Essentially Calls Leonard A Liar -
see Miller background here |
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Effort To Exclude Leonard Not Over |
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City Hall Tensions Rise With Statements By Both Miller and
Leonard |
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Judge puts city's insurance dispute on hold |
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Judge
Issues Gag Order in City Insurance Feud -
Pratt's comments |
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City leaders subpoenaed in insurance feud,
Gain or loss? City, insurer remain at odds |
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Lubbock scores No. 5 spot in college football town housing
affordability index |
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Klein: Baggy pants rule won't be snap decision
- snap or slow, it's still stupid, anti-Liberty & not the
role of government |
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Leonard confirms that City officials attempted to keep him
out of meetings |
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Lubbockite tells the city
council what to do with their baggy pants |
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Growth of Lubbock big factor in keeping alcohol sales off
ballot |
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AJ ignored 2 major local stories about DeLeon - Why? |
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The "Bat" incident & the South Plains Wildlife Refuge |
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Johnny Bailey, Pratt on Texas sponsor, Helps LPD Track Down
Burglar |
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David Miller Intends To Run For Re-Election |
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El Editor column on Martin for Mayor, comment on Miller's
actions funny |
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Miller claims to have "removed" not created a "toxic
environment" at city hall! |
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Historical Marker for Former Site of Lubbock Labor Camp
Voted Down by DeLeon, Mayor, and other Council Members |
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AJ's Van Wagenen given James Eppler Memorial Economic
Citizenship Award |
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Klein wants "saggy pants" ordinance in Lubbock
- "saggy" thinking in my opinion |
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Martin mentions some important agenda items |
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AJ story on Martin's run |
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KCBD interview with Tom Martin
- 6 O'clock news |
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Tom Martin to run for Lubbock
Mayor (mp3)
- 5:10pm |
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City Employee Accused of Sexual Assault speaks out |
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Abel Cruz' take on Linda DeLeon, open meetings question &
her flap with Klein |
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Texas Tech police see wave of vehicle burglaries on campus |
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Council Approves Construction of New Water Pipeline |
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Atmos
stops proposed rate structure,
AJ story |
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Chavez street gets green light; Klein sees red,
KLBK
video |
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City
approves street renaming to Cesar E. Chaves Drive |
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Unified emergency dispatch
discussed with city -
not new, this is something Sheriff Gutierrez was suggesting
in his original campaign. LPD leadership has long stood in
the way. |
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Business park groundbreaking today; another company looking
at city, officials say |
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Council to review plan; benefits to customers unclear, Atmos
pitches one-of-a-kind rate structure |
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Lubbock Ron Paul activist arrested putting up signs on
public property |
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More
possible violations of the Texas Open Meetings Act
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Commission advises against seeking water project engineers |
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Editorial: More Important Issues than Street Renaming |
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Abel Cruz: Cesar Chavez Dr: Symbolic Tokenism |
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Underage Drinking Tickets Up 500 Percent In Lubbock |
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Is Texas Tech attempting to force Lubbockites into funding a
new auditorium |
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DeLeon Caught Possibly Violating City Charter |
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DeLeon pulls spouse as panel nominee |
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DeLeon
takes back appointment of her husband to the Citizens' Red
Light Camera committee, new appointment to be made; Attempts
to use "school board" rules to justify her appointment. |
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DeLeon
Debacle: Co. Commissioner Ysidro Gutierrez calls for Linda
DeLeon to resign |
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DeLeon's appointment of her
husband to the Red Light committee may violate rules
- Pratt noticed this Tuesday and asked KFYO news to look
into the matter |
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D.A. has completed investigation
of City recall petition handling, results coming soon
- don't bet on anything being uncovered illegal |
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Lubbock
Red Light Camera results
- any reasonable study of these data points shows the
cameras to be not only ineffective but dangerous! |
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Rear-end collisions increase, cameras stay
-note the silly comments by
Price & the change is time frames from Hart |
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KLBK's
Joe Griffin reports the numbers well |
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More non sequiturs from Floyd Price in this KCBD story |
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New Mexico airline may add flights to Lubbock |
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Klein wants vote on auditorium/coliseum usage |
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Stoffregen
will become the first chief public defender for the West
Texas Regional Public Defender |
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Good
neighbors be damned, Tech says they'll demolish our Coliseum
& Auditorium - I
wonder where they'll build our new replacement arena &
auditorium, the new Vice Chancellor for fundraising had
better get better as the state will not want to pick up this
bill. |
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Greenburg
AJ editorial draws strong criticism -
editorial |
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City
passes street renaming to Cesar Chavez by a 4 to 3 vote
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Lubbock teens in filmed fight:
Youtube link 1 &
Youtube link 2 (KFYO broke this story) |
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Here's
the infamous, somewhat slanderous, city-lackey newsletter
along with responses by email |
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Here's
a strong reason to OPPOSE renaming a street after Cesar
Chavez |
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The
Elusive; or Obscure or Semi-Existent Canyon Lakes Drive |
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AJ editorial: Cesar Chavez is worthy of street-name honor
- at least they are right on where the street should be if
it is done |
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Hispanic Cultural Center May Become Reality After All |
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AJ Editorial on Covenant
and Blue Cross shows ignorance - listener comment |
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Point Blank: Did Ted Parker Steal From City Hall? |
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City
Budget Numbers just released (Fiscal year ended at end of
Sept.) shows city has spent about $2.2 million MORE after
insurance change! -
advance argument, if the numbers are different why are they
not in the budget? See all the budget
here
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Few dispute need for big fix on 34th Street, but the repair
route's not cheap or easy
- yes but it costs us either way, with the fix their is a
financial upside & without only more loss as the tax base
declines |
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Liberal activists at "Media Matters" shows the Lubbock AJ to
be among the MOST Liberal newspapers editorial-wise in Texas,
pdf of report with rankings is here |
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Riders speak in favor of Citibus
fare increase -
almost every Texas transit system is raising fairs |
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AAG,
Ted Parker Group attorney John Barr lays out how this can be
settled (pdf email) -
Sounds fair to me, how about you City Hall? Why do you
object to a qualified & independent auditor? |
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City Manager admits 4 millions "savings" is due to lower
claims - comments
contradict the emphatic written statement made by Miller
that over $4 million has already been saved. |
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Abel Cruz: From COMA to Hispanic to Just who are we? |
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Employer says move to Dallas caused partly by City
government - last 2
lines are great |
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Will the council vote on Cesar Chavez street renaming, Klein
considers alternative |
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City claims 4.5 million savings
in switch of insurance administrators yet items claimed are
not items of cost in the public bid
- that would make the bidding process meaningless |
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Council
stalls on red-light committee,
Texas Cities Must Appoint Red Light Camera Boards |
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Lubbock Lawyer Pleads Guilty |
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Controversy
Over Chavez Settled By Compromise |
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Flood Insurance May Be Mandatory |
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