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KFYO: Southwest Coca-Cola
Bottling laying off 14 Lubbock workers |
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Lubbock charter may get facelift |
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Mayor Martin: Charter Changes in Order |
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Charter proposal gaining momentum in council |
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Lake Alan Henry pipeline progress report due
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Payback's a B****h - or What
Goes Around Comes Around:
Councilwoman DeLeon's business victim of bad economy
- how about that? Laying off workers? She's a former CWA
union agitator - now she's just a mean capitalist! |
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Local investors reshaping Dallas bank |
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Formal charges filed against man accused of hitting musician
with his car |
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Lubbock
down 5.56% over same period a year ago, Lubbock down 0.63%
over a 12 month period,
City Sales and Use Tax Comparison Summary - December 2009 |
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Lubbock garbage truck stolen, found in playa lake
(2009-12-10 entry) |
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Residents question need for
lights at sports complex
- the lights, as do most, need shields which put the light
energy down where it is needed instead of shining out 360
degrees and being wasted. |
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Finally:
Councilman John Leonard puts item on council agenda for much
needed City Charter changes!
- Mayor Martin had promised much of this but has taken no
action. You heard this
story first on Pratt on Texas. |
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Vertical Turbine Specialists laying off 39 employees in
Lubbock |
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LPD chief Holton chased down &
arrested a burglary suspect while on the way to lunch today!
AJ story |
|
|
New home permits up in November |
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Four people behind bars after two separate crimes in Lubbock |
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Tech student
develops ministry to help Lubbock homeless
- Oh it sounds so wonderful. But it is not. She is enabling
the behavior, likely breaking codes by serving meals at the
library, and doing nothing to help these folk in any real
manner. As with most "social work", it seems to be centered
around making her feel better about herself. |
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Tuesday morning freeze delays schools and causes over 100
accidents |
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TTU VP Taylor Eighmy appointed to LEDA board |
|
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Thieves Steal Salvation Army Kettles
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Drinking and driving deaths down in 2009 |
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Batten down the hatches, the South Plains is in for a wind
storm |
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Lubbock Ranks 3rd In Medicare
Costs - yes and this
is what insiders have long said is at the heart of the
so-called FBI city hall health insurance investigation. It's
actually looking at hospitals and price-fixing. Many sources
have insisted that this has been the real target and many
such investigations have happened in other places. By the
way, Bruce's comments are ridiculous in this story. Lubbock
hospital charges are among the highest in the state, higher
than many large cities and you are paying for it in higher
insurance rates. |
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Santa Land opens for 53 consecutive years |
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Judah $1 Million home liquidated for $850,000 |
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Lubbock Parks & Rec future up for discussion |
|
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Fire department trains underground for emergency situations |
|
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Mayor Martin rightly supportive of Open Meetings Act |
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Lubbock Trinity boys take Ama TechTel Tournament of
Champions title |
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Elm Grove golf course closes its doors for good |
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Victor Hernandez & others
looking at creating another taxing entity in Lubbock, a
Community College District!
We have a fine CC from
neighboring South Plains College and 3 other 4 year
universities. This is a dumb, and ultimately costly idea. |
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Tech land lease plan could add to housing, boost research
revenue |
|
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Taser Victim Speaking to KAMC
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Semi truck hit by train Friday morning |
|
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Councilman addresses concern about shelter progress |
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Bond oversight committee
members: Mikel Ward, Ken Corbin, John Cervantez, Randy
Egnebacher, Alice Lozada, Maurice Stanley and someone we
don't know much about except that he is always in favor of
big bond debt: Kevin McMahon |
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Judge dismisses libel lawsuit against Natalie Maines & the
Dixie Chicks |
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|
Update:
Sheriff's Deputies searching for suspect in home invasion
shooting,
Shots fired in south Lubbock home invasion, suspect at large
- this is NOT a home invasion but rather a burglary
interrupted. |
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|
LEDA says: Lubbock recession not over |
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|
Seven H1N1 deaths in Lubbock and surrounding counties |
|
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Council creates bond oversight committee |
|
|
Homeless shelters filling up
with cold weather -
so we do have shelters |
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10 Indicted on Drug Charges Include 7 from Lubbock
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Code Violation: Sprinklers Running on Cold Winter Days
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Bilingual Citibus Ceremony
- did anyone bother to think
that the folk we have the most trouble with on the Census
are those who CANNOT READ - English or Spanish! Stupid waste
of money. |
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Pratt: Lubbock's mayor & council a disappointment |
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Appeal filed late for Lubbock tasing case |
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LP&L to borrow as much as $105 Million |
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Council to appoint bond oversight committee |
|
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Lubbock Area Foundation involved in micro lending |
|
|
Armed pawn shop robber took $40K-plus |
|
|
Another robber strikes in East Lubbock |
|
|
Fired Animal Services Director wants his job back
- Bow-Wow |
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Driver in Lubbock trooper shooting pleads guilty |
|
|
Incident between Texas Tech police chief, student sparks
controversy |
|
|
Crime up |
|
|
Police warn residents to be cautious to avoid burglaries
during holiday
Thus we repeat evidence that
Lubbock has a problem the City seems unwilling to recognize
while they run about creating monopolies & creating debt:
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2009 homicides reach 2008 total |
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Repost for earlier this year due to
headline above:
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I've listed cities similar in size
to Lubbock and their numbers are all much better than 2007, why is
Lubbock's crime rate not just higher, but much higher? |
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LP&L looking to improve customer service, document says,
LP&L to enhance customer call center
- here's a solution to having "happier customers": Don't
become a monopoly allow us the basic freedom of choosing who
we do business with. |
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No trash pick-up Thursday & Friday in Lubbock |
|
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Alan Henry project starting soon |
|
|
Friends of the Library Thanks Lubbock Community |
|
|
Lubbock Police Officers receive promotion |
|
|
Lubbock firefighter team in top 32 in world |
|
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Lubbock native wins Miss Caprock title at South Plains
College |
|
|
Lubbock dancers head to New York for Macy's Parade |
|
|
United Way hits record amount |
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Lubbock
unemployment rate at 5.4%, lowest in the state. Midland at
5.8%, Amarillo at 5.5%, Abilene at 6.1%, Odessa at 9% -
see state comparison report;
detailed Lubbock MSA report is here;
detailed South Plains area report is here |
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Police arrest man connected to murder for hire case |
|
|
Reward Money Increases In Unsolved Crimes from Crimeline |
|
|
Huckabee to sign book in Lubbock
on Nov. 28th at Barnes & Noble |
|
|
Police suspect foul play in the death of a Tulia man in
Southwest Lubbock |
|
|
Debt plan could put irrigation projects on hold |
|
|
Mike Kemp confirmed as interim
fire chief by council |
|
|
Unruly passenger pleads guilty after being arrested at
Lubbock airport in August |
|
|
Putting a value on the 2009 cotton season |
|
|
Lubbock Animal Services has new interim director |
|
|
From the "how embarrassing"
department:
Berkeley council to appraise balloon-release ban -
Lubbock tried to the LEAD the socialist city of Berkely! |
|
|
Overstreet: Firing not about
work - he keeps
talking about shedding light on things at City Hall but to
date there is nothing he's shed any light upon that has
panned out to anything. |
|
|
City says stealing electricity costly and dangerous |
|
|
Curry leads charge in Hope Lodge achieving $11 million goal |
|
|
City of Lubbock fires Animal Services Director Kevin
Overstreet |
|
|
Animal
Services Director, Kevin Overstreet, fired
- pressure must finally be on to actually do things promised
to voters. |
|
|
34th Street already up for bids |
|
|
Lubbock native finishes cross country run for cancer |
|
|
Lubbock area plunges deeper into drought |
|
|
City of Lubbock to buy insurance from embattled AIG |
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|
Prairie Dog Predicament
- kill 'em, they are field rats. Don't worry, there will
still be plenty to look at for their cuteness.
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Indian cotton exploration could mean new opportunities for Lubbock |
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|
Lubbock is 65 police officers short and counting
- basics such of this should be handled before other
spending. However, it is important to know what 65 short
means? Short of what, an arbitrary goal? A real minimum
staffing level defined by objective criteria? What? |
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Residents urge tougher dog laws after horses killed |
|
|
Kemp to be formally appointed Interim Fire Chief |
|
|
Lubbock Fire/EMS Average Response Times Low
- excellent but does it show that we may not need so many
new stations and crews? |
|
|
Pope honors four local priests,
12 laypeople -
wonderful honors |
|
|
Hurricane Katrina Evacuee Loves Lubbock |
|
|
Benny Judah pleads guilty in Federal Court today, now in
custody. Formal sentencing to be made at a later date.
KCBD report |
|
|
Lubbock woman has arm paralysis after getting H1N1 Swine Flu
vaccine |
|
|
Council approves land contracts
for Alan Henry pipeline,
AJ story |
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|
Lubbock Fire Chief announces retirement,
Cooper credited with upgrades |
|
|
Judah now facing criminal charges,
Judah charged with fraud in alleged ponzi scheme |
|
|
Lubbock pauses to remember America's Veterans |
|
|
Veterans not properly honored at City cemetery |
|
|
Customers have mixed opinions on Xcel buyout |
|
|
Dog catcher contests administrative leave
- when is someone going to figure out that he is an
employee?
KLBK story,
Overstreet delivers seven page missive to Lubbock City Hall |
|
|
NewsChannel 11 Investigates: Lubbock Fight Night |
|
|
Lubbock man accused murdering English tourist in Amarillo
attack |
|
|
Citibus unveils hybrid buses |
|
|
Report: Lubbock home sales have
positive bounce in October |
|
|
Pratt: Citizens must act now to mitigate LP&L monopoly
damage |
|
|
Lubbock’s Local Color on Display |
|
|
Benny Judah
attorneys denied money, Judah FBT stock to be sold |
|
|
Talkington altered face of Lubbock |
|
|
Shooter: Old grey elephant not what it used to be |
|
|
Store clerk says robber made her fear for life |
|
|
While Lubbock Council continues to issue debt, sales tax
receipts continue slide - Lubbock now NEGATIVE year-to-date
on sales tax income |
|
|
More debt: City Council approves using tax dollars, water
rates in issuing debt |
|
|
Lubbock Roman Catholic bishop
speaks out on health care
- I'll address this on Friday's show |
|
|
Tea Party Express brings protesters to courthouse lawn in
Lubbock |
|
|
Tea Party brings out Republicans |
|
|
PlainsCapital finds little interest in its "stock", backs
off sale |
|
|
One car rollover near airport turns fatal |
|
|
Man indicted on State School death turned himself in |
|
|
Council may begin issuing debt in wake of vote |
|
|
Covenant unveils long-term vision |
|
|
Pit Bulls Attack, Kill Two Mini Horses |
|
|
Some Lubbock stores already have TABC violations
- but who cites TABC?
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|
|
Dog Catcher Kevin Overstreet on administrative leave |
|
|
Traffic stop turns suicidal on Lubbock streets |
|
|
LP&L eliminates energy rival
- end of the much touted advantage of competition |
|
|
Energy deal breaths life into
downtown development
- NO ONE loves downtown more than do I, but no downtown
redevelopment is worth this. Plus there were other options. |
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Government
utility LP&L to purchase Xcel Energy's Lubbock retail
electric distribution,
"Today's announcement would essentially eliminate LP&L's
competition" - do you
really think you win with less competition & your ONLY
provider a government entity? If so, you are on the same
economic page as the Obama-socialists.
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|
Removes major taxpayer from the
tax rolls on both the franchise tax and property tax |
|
|
Leaves customers hostage to one
power monopoly still exempt from the retail electric
competition enjoyed in other areas of Texas |
|
|
Ends Lubbock's major selling
point of "competitive electric providers" |
|
|
Puts all energy eggs in the same
basket, a basket which just a few years ago had such a hole
in it the eggs were falling out |
|
|
Further empowers LP&L to push
the City's political agenda to fit the needs of its board of
directors |
|
|
Will eventually end all extra,
and responsive, services enjoyed by major LP&L customers
because the competitive environment will no longer exist |
|
|
Puts more jobs under the
government umbrella as opposed to the private sector |
|
|
Forces customers to use a
government owned utility instead of a private-sector
business, much like government healthcare |
|
|
Claim that competitive service
is "inefficient" is the classic claim of all planned-economy
theory. It's disproved by the fact that the market currently
enjoys some of the lowest rates in Texas. |
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|
Claim that rates will not
increase as a result is an empty promise and impossible to
prove, especially when there will be no direct competitor to
which one can compare |
|
|
Claim that competitive providers
is a barrier to downtown redevelopment is specious at best.
How does eliminating a major franchise and property taxpayer
in downtown Lubbock help the TIF in the long term? |
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For all the city leaders telling
you this is a good idea, here is the question: Have you been
misleading us for the last several decades when you claimed
that having LP&L was good because competitive electric
service was a major asset to Lubbock? Seriously, were you
saying such only because it fit your needs at the time? |
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|
Nationwide Tea Party Express Tour making a stop in Lubbock |
|
|
Civil rights leader, Hispanic newspaperman Bidal Aguero dies
at age 60 |
|
|
Local builders recognized at annual state convention |
|
|
CAC (bond
committee) leader Kevin "Hussein McGibbs" McMahon refuses to continue
interview on KFYO when asked a tough question about his
comment regarding voters. Joins Obama
administration in boycotting conservative media. Caller
says McGibbs statement was offensive to educated voters. -
Full audio on Pratt on Texas Wednesday |
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|
Mikel Ward says bond failure means taxpayers prioritizing
basic needs |
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|
Final vote:
Prop 1: 64.41% Y 35.59% N; Prop 2: 75.38% Y 24.62% N;
Prop 3: 40.97% Y 59.03%
N; Prop: 4: 41.72% Y 58.28% N
Props 3 & 4 fail by large margins.
Click here for full Lubbock County results.
AJ story on election results |
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|
Early vote: Prop 1 = 65% for;
Prop 2 = 75% for; Prop 3 = 41% for & Prop 4 = 41% for - 3 &
4 failing big. |
|
|
New portion of Marsha Sharp Freeway open |
|
|
City bonds, state propositions on today's ballot |
|
|
Member of the bond committee
writes, about the prop. 4 soccer fields: $16 million was
the last estimate given on the soccer fields to build
everything. $9 million was the scaled back number. At $9m
with 3500 soccer kids that comes to $2571 per participant.
(Not including a large amount of interest costs.) But wait,
there's more! At $250,000 a year in maintenance that’s
$71.42 per player! |
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|
$700 million city debt concerns watchdog group
- Honesty requires that the City
begin factoring in all service fees, and the massive
increases in such (i.e. water, storm water runoff, garbage,
etc.) in with the tax rate numbers as all pay these fees in
addition to the tax rate.
The KCBD story states: "If [the] bond election passes
then 5 cents would be added to the overall tax rate.
Currently for every 100 dollars you pay 44.6 cents and just
over 8 cents of that goes to pay off bond debt."
Friends that means that right now, 18 cents of every dollar
you pay in city taxes is going to bond principal & interest.
If you pay taxes on $150,000 in home value, ($669 in tax @
0.446) you are paying $120.42 just for debt service. |
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|
The City of Lubbock is paying
about 73.6 million dollars per year from budgeted funds to
pay for past debt incurred. Imagine how many "progressive"
things you could build or fund if $74 million were free to
spend each year! |
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A very important comparison on
debt load per resident is with other cities in this region
with which we compete for business and residents. We'll have
those numbers today on Pratt on Texas. |
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|
Lubbock's current bond
indebtedness with principal & interest is currently (without
the new bonds or those to fund the new water pipeline) is:
$1,008,202,870 OVER $1
BILLION DOLLARS!
Council is looking at issuing
$178,368,437 in additional debt
soon, that does not require a vote of
citizens, primarily for water infrastructure - this will be added to the figures below as
will any new bonds adopted by voters.
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|
Funding Source |
Principal |
Interest |
|
Property Tax |
$ 106,303,936 |
39,168,727 |
|
Hotel Tax |
1,144,548 |
606,656 |
|
LP&L Revenues |
81,588,473 |
33,015,027 |
|
TIF Property Tax |
35,092,784 |
18,435,227 |
|
Franchise Fees |
89,243,719 |
49,459,810 |
|
Enterprise Fund Revenues |
384,261,540 |
169,882,423 |
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|
$ 697,635,000 |
310,567,870 |
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|
Above figures are as of
October 2009
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|
|
Prayer vigil planned for city's homeless |
|
|
Colorado Arrest Could Solve Lubbock Rape Cases |
|
|
City employee demands resignation of the City's top two
staffers |
|
|
City of Lubbock to pay for after-hours answering service |
|
|
More alcohol variances requested near TTU |
|
|
Lubbock PD issues notice about Tech game parking |
|
|
Smoke at restaurant causes University Ave. roadblock (near
Broadway) |
|
|
No votes taken in closed door City Council meeting |
|
|
New soccer fields could have
economic impact for Lubbock
- certainly it has an "economic impact" the fields raise our
debt, raise our taxes, and add to annual maintenance costs! |
|
|
Custody battle over Lubbock boy in hands of Israeli judge |
|
|
Fan takes on Texas Tech's Leach on Web site:
Fatlittlegirlfriend.com |
|
|
Lubbock-area woman dies from H1N1 complications |
|
|
Lubbock democrat
to challenge Neugebauer
- actually, he hopes to challenge Neugebauer, he has to win
the Democrat Party's nomination first. |
|
|
Youth used by association to gain votes for soccer complex |
|
|
Possible settlement approval Friday between City and Garza
County landowners |
|
|
Tea Party Express in Lubbock on November 5th |
|
|
Family says one indictment not enough in Lubbock State
School homicide
|
|
|
Pratt: Lubbock debt needs a serious look |
|
|
Former Lubbock State School employee indicted for resident's
death |
|
|
Alcohol Sales slow outside city limits |
|
|
Councilmember Klein Hosting a Coffee with Citizens |
|
|
Shooter: Half of city’s proposed bonds wasteful |
|
|
Mikel Ward: Lubbock Voters Consider the Price |
|
|
Childress Hardware closing after 92 years in downtown
Lubbock |
|
|
Lubbock Father Fights For Son In Israel
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|
|
LEDA reps, Governor tout economy in New York |
|
|
Citibus tranfer plaza to expand
for Greyhound business
- OK, no "local" tax dollars but it is still tax money. So
now tax dollars are being used to support private greyhound
lines!? Note the last line which demonstrates just how much
more Citibus has grown compared to Lubbock's population. |
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|
Family relieved after missing man found in Smyer |
|
|
Southern Baptists of Texas Convention in Lubbock all week |
|
|
Update:???
Nett: Economic signposts suggest we're motoring out of
recession,
Retail spending, job data point
to continued recession in Lubbock
|
|
|
Sportscaster Emily Jones takes on a new adventure |
|
|
Turnout High For Early Voting
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|
|
Lubbockites to decide on new fire stations |
|
|
Minimal brain activity reported in Tech student who fell
from balcony |
|
|
Rebuilt version of legendary Cotton Club set to open |
|
|
Tara House owner to take legal action against contractor |
|
|
Pratt:
Creating debt is no investment in our children |
|
|
H1N1 vaccines delayed for Lubbock County schools |
|
|
Alcohol police cutting patrols, focus on investigation |
|
|
Road work on the ballot for Lubbock voters |
|
|
Necessity: Soccer fields & splash pads, excerpts from Pratt on Texas |
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|
Taser maker: Don't fire it into someone's chest |
|
|
Emotions run high after tasing
trial - rightfully so |
|
|
LPD Officer, City cleared in TASER civil suit,
Tasing victim says he will appeal |
|
|
Lubbock voters to decide on new soccer fields - hoodwinked,
complex to cost $3 million more than what's on the ballot! |
|
|
34th Street Association urges support for bond package,
AJ story on same |
|
|
34th Street Association and Go 34th PAC ask for support in bond
election |
|
|
Council to decide on H1N1 vaccine for school kids |
|
|
City Council makes decision on flu vaccines and alcohol variances |
|
|
Covenant "may" add 60 new jobs |
|
|
Injury createth, injury taketh away: QB controversy at Texas Tech |
|
|
City of Lubbock gets new logo, says no
cost to local taxpayers -
back to the 60's & 70's colors! By the way this was reported on
Pratt on Texas, on this page, on 25 September! |
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|
LEDA new leadership on Monday's agenda - Kenny McKay appointed
as interim president of LEDA |
|
|
Miller plans to build on legacy as he takes reins of Reese Center |
|
|
Reese Center to name new director
Monday - my guess is that
Bill Miller will do a fine job |
|
|
United Supermarkets to build new
distribution center, not in or near Lubbock
- the move continues |
|
|
Group highlights violent Lubbock trend |
|
|
Lubbock unemployment rate now lowest in state |
|
|
Chamber of Commerce Backs Bond Election
- the chamber has not opposed any single major spending issue in
the past couple of decades that I can find. |
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|
Taser
trial officer faints on stand; trial delayed |
|
|
Combs Returns $28,000 in Unclaimed Property to Lubbock and Lubbock
County, Urges Area Residents to Check the Unclaimed Property List |
|
|
"4 For Lubbock" wants a "yes" vote |
|
|
City of Lubbock Bond proposal information |
|
|
RIP: Gene Messer, dead at 79 |
|
|
A bad economy means good news for Lubbock's water supply |
|
|
Lubbock Police Officers testify in Taser Lawsuit Trial |
|
|
A trip back:
Video: Sharon Maines "retirement" from KAMC in June of 1989 |
|
|
Report: Lubbock's large hospitals receive mixed grades |
|
|
City reaches agreement with Garza County landowners for water
pipeline |
|
|
Lake Meredith CRMWA Water Depleting |
|
|
Jury seated in taser-related lawsuit against Lubbock & police
officer |
|
|
City employees can "borrow" future sick days |
|
|
Silent Wings Museum opens exhibition
of war photographs -
photographer Ann McDonald is a friend of Pratt on Texas and these
are great photographs! |
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|
Group Tries to Lure Hollywood Film
Industry to Lubbock
- stay in Hollywood |
|
|
Citibus expects hybrid-electric buses to arrive in November |
|
|
Flatland Film Festival grows to international status, attracting
more films |
|
|
Recyclers get more materials after fire destroyed I-27 facility |
|
|
City discusses annexing property including I-27 recycling plan |
|
|
Lubbock City Council approves Atmos utility rate hike |
|
|
LP&L adds new payment options for customers |
|
|
Fewer Arrests This Season at Tech Games |
|
|
Lubbock to move Godeke Library to old Barnes & Noble site |
|
|
Lubbock's retail economy remains ahead of state, national curve |
|
|
October
sales tax report shows Lubbock down 1.72% over same period in 2008
but still up 0.55% year to date over the previous twelve month
period |
|
|
Pilot
performs emergency landing near Abernathy |
|
|
Water
line break at Ave. A & 18th Street |
|
|
Council votes to create bond oversight
committee - in reality that is
the job of the elected council, there is little need to farm it to
the unelected |
|
|
First Responders Memorial could have a home at Godeke |
|
|
Lubbock Man Admits To Three Homicides In Letter
Left Before He Hanged Himself
- by the way reporter, it is "hanged himself" not "hung"! |
|
|
Lubbock gets new fire station but needs more |
|
|
Stimulus money helps Lubbock go green |
|
|
Burglaries up for third consecutive year at Tech |
|
|
More liquor stores to open in Lubbock |
|
|
Council to discuss Barnes and Noble location for Godeke Library |
|
|
Alamo Drafthouse growing, intends Lubbock, Midland & Amarillo
locations |
|
|
Natural gas rate increase agreed upon by Atmos & City of Lubbock |
|
|
Lubbock Health Department still waiting for H1N1-vaccine |
|
|
Murder suspect, Mickey Patterson, returned to Lubbock |
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|
Hutchison to appear in Lubbock Monday in Farm Bureau endorsement
tour
-
posted here & discussed on Pratt on Texas Friday.
But, Lubbock media (AJ, KCBD & KJDL) all play the KBH campaign's
game, teasing you as to what the big announcement is. This is not
journalism, this is campaign cooperation. The whole state has
known the subject since last week but local media outlets have
gone out of their way to shield it from you - to increase
anticipation for the event. Hardly journalism.
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Regional push urged at Ports-to-Plains conference |
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National TEA Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day coming to
Lubbock, Nov. 5th |
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Suspect in custody in Lubbock double homicide |
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Lubbock City Attorney, Sam Medina, officially sworn in |
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Covenant eliminates 48 positions |
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Neugebauer anxious to return to work after prostate surgery |
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Experimental taste for Lubbock theater |
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Ports to Plains Conference in Lubbock |
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George W. Bush's Lubbock Speech & Reaction
- very good local interviews |
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Lubbock Woman Murdered in Mississippi
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Neugebauer Announces He Is Being Treated for Prostate Cancer |
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Another home invasion,
more -
be prepared! |
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City may mandate fixing loose pets
- didn't know they were broken! Come on AJ, if spaying or
neutering is good for the first sentence, it can work in the
headline. |
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Security Tight for Presidential Visit to Lubbock |
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Massive makeover for West Loop, expect detours for 15 months |
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TxDOT to close portions of loop |
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Lubbock's Experience Life Church celebrates its second year ranked
among the top 100 fastest-growing churches |
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Update:
Officers followed policy in tasing incident caught on video,
Police break up Tour de Tech Terrace after four-fifths completed,
Tech student arrested, stun gunned at Tour de Tech Terrace |
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Captain tells his story after fiery plane crash in Lubbock on
January 27th
Cockpit radio transcript |
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President Bush Speaking In Lubbock |
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Musician fatally hit while photographing marquee with his band's
name |
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TABC plans undercover stings at
alcohol retailers - when
will someone run a "sting" on TABC? |
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Timothy
Cole’s family files suit against Lubbock officials,
more |
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City
of Lubbock has a new logo - back to 1960's & 70's colors-
better than the last one |
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LPD motorcycle
officer injured in crash |
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Largest recruit class in Lubbock Fire Department history graduates |
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Lubbock, Tech PD: Alcohol availability won’t affect crime |
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Council Rejects Bond Oversight Committee |
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New fire station opens Saturday; traffic light installed |
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Grants to aid Mahon Library project |
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Cooking underway for Hub City BBQ |
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Lubbock unemployment numbers released for August |
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Merimon suspect caught |
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Family member of Peggy Merimon speaks out after co-worker arrest |
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Sewer Collapse Spreads Waste to Canyon Lakes |
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Sewage manhole collapses due to corrosion |
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Lubbock goes wet and beer distributors are the toast of the city |
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Council Considers Bond Oversight |
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Pratt: Public Distrust Of Media (including the AJ) Well Earned? |
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Arrest made in Merimon Case,
more |
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Wrongly Convicted Texas Man Sues Lawyer, Glasheen, Over Fees |
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Public access to a list of licenses and permits: TABC Public
Inquiry System |
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Alcohol permits to be issued Wednesday |
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TABC issues 86 licenses & permits in Lubbock County |
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South Lubbock residents questioning
multi-million dollar drainage project
- overall the drainage system has worked fantastically well.
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Covenant still reviewing employee buyout applications |
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Councilman Leonard: "Godeke Library Too Costly To Rebuild" |
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Former Lubbock pastor indicted for indecency with a child |
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LPD investigating rape of 14-year-old girl |
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City considers annexation on the southwest side |
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Local firms try for 150 new jobs |
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City Hosting Centennial Time Capsule Event |
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Councilmember Klein Hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Oct. 6th |
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Parent complains about Marsha Sharp Freeway pedestrian bridge near
Jones Stadium |
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Big days for alcohol sales in Lubbock, Wednesday & Thursday |
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Distributors anticipate delays in meeting alcohol demand |
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Lubbock
unemployment 2nd lowest in Texas @ 5.7% |
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Lubbock Democrats respond to health care discussion |
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Covenant names Jim Houser interim CEO |
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Scott Malouf to open new clothing store for women |
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Covenant to announce layoffs |
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Businesses hurting after suspicious blaze at dollar store |
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Hundreds attend Lubbock healthcare meeting |
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Parents voice concern about closed
school zone - good grief. |
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Over 100 possible Swine Flu or H1N1 cases in Lubbock |
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Town Hall Meeting to discus "Big Health Care" Monday night |
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Investigators calling an overnight fire at a Lubbock business
suspicious |
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TxDOT to discuss project at meeting |
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9/11 Ceremony for Cpl. Harvey at Kastman Park |
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20 7/11 Stores Cleared For Alcohol Sales |
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Monthly Water Bills to Increase |
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Sales Tax Report: Lubbock down but 1 of only 2 in Texas to still
be up over 2008 |
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Lubbock City Council votes 5-2 on variances for alcohol sales |
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City
Council votes "yes" to raising storm water fees and to alcohol
variances |
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RIP: Jack Selby, noted surgeon,
professor dies at 89 - my
friend & fine Republican who suffered nasty character
assassination from Delwin Jones in a statehouse campaign. |
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Lubbock baby born 9-9-09 at 9 pounds 9 ounces |
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Gov. Perry Appoints Lubbock woman to Early Childhood Intervention
Advisory Committee |
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Lewis accepts plea bargain in McCullough murder case |
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Texas
Commission on the Arts designates Lubbock Cultural Districts |
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Awards ceremony held for Lubbock police officers,
more,
more |
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Alcohol sales protester decides against injunction |
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Hundreds of jurors interviewed Wednesday in the case of quiet
Lubbock neighborhood murder |
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Lubbock budgets $2 million for LAH pipeline right-of-way |
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New food store coming to North Overton |
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Lubbock City Council to consider more alcohol variances |
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Price of a parking ticket likely to go up in Lubbock |
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Police OT pay at all-time high |
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Colin, Erath & Galveston counties to follow Lubbock with Super
Precinct voting |
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Jeff
Dunham entertains Lubbock crowd at United Spirit Arena |
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Historical addition soon to be on exhibit at Buddy Holly Center |
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Local Lawyer Clarifies Alcohol Mess
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Lake Alan Henry pipeline project still in negotiations |
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Alcohol sales could come soon |
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TABC audit revealed problems with their protest system |
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TABC
dismisses alcohol protests; permit process resumes |
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Lubbock
and area post offices OFF the potential closing list |
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Court problems could cost Lubbock thousands |
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TxDOT gets mixed reaction on possible outer route project |
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Alcohol Sales Protest Amended |
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Lubbock unemployment rates continue to increase |
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Lubbock waits to be reimbursed for Hurricane Ike expenses |
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Dialing and Driving in School Zones:
Hits a Hang Up - stupid,
costly to enforce law with no proven benefits when enforced. Don't
spend the money! |
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Lubbock woman admits to embezzling nearly one million dollars |
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Lubbock armed robber sentenced to 20-years in prison |
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Lubbock man says he wants to set Farrah Fawcett record straight,
UK story |
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New construction under way to accommodate influx of students |
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Beane retires from radio, not shy about controversy on his last
day |
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Lubbock is a pit stop in the Fireball Run Transcontinental Rally |
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A new shopping center is planned near Jones AT&T Stadium |
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Lubbock doctor on public reprimand |
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Lubbock council
again picks and chooses who gets a variance to sell alcohol
more -
who is paying whom? I'm not
saying such is happening but council actions certainly open the
door to accusations of dirty dealing. |
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City budget includes flat tax rate, higher fees,
more |
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Council
says no to LPD pay raise at morning meeting |
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TCEQ convinces judge to shut down I-27 Recycling |
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8 convenience stores near schools seek exception to sell alcohol |
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City's dog catcher & complainer Overstreet says he wants to be
sheriff,
more |
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Covenant to sell AeroCare, but services expected to remain
unchanged |
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Plains Capital (Dallas-based mind you) files for $140M IPO |
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Effort to raise city wages falls short
- good |
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Tests show West Nile spreading in Lubbock mosquitoes |
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Maria Elena open to new Holly festival in Lubbock |
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Health concern has FMX changing name of the Bloody Holly Festival
- hmm |
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Does Lubbock need an outer loop? |
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Lubbock County Wins Fights Alcohol Protests
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Protests go against Secretary of State's policy, says Lubbock
County Wins |
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Donor pledges $1.5 million to Animal
Shelter - then tax |
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After 4 years in court, City wins Oscar Renda lawsuit |
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Election date and bond projects likely final by Thursday |
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After five years, Auditorium renovations back on track |
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Nett: LEDA weighs competitive benefit of broad search for CEO |
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Residents have mixed reaction to alcohol delays |
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Lubbock alcohol sales could be delayed months |
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Lubbock Chamber files counter protest over alcohol sales |
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Regulators still have an eye on recycling fire near Lubbock |
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Plans progressing on new Lubbock animal shelter |
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West Texas "Obama" Strategy group to work against bond issue |
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TABC approves protests against alcohol sales in Lubbock |
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Man who filed alcohol protest speaks out |
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City Council votes on tax rate, layoffs & 2010 budget |
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Stores near schools get alcohol sales OK |
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Update:
City Council approves alcohol variance for United Supermarkets,
Council To Consider Alcohol Variance Requests,
more |
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Council reviews auditorium improvements |
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City council may agree to ask voters
for extra bond money - as
long as the city continues to allow the Mahon Library to serve as
a default homeless shelter, no extra money should be spent.
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City health under new leadership,
Board of health to tackle proposed budget cuts, restructuring |
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Recycling fire largely under control |
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LPD: Officer shoots and kills lunging
pitbull - good shooting! |
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Lubbock high
schooler's environmental dream a reality |
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Lubbock sales tax revenue still up 1.08% year-to-date, June
spending down 1.42% over 2008
(August report measures activity in
June) |
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Paul R. Beane announces retirement from current broadcasting
venture |
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Complaints by two Lubbock residents could delay alcohol sales |
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NewsChannel 11 obtains copies of alcohol protests |
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Alcohol Applications Flood City Hall |
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LISD Board “Flexible” On Alcohol Variances |
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Protests against Lubbock alcohol sales filed with TABC |
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Liquor stores drop suit, but still obstacles |
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Several fire departments battle blaze at recycling plant near
Lubbock airport,
7 Lubbock County fire crews called to battle flames |
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As expected, liquor stores drop
lawsuit over Lubbock zoning |
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Submission time for alcohol sales permits has commenced |
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City hall property tax hearing Thursday, 10am |
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Disappearance remains a mystery three years later |
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Possible delay in new city alcohol sales |
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New home sales beating out new construction for third straight
year in Lubbock |
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Drive-by a close call for disabled vet |
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Lubbock firefighters set to compete on ESPN |
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Covenant
Health System CEO, Melinda Clark, stepping down |
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Covenant financial report from Fitch mostly positive |
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Local "Humane Society" griping about
Animal Shelter - Mayor is
showing leadership by saying the decision will stand. We would
have avoided some of the most deep reaching controversy in Lubbock
politics had Miller been able to lead, instead of cave, over the
original visitor center plan the council had adopted just before
he became mayor. Instead when an interest group popped up at the
11th hour, he caved and all spiraled out of control. |
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Video of alleged burglar inside local auto repair shop |
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Klein to host town hall meeting |
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Be-Nice Becky Garza's "retaliation" complaint made public,
complaint is here - poor
Becky can't take criticism, I wonder where she gets the idea that
her supervisors do not have the right to discuss her salary with
her? What a privileged life she must feel she deserves. And as to
the radio stuff: Umm, Becky, no one called me to tell me to talk
about you. My comments originated with me as I viewed local press
reports of your actions and your statements. As to the FBI,
everyone "cooperated" and if she had documents which she knew
implicated certain persons then she would have had an obligation
to go to law enforcement with those documents before the FBI
showed up. In other words, if she had documents she knew
implicated others of wrong doing, and did nothing with them until
the FBI demanded them, would she not be part of a conspiracy to
cover up wrong doing? Also note the admission that the Miller crew
did not perform evaluations - this is a major failing on their
part but Garza writes it as if doing evaluations is harassment. |
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District
Judge Sam Medina hired as Lubbock City Attorney, to start October
1st - date of resignation as judge key to who serves as next
237th district judge,
AJ story |
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Judge rules against City of Lubbock in taser lawsuit |
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Police hopeful of new applicants |
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Tech could profit from alcohol, tailgating |
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Lubbock post offices make possible closing list
more - if the downtown
office is closed, roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the city will not have a
post office in their region |
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Team Lubbock Firefighters Improve World-Qualifying Time |
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I-27 bridge to be upgraded with
stimulus money - boy that
will help the economy! |
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Avalanche-Journal's parent gets
another waiver on debt payment
- I still wonder if they are offering these waivers to past due
advertisers |
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Lubbock Animal Shelter activists react to new location |
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New city animal
"shelter" location looks to be:
is between SE Loop 289,
66th Street,
Guava Avenue, and
Water Utilities Pump Station #8. Council has signed a contract for
the 15 acre site & is set to finalize all in a special meeting
Tuesday.
AJ story |
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City Employees
Association, lead by dog-catcher Kevin Overstreet, rejects
proposed budget cuts -
story link (From the "who cares" category!) |
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Upcoming concert may attract new entertainment to Lubbock |
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Lubbock & South Plains clean up from storm damage |
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|
St
Paul Fire Marine Insurance Co v City of Lubbock
(pdf)
- insurer sues the City of Lubbock, Leisa Hutcheson, Lee Ann
Dumbauld, Scott Snider & David Miller, Icon Benefits, AAG,
Healthsmart over legal fees in Ted Parker related action.
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Water main break in North Lubbock may slow traffic |
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LEDA to receive $1.5 million Federal
grant for Lubbock Rail Port |
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KJTV Fox34 continues the attack on
Beane despite police description
- there is nothing wrong with being agitated as Beane likely was.
The complaint in the circulated email should not be respected
because, even if a grain of truth exists in it, it is riddled with
lies based upon the police report. |
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What really happened at the Moonlight Musical with Paul R. Beane -
the police incident report, commentary by Pratt
Police report is here.
Note it was not produced because something actually happened but,
because of allegations in the anonymous email - a Chicken Letter. |
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Beane: E-mail a Lie
- There are witnesses of the highest order with a very different
story from what was told in the libelous email. |
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|
Surprise, surprise: Lubbock Chamber of
Commerce back Bond Proposal
- I do not think the Chamber has opposed any bond issue spending
in modern history. |
|
|
Reese Technology Center director resigns |
|
|
City keeps working on library solution |
|
|
Council Eyes Study on Renovations to Municipal Square |
|
|
Proposed tax rate keeps taxes level,
no public hearings required -
for those who think this means no opportunity to speak out about
it, remember that each council meeting allows for public comment. |
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Residents ask for more discussion
ahead of possible bond election
- the WTOS is an Obama-style community organizing group coming for
Sol Alinsky. They generally should be ignored for the good of our
society which they work to destroy.
See here |
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City has made progress on Godeke Library, mayor says |
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Overton Hotel now open |
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Lubbock venues plan tribute for rock legend Jesse Taylor |
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American Museum of Agriculture trying to get on its feet after 40
years |
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Water rates higher, sales lower
- simply market principals at work. Too bad those in government
don't get this point as related to taxes which are a price upon
economic activity. Raise the price on activity, taxes, get less
activity. Reduce the tax on activity, get more activity. |
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Lubbock City Council takes up tax rate |
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City to start removing bricks from Main Street on Monday in
revitalization project |
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|
Energy companies, Xcel & LP&L, credit customers |
|
|
Texas Tech student shot after helping police in arrests
- note comments about calling in complaints to the LPD and the
"inherent danger" of making a complaint. |
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|
ABC’s
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition looking for Lubbock families
(pdf) |
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|
Local law enforcement officers get
assistance from federal government's stimulus
- you think "outdated" equipment has lead to Lubbock's overly high
crime rate? The only item listed in all of this which directly
helps the public and will help lower crime is the location
trackers for the sheriff's office. The rest is simply equipment
upgrades and salaries. |
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Word of Life Tabernacle church's pastor & family loses home to
fire |
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Klein acclaims new "sheltered" bus stops |
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|
Lubbock economy predicted to bottom out
- not possible to predict when
such major economic change is pending in D.C. with health care and
cap & trade. |
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|
Chamber Challenges Obama Health Plan
- great but why does this chamber never oppose unwarranted
expansions of local government, they support every debt-laden bond
issue we've seen. |
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Lubbock Police Uncover Organized Crime Ring
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United Supermarket plans to ask city for variance to sell alcohol |
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Sheriff's Office looking for parole violator |
|
|
NewsChannel 11 Investigates: Allison House |
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In case you were one of the few aware
of the West Texas Music Festival, it's been canceled.
Seems all that money paid to Caldwell to book such stellar acts as
people who already perform regularly at local clubs, just wasn't
enough to bring people downtown to stand in the street in the
weather. |
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Panhandle, Plains hurt by recession |
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Back in 2002, Caldwell was openly
discussing moving his personal focus to Fort Worth on a theater
there - saying that he
didn't plan to close the Cactus repeatedly had nothing to do with
whether he would still be working out of Lubbock. There is nothing
new in his leaving, he's worked toward it all along. Don't be
duped into thinking this is the direct result of some new
political deal. |
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Don's Gone? Lubbock arts, music
patriarch Don Caldwell plans to leave the city to seek new
opportunities for his business
- 2 things that need noting: First, Caldwell has been living off
of taxpayers for years receiving huge amounts from Tech, the City
of Lubbock and related entities such as the Centennial committee,
Civic Lubbock, and Broadway Festivals. And second, this is being
played as it is for political reasons but all should remember
this: Don announced years ago his intention to expand and/or move
operations to Fort Worth with a theater in the Stockyards.
Meaning, he's been planning to move business interests and
attention from Lubbock for years - he just waited until the gravy
train he was on derailed. |
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City Council delays budget hearings |
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City Council to try shelter search again |
|
|
Lubbock residents celebrate council's decision about animal
shelter |
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Council says no Dog Pound in park,
directs staff to search for new locations |
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Special City Council meeting scheduled today |
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|
Lubbock Lake Landmark offers ancient insight, historic findings |
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Animal Shelter Comm. Wants McAlister Park Reconsidered
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Donor
withdraws after numerous animal shelter delays
- First, Linda DeLeon caused the last two long delays. Second,
word is that it was the shameful language in the bond committee
report, well outside of that committees area of expertise and
charge, about facilities not being maintained which caused the
donor to back out - not the delay. |
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Impromptu shelter discussion at town hall meeting |
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|
Lubbock's Aggravated Assault Rate Doubles the National Average
- scroll down to see other crime numbers which Pratt on Texas has
been noting for some time |
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KFYO News: Klein says he'll change
vote, vote against balloon release ban |
|
|
Large crowd, gunshots send police to East Lubbock neighborhood |
|
|
Wilkerson search hits five-year mark |
|
|
Home sales on rebound in June |
|
|
United Files for TABC Permits: Do They All Qualify? |
|
|
Lubbockites choose renovation over new construction |
|
|
Lubbock drivers ranked among the safest in the state,
more on Texas rankings |
|
|
AJ
owner, Morris Communications, gets another waiver on debt interest
payments - I wonder if they
grant the same to advertisers in debt to them? |
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|
Councilmember Klein hosting a Town Hall meeting |
|
|
BLM program matches wild horses with owners |
|
|
City to announce mosquito spray areas via website |
|
|
Lawsuit on animal "shelter" delayed, city to hold hearing on 7/28 |
|
|
Wilkerson search hits five-year mark |
|
|
United Files for TABC Permits: Do They All Qualify? |
|
|
Receiver says sell, don't keep Judah assets |
|
|
AJ loses yet another reason to read the paper: Chris Van Wagenen |
|
|
Official: State to cover city STD tracking |
|
|
Jeff Bailey's Back: Lubbock man who left five years ago to make
his career is back in the Hub to live, perform |
|
|
DeLeon
withdraws support for Animal Shelter, uses language in CAC report,
no doubt planted by certain "community organizers" on the
committee, as way of getting out of hot water with constituents,
AJ story |
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|
Health board leader says changes doable |
|
|
City Council passes second reading of alcohol sales zoning
ordinances |
|
|
Stormwater fees up, no tax hike, and layoffs in Lubbock Health
Department |
|
|
Fees Upped: City residents would pay higher fees, but same taxes
under newly proposed budget |
|
|
City Council considers citizen oversight in its effort to push
bond packages |
|
|
Lubbock
"Citizen Advisory Committee" bond recommendations |
|
|
City Council to ban mass balloon releases |
|
|
The Balloon Council - Facts on Balloon litter |
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|
"Gas
Bags" or "Air Heads"? |
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|
Beane, Martin, Leonard & Klein vote
for balloon ban ordinance -
This vote calls into question any conservative,
smaller-government, pro-liberty convictions these men have. To
pass a law which is not significantly enforceable, as is this,
which restrict personal liberty simply moves us along the road of
a non-free society in which there are so many laws that no citizen
can be called law-abiding with any certainty.
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Take a first look at proposed bond projects
- separate ballot items are a MUST |
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|
kgb USA to layoff 25 workers at
Lubbock call center, AER to close air compressor rebuilding
facility in Lubbock to cost 17 jobs |
|
|
Klein &
Price push tax increase for new budget |
|
|
Mayor Martin discusses police pay raise |
|
|
Marsha Sharp Freeway Funding Back on Track |
|
|
Councilman Paul Beane lobbies Pratt on Texas for his Balloon Ban,
Pratt says Bust Beane's Balloon Ban |
|
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Reaction to proposed ban on balloon releases in Lubbock |
|
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Balloon release might soon be illegal in Lubbock
- Bust Beane's Balloon Ban! |
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Lubbock police hopes for pay raise fade |
|
|
Kerns: Lubbock Community Theatre priced out of Underwood Center |
|
|
Hurley's entrance into recycling in
Lubbock will have worldwide implications
- just curious but, isn't this a very water intensive business? Is
he going to pay real costs or subsidized costs for water? |
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|
Lubbockites celebrate at 4th on Broadway |
|
|
El
Editor claims 9am public hearing on animal killing facility unfair
to working people |
|
|
Lubbock Firefighters Advance To World Finals In Firefighter Combat
Challenge |
|
|
Lubbock native, TTU track star & fiancé win TODAY Show's wedding
contest |
|
|
Northwest Lubbock apartment complex fire deemed arson |
|
|
Council appoints Satterwhite as interim legal chief |
|
|
$80,000 in seized funds/ proceeds distributed to LPD |
|
|
New Visit Lubbock chief a no-go, returns to old job in Wyoming |
|
|
Another of the Ellerbrook clan files lawsuit against
easy-to-settle City of Lubbock |
|
|
Texas Medical Association honors NewsChannel 11 with Anson Jones
award |
|
|
Local economy struggling with larger recession |
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|
Lubbock concerned about light
pollution - with much of
this you actually save money by doing things right such as shields
on out door street & parking lot lights. Pushing more light where
it is needed requires less light and power and it looks better. |
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2009 homicides reach 2008 total |
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Repost for earlier this year due to
headline above:
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Suspicious envelope found in South Lubbock |
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City's home sales off from a year ago but sales trend is up |
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UMC Turns Emergency Patients Away |
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Alcohol sales in city step closer |
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Citizens Advisory Committee sets proposal for bond projects |
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Vote for Today Show couple with Lubbock ties |
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Council to hold
special meeting on 28 July to hear comment on, as well as rule
upon, animal "shelter" location in Mackenzie Park |
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Letter to El Editor from district 1 resident about the dog pound |
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Council
Approves Eased Alcohol Sales Zoning Regulations |
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Council optimistic of alcohol changes |
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Second water main break shuts down another Lubbock intersection |
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34th water main break shows why line is being replaced along 33rd |
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Build soccer fields for our kids, soccer-lobby to press council |
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Residents pick bond ballot items |
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Juneteenth festivities canceled due to weather |
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Soccer parents pushing to have you go in debt to build more fields
for their kids |
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Councilman Price to host a town hall meeting on July 7th |
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City agrees to hearing on shelter -
Pratt
comments on city officials statements |
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More on the
court hearing for proposed Mackenzie Park animal shelter |
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Animal shelter extends adoption wait |
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Three School Zones May Disappear |
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Code enforcement team in Stubbs/Stewart neighborhood |
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New Library Close To Deal |
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Report: Dr. Anderson pulled trigger in murder-suicide |
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Update:
Animal shelter decision put on hold for 30 days,
Judge to decide on injunction against proposed animal shelter site |
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LEDA adopts budget if $8.74 million
for 2009-2010 |
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LEDA: New jobs coming to Hub |
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United Supermarkets Files for Beer & Wine Space |
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A few homeowners hold out as McDougal development builds around
them |
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Lubbock animal shelter site faces legal fight |
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Buddy musical debuts with Holly family in attendance, on stage |
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EMS operates with deficit despite high cost of ride |
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Attorney refuses to testify against former client, sent to jail |
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State may save $5 million on Slide, Fourth project |
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Interim city
attorney Don Vandiver retiring at end of June due to medical
reasons |
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Temporary restraint against animal
shelter site denied by Judge Bill Sowder, a hearing is set for
Tuesday |
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Copy
of the lawsuit filing (pdf) |
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Lawsuit filed because of animal shelter location |
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East & Northeast
Lubbock Neighborhood Coalition files lawsuit to block construction
of new animal "shelter" in Mackenzie Park. Claim is state law was
not followed in site selection. |
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Lubbock gearing up for 2010 census |
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Lubbock High makes Newsweek top schools list |
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Healthsmart (AAG) customer says to council: end this situation |
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Rumors of a settlement at City Hall untrue |
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Beane says no settlement with AAG/Ted Parker on the council agenda |
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City to get financial info soon |
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City removes Scrub-A-Dubb land from proposed zoning change |
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Pratt on Texas Listener Club member has Energy Star home in Parade
of Homes |
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Lubbock
sales tax falls 1.07%, still up 2.52% year to date |
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Update:
Fumes cause accident at Tyco, Hazmat
team respond to industrial accident at TYCO |
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Settling with AAG?
-
listen to Pratt's commentary on the subject here |
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Five arrested in Lubbock home invasion
- be prepared,
don't let such a tragedy happen in your home |
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Going Green: LCU a trailblazer in the city's budding movement |
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District I and II Residents Air Complaints About Proposed Animal
Shelter |
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State workers to see changes in insurance |
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Lubbock business accused of more environmental violations |
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City of Lubbock juvenile court program out of state compliance |
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Silent Wings Museum commemorates D-Day with 2 day event |
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McDougal zeroes in on target area for
massive downtown project -
why in the world he thinks the post office buildings need to move,
both bring much traffic to downtown and are conveniences to those
living there. The sorting center is very compatible with
residential & retail. |
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8-0 new alcohol zoning amendments head to city council |
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New Cars and Radio System for LPD |
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Planning and zoning commission revisits alchohol sales in city |
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Lubbock ends swine flu testing |
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Firefighters preparing for toughest two minutes competition |
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A Financial Roadblock to Finish Marsha Sharp Freeway |
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Unusual Lubbock pet is declared dangerous
- too bad "Booger" didn't bite the deserving! |
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More on Overstreet complaining from Fox34 |
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Lubbock businessman Lott forwards Farrah Fawcett's fan mail to
L.A. |
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LPD Officer Accused of Sexual Assault |
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City, campus celebrate LCU title |
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Kevin Overstreet Files Retaliation Complaint
- bow wow |
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Automatic
improvement:
Darren Rudloff hired as executive director of Visit
Lubbock, Marcy Jarrett had held the post |
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Lubbock
robbery foiled by hot coffee and quick-acting staff
- Anti-Wimps all! |
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SW Lubbock's Legacy Play Village experiences vehicle break-ins,
will increase security |
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Lubbock Waterpark Set to Re-Open |
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Monday: Celebration at Noon on LCU campus |
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Champs: Lubbock Christian Univ. - NAIA Baseball Champions |
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LCU Chaparrals to play for NAIA World Series Championship! |
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North-, eastside residents criticize animal shelter site |
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Tight budget may spur increases in fees, fines |
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Council Discusses Redevelopment of Downtown |
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Lubbock Police bust crime ring, seeking suspects |
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Residents dislike new "shelter" site |
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City feeling recession's pinch |
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Lubbock
economic numbers for April, 2009 (pdf) |
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Students pleased Lubbock no longer dry |
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Defendants Deny Leonard's Allegations
- what news, do you expect them to say they are guilty of assault?
Come on KJTV. |
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Codes Field Exercise in Lynndale Acres Neighborhood |
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Proposal reaching out to Judah's investors |
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H1N1 cases confirmed in Lubbock, health officials not worried |
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Citibus to establish a bus pass fund for "the needy" |
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Lean economy helps city finish projects at cheaper rate |
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NAIA series favors teams with depth
- let's hope that's LCU! |
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LCU routes Lee 11-0 in World Series opener
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Tech's season ends with 11-4 loss to Texas A&M |
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New soccer fields, 34th Street work
top citizens' wish list -
commie football, what a shame
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Lubbock sees budget relief after finding appraisal report error |
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Second positive case of H1N1 Flu in Lubbock County |
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Lubbock's unemployment rate dropped
0.2% to 4.2% |
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Linda DeLeon calls for a tax hike! |
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Database lists 18 doctors as Lubbock's most influential |
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Board: Lubbock Libraries in Great Need of Repairs
- don't give a dime until they show they can take care of what
they've got. Library management allowed, against their own posted
rules, the downtown bums to take over the downtown library which
drastically reduced use of the library by patrons.
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Kevin Overstreet Adds More to Allegations Against City Council
Members |
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City pays attorney fees for lawsuit
against employees in Dallas court
- this is not news and has been known and discussed on several
occasions |
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Lubbock looking at revenue loss
- cut spending just like citizens |
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Last citizen hearing about $65 million of local tax money is
Thursday night |
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Manpower survey shows Lubbock tied for 11th best hiring |
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Authorities connect 3 Lubbock shootings |
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Lubbock confirms first case of H1N1 swine flu |
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Citizen Advisory Committee hold meeting on bond election |
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Could Attorney General opinion affect Lubbock alcohol vote? |
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County: All of Lubbock wet, City of Lubbock zoning dispute
continues |
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Godeke Library Debate Could End Soon
- retail lease farther out in SW Lubbock makes sense. |
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Some Residents Are Howling After City Council Votes For Animal
Shelter in Mackenzie Park |
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Expansions could lead to 30-plus jobs |
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Technicality clouds Lubbock County alcohol vote |
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Sale of Judah personal property under $50,000 approved |
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Important Meetings, on Multiple Fronts, Regarding Lubbock Alcohol
Sales |
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Lubbock Man Fights FOR Graffiti
- What at idiot. He thinks he has a right to other people's
property. Must be an Obama supporter. |
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City cracks down; no more driving on the grass
- city vehicles do this constantly |
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Lubbock suspends use of animal crematorium to cut costs |
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Lubbock moves toward settlement of
alcohol retailers' suit -
Pratt predicted this. |
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Fine listener email on the issue of a police pay raise |
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Lubbock commits to firefighter, police raises
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Lubbock City Council approves resolution to raise police pay |
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City Council set to address police issues,
more |
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Garza now "surprised" complaint is
public, blames an unnamed city rep.
- Could be, but this is part of her
problem and why she should go away. She assumes that no one else,
staff or even someone at another agency, could have spoken. Her
first quote to the media (AJ) is that it had to be a city
representative. From the AJ: "There is a formal administrative
procedure," Garza said before a morning council meeting. "I am
surprised that a city representative may have disclosed details or
documents of this case." I guess after keeping petition
verification secret, she figured everything could be kept secret. |
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Becky Garza still crying after a mild employment review |
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EEOC Complaint Filed Against the City of Lubbock |
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Lubbock City Secretary files complaint with EEOC |
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Be-Nice Becky
Garza, city secretary, reported to have filed complaint with Feds
over her treatment - seems she feels intimidated by councilmen,
who are her employers. "Retaliation" claimed.
- seems to me they not only have a right but a duty to discuss her
pay with her versus performance and to lower her pay if she does
not meet expectations. Mayor and council were expected by many
voters to clean house and instead they've only empowered their
enemies with ill-conceived attempts to get along. All the while
those enemies have been practicing sabotage in many ways against
the council. Open meetings violations happened under the Miller
lead council where we caught them very clearly but what did Garza
do? She played right along and did nothing to bring attention to
wrong doings. |
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Woman kidnapped at gunpoint
-
solutions here |
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Lubbock mayor gets international support for highway |
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Alcohol election exciting to local wineries |
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Police Association Continues Plea for Raises |
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LPD looking for home invaders, kidnappers |
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FCC in Lubbock to help residents with switch to Digital TV |
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First Church of the Nazarene marks century of ministry in Lubbock |
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5/11/2009
Marks Anniversary of 1970 Lubbock Tornado |
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Police 15% pay raise plan comes back to council |
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Attempted home invasion in Lubbock caught on web cam |
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Downtown: Residential living becoming popular in renovated
buildings |
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Lubbock mayor heads to Canada for Ports to Plains |
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