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2009 Austin Chronicle
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15 comments:
Congrats!
That's some good info.
You must have some pile of key words and key search phrases?
Watch out for the CCA and the Prison Board Characters, they are pretty vindictive and ruthless.
Big money making on our convicted and pre convicted.
Keep up the good work! I found your bolg you while researching for a Texas Gov. course. I am a daily reader.
Excellent!! The best damn blog around!
Thanks for keeping it real, Grits. I'm always amused when I hear the politicians and bureaucrats talk about shutting down the bloggers who voice critical opinions of their work. It's a free country boys, so get used to it.
There's a big number for me to shoot for - keep up the great work!
I was going to comment on how millions of Bush voters were wrong...
But I will just say congrats on a hard earned milestone.
Congratulations!
Thanks, folks. And to IWTS - okay, sure, millions of people are wrong all the time. (How many billions has McDonalds served, now?) A friend of mine once postulated that there is an inverse relation between a political idea's popularity and its real-world workability. OTOH, people do like round numbers! Best to all,
I as a constant reader find your blog truthful and to the point and very informative.
Those who want to shut you out of the their employess's lives must have something to hide, why else would they pursue this?
You do have to watch out for the CCA and Prison Board, there are some Judges on those boards who are ruthless and as long as they can keep what they are doing hidden, they feel safe, but thank you for exposing their criminal acts and I for one feel they should all be replaced with term limits. They become too cozy with the District Judges, especially in Harris County, they are right down the street from the District court and probably have lunch with the judges. You hardly ever see anyone from Harris Co. win against the CCA, what a crooked bunch.
Stay after them, and one day you will have Stars in Your Crown!!
Even though I don't live in the area and thus am not qualified to comment on most local issues, I stop by here regularly to gain on-the-ground insights into the kinds of issues that do affect the nation as far as matters like civil liberties vs. national security in re immigration. I may not always agree, but I always find an honestly presented viewpoint from people on the front lines of the issue there that certainly deserve serious deliberation. Thanks, Grits!
Could that be two persons logging on 250,000 times? Just kidding! Thanks for your work!!
@12:20 - I've got sitemeter set to exclude my own visits or I might think you're right! best,
Thanks for Grits, Scott.
I feel so much less ignorant about what they are really doing in Austin than I did before I started having these Grits For Breakfast...and between meals, and as a bedtime snack, too.
What hope said.
And, Congratulations! Your work is wonderful.
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