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Texas politics
Kinder, gentler Legislature?
Dave MCNEELY
      Rick Perry was sworn in as governor Tuesday for another four-year term. If he serves all of it, he will be the longest-serving governor in Texas history, by two years. Perry and the other top two officials who kept their jobs - Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who presides over the Texas Senate, and House Speaker Tom Craddick -- have some choices to make.
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A Texas voice
Can't we all get along together?
Steve MARTAINDALE
      Word got around quickly that there was a treat at dinner - fresh strawberries. We've had strawberries a time or two since I've been in Antarctica, but not whole, fresh strawberries.
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Sage observations
What's the future of -vision?
Cactus PRYOR
      Television. Once upon a time it was new. A lot of your radio personalities became visual. That funny Jack Benny guy made our country laugh enough to reach the Richter Scale. You just didn't leave home on the night Benny was on the air. And you wouldn't listen on your car radio because you'd be endangering yourself and other drivers.
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Spinoff
Take care in replacing Watson
Mary HENKEL JUDSON
      Port Aransas is saddened by the untimely death last week of City Councilman Jerry Watson. Watson was a champion of the ordinary man, our retired population and keeping Charlie's Pasture as close to its original state as possible by turning it into a nature preserve. He served admirably, and his death is a loss to the community.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      My heroes You may have seen them riding around Port Aransas on a tandem bike followed by a regular bike pulling a little trailer, sometimes with fishing poles, sometimes with laundry or groceries, but every Tuesday and Friday with an accordion in it.
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