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Texas politics
What's this? A race for speaker
Dave MCNEELY
      There's a wartime saying about “calling the guns in on your own position.” It refers to soldiers who realize that for their side to win a battle over an enemy, they actually have to radio their comrades to train the big guns or bombs precisely where they are -- and pray the enemy is killed and they...
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A Texas voice
Getting ready to come back home
Steve MARTAINDALE
      Some six weeks away from my return home, my wife has begun preparing me for what changes might expect to find. She's been quick to remind me that I was barely in our new home for two months before leaving for Antarctica. She will have had more than four months without me before I'm back.
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Editorial
Appreciate city, school leaders
      Over more than a few years, I've sat in city council chambers and heard and watched citizens berate city council members for what were perceived as bad decisions, uninformed judgments, malfeasance in office, and plain moral turpitude. I'm not saying none of those things ever went on in city counci...
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Sage observations
The trip's not what it used to be
Cactus PRYOR
      Starting a new day where we began, of course. The calling is loud and clear. So many happy days from our birthplace. And the new year erases the past, and the ringing bells herald a new start, a new day, a new chance. The call from our sea always lures us back.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      Need help The problem with the city's boat ramps is the first two are useless. The angle of the ramps is too steep. The other two are so slick trucks spin out before pulling their boats out. Trucks, trailers and boats slide back into the water. If you can't power wash these ramps, during low tid...
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