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Opinion February 12, 2009  RSS feed
Ellis wields club over state board
      State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, is fed up with the State Board of Education's continued wrangling over teaching the science of evolution. His Senate Bill 440 would shift to the Texas Education Agency the board's oversight of curriculum, textbooks, and what it takes to graduate.
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Riding out a tough economy
      The stinkin' economy is gettin' to us. You've read about it. You see it on the news every night. In Port Aransas, it is mostly real estate sales that have slowed in response to dire news out of Washington and Wall Street. We'll weather the storm, to be sure. We got through the oil bust and savings and loan crises of the 1980s, albeit not unscathed.
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TV's 'Dirty Jobs' a real eye opener
      I stumbled across a surprisingly insightful television program the other day while attempting to confirm there was nothing worth watching among our dozens of channels. I had seen advertisements for "Dirty Jobs" on the Discovery Channel and its name seemed appropriate.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      Biting hand that feeds I was in the Port Aransas area recently for a week long vacation. I was with my wife and another couple that usually stays in the Rockport area during the winter. My purpose with them was to show off the Port Aransas area with all the fun things to do.
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