Posts Tagged ‘ Accusations ’

Upshur Juvenile Board Denies Officer’s Grievance

Aug 29th, 2011 | By

BY PHILLIP WILLIAMSSpecial Correspondent GILMER — After delivering a stern rebuke to Juvenile Probation Officer Richard Tucker for allegedly misrepresenting facts, the Upshur County Juvenile Probation Board today upheld county Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Eric McGee’s reprimand of Tucker, thus effectively denying Tucker’s grievance against him. The board’s lone two members, 115th District Judge Lauren
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Hurricane Ike buyout struggle grips Galveston beach community

Aug 15th, 2011 | By

GALVESTON — A rancorous dispute among homeowners in an exclusive Galveston Island beach community triggered an ongoing fraud investigation into a $25 million federal buyout program for houses damaged by Hurricane Ike. A key figure in the unresolved struggle over the buyouts is Carol Severance, a San Diego attorney whose lawsuit led the Texas Supreme
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Consumer Advocate in Chief?

May 10th, 2011 | By

In response to the run-up in oil and gasoline prices, President Obama has chosen to follow a well-worn script — looking for political advantage by pretending to protect voters from the evils of the marketplace. However, his attempt to portray himself as consumer advocate in chief is nothing more than calculated pretense. At a town
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Immigration Returns to Bring Further Divisiveness to an Already Heavily Divided Country by Nadia Gaona

Jul 6th, 2010 | By

By now you’ve probably heard of the new immigration bill signed by Governor Jan Brewer into law on April 23, that will go into effect July 28 . This law is something that some call a necessary and timely solution for the wave of illegal immigration while others see it as a blatant, racist slap
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