May 2010
Cameron Co TX DA seeks to oust Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada Jr after DWI arrest http://twurl.nl/znqg24 h/t @MonitorNews
RT @ReeseDunklin: My DMN story: Feds investigating allegations of Medicare fraud at UT Southwestern, Parkland http://tinyurl.com/26jomey
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Congressman wants investigation of TX enviro agency handling of Ft Worth air tests; agency wrongly said air was safe http://twurl.nl/jkpr1z
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RT @spj_tweets: Today’s quick Freedom of Information links: http://shar.es/meZo3 FOIA FOIAchat opengov transparency
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Harris County TX needs a cloistered election boss, says Rick Casey of @HoustonChron: http://twurl.nl/ni7566 houpolitics txpolitics
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State Sen. John Carona’s HOA co. Associa faces ire of Orlanda residents txlege http://ping.fm/lxPA6
$1.5b in farm subsidies for TX last year; see heat map of subsidies by county
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Signal problems delay launch of surveillance camera network in downtown McAllen TX: http://bit.ly/crOW6W h/t @monitornews
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RT @CREWcrew: Washington Independent reports on Payday Loan industry’s mega-#lobbying push: http://bit.ly/beOrQl congress
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RT @TxFOIFT: New 60-sec instructional video on TX opengov:Understanding the 10-Day Rule http://ping.fm/DxU59 txfoi transparency
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RT @DallasCrime: TX atty general investigators going door-to-door in Oak Cliff to investigate voterfraud http://bit.ly/9GtSAd voting
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RT @jpeebles: Opening up a lot of response letters for FOIA requests. Delays, delays, delays. opengov transparency
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RT @poetspirit: Sunlight Foundation: Search new Subsidyscope database on fed aid to nonprofits http://bit.ly/92h03d opengov transparency
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Voter fraud allegations fly in Val Verde county commission race decided by 29 votes
Justice Department OKs closure of Kendleton ISD
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RT @DavidGuenthner: Cap Metro amends illegal interview format, but will interview finalists in private http://bit.ly/d6OOCd txlege opengov
El Paso County fires problem medical examiner, replaces him w/ problem interim med ex. whom county fired 10 yrs ago: http://twurl.nl/th0xxd
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RT @stereogab: Lobbying $ to Sens who will mesh House & Senate finreg bills from finance, ins & real estate sectors http://bit.ly/cYgZPd
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Hisd board workshop meeting has ended
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Hisd trustees will have a draft agenda item for a superintendent evaluation process next Thursday and hope to vote on it in June
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Hisd trustee Paula Harris and Larry Marshall want to add a self evaluation process to the superintendent evaluation process
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Hisd already has apolicy on how to evaluate the superintendent but they may be adding new legal and descriptive terms
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Hisd chief of staff Michelle pola says there currently is a policy on how to evaluate the superintedent
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The suggestion is for Hisd to create and execute a policy for evaluating the superintendent
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Hisd training has moved to discussions of superintendent evaluation
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Hisd board president Greg meyers has just joined the training
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Hisd board workshop meeting today was originally scheduled to begin at 730 but was moved back to 830
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Hisd training involves open discussions of what districts strengths and weaknesses are
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@hisdmedia informed reporters at various news organizations of the change yesterday, @lwalsh is appreciative Hisd
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Fallon and another school activist in Hisd were here since 730, they were not informed that the meeting began at 830 this morning
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teacher union president for Hisd teachers Gayle Fallon is also here
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Hisd trustees Diana davila Larry Marshall mike lunceford and Paula Harris are all in attndance at the meeting
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Hisd chief of staff for superitendent Terry Grier,Michelle pola is also here at the training
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Hisd training has begun with CRSS a training company founded by previous board member don Mcadams
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Hisd trustees are out of closed session and about to begin the training by CRSS
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Former CEO of Houston Metro system appears before grand jury in doc-destruction probe: http://twurl.nl/heiqnd hounews h/t @chronsnyder
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RT @TXBudgetSource: Despite budget shortfall, Waco schools spending $84K to send teachers to Las Vegas http://bit.ly/9z3Mhl opengov
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RT @TxFOIFT: US Army rejects FOIA request re: how it treated soldiers at Ft Hood http://bit.ly/9tpsWW transparency opengov txfoi mil
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Split votes divisive, meeting in private OK: Former HISD Trustee Don McAdams
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Who gets to speak at city meetings in Glen Rose, TX? Citizen-journalism: http://bit.ly/d50RjX citj opengov
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RT @TxFOIFT: La Marque TX schools sued for alleged Open Meetings violations http://bit.ly/9kY2IX opengov transparency txfoi schools
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RT @billwhitefortx: I called on @governorperry to release overdue audit of TxDOT. txgov transportation opengov transparency txfoi
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How government transparency saves money: Great piece from @mqsullivan of @empowertexans: http://twurl.nl/nhvjf8 opengov txfoi
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RT @BayAreaHouston: Texas Dept of Insurance has 1000+ employees & a $100M+ budget! OUCH! txpolitics govtspending opengov insurance
Texas named 13th most corrupt state in Daily Beast study http://ping.fm/GYOfB
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RT @stereogab: follow @POGOBlog for live tweets of the bphearing on the Hill today oil oilspill bp enviro
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Fed EPA: TX not following Clean Air Act; feds to take over permits for Corpus refinery RT @HoustonChron http://bit.ly/a4rLw0 enviro oil
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City of Austin turns over copy of results of independent review to family of man killed by Austin cop: http://bit.ly/9qezJc opengov txfoi
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RT @Dallas_Observer: Bad news becomes clear as DART begins to crunch numbers http://bit.ly/9h6pmy dallas publictransit transportation
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Fed gov’t subsidizes deepwater oil drilling w/big tax breaks, says @propublica: http://bit.ly/aSfubR oil