Texas GOP Shifts Even Further Right with New Chair Cathie Adams
Dallas Observer |
November 2, 2009
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You might think that it was one of those thorny ethical conflicts. How would the Dallas Observer behave when its tough-talking former city columnist became mayor? Would we join her team? Be her pals? Suck up? Or would we keep...
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Good News -- Really -- From the Dallas City Hall Corruption Trialnew
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