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From The Blogs, Friday, March 24, 2006

Good Friday morning, everyone! I’ve got several other posts of interest coming this morning, but first, let’s take a look at what other blogs are writing about this morning.

Also, I’m adding a new feature to From The Blogs this morning: Link You Should Send Your Friends.

Today’s Must Reads:

Eye on Williamson County has the latest on Carole Strayhorn caving into pressure from the public and actually stopping payments to another set of lobbyists.

Greg’s Opinion notes State Rep. Al Edwards may be caught in a lie about endorsements in his run-off race against Borris Miles in HD-146 in Houston/Harris County.

Off the Kuff has an advance of the Texas Ethics Commission meeting today where Rep. Lon Burnam will address the commission concerning the bankrupt Bill Ceverha, who, you will remember, sits on the Employees Retirement System of Texas board and is the former treasurer of Texans for a Republican Majority.

Today’s Link You Should Send Your Friends:

Kinky Friedman thinks the word “negro” is “charming,” via StopKinky, a new blog to us as of yesterday.

Congressman John Conyers’s Blog has a good post on the Washington Post’s new right-wing blogger, who called Coretta Scott King a communist on the day of her funeral.

Carpetbagger Report has a post up on The Tax Foundation’s most recent report which seems to indicate that states that voted “Red” in 2004 got more federal tax money.

Dos Centavos is ready for this weekend’s round of county and senatorial district conventions. Annatopia is ready, too.
The Jeffersonian has the latest on the Judson ISD flare-up over the monograph, The Handmaid’s Tale. The JISD board of trustees voted to keep it on the reading list.

Lean Left has the latest on Barbara Bush’s “earmarking” her Katrina aid funds for a specific company.

Pink Dome has the latest on the GOP Primary in HD 50 where the Republicans are vying to see who will try to unseat Mark Strama.

Right of Texas has the latest installment in its series “Austin: Is It Really That Wierd?

Grits For Breakfasts tells us Texas has more people on probation than any other state.

Just Another Blog has a guest post by a very talented attorney running for 3rd Court of Appeals in Central Texas—the same court Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Sugar Land) is currently before.

South Texas Chisme tells us Texas is awash in troubled waters.

Some Capitol Annex posts you may have missed:

Thursday’s evening supplement to From The Blogs
Guest Post from Barbara Radnofsky
Strayhorn: Pickin’ & Choozin’
Van Os to Filibuster Special Session

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