Alan Miller
Alan Miller
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Both SAC and ACCD have been very accommodating and willing to listen and address problems, ... Everything is being done to make sure they have the opportunity to complete training.
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The jobs being offered for evacuees are not taking anything away from our own residents,
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We're the fiscal agent for the whole thing.
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The money's going up, the stakes are up, the professionalism's up. The days of doing stuff on a napkin are over.
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Texas is failing to meet federal environmental clean air standards and therefore there is pressure to lower pollution from these facilities. Gov. Bush has taken a position that they should do so through a voluntary program.
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Texas is a place where there are no limits on individual or political committee contributions and donations can and do exceed $100,000,
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This is a situation none of us have faced before, ... How many people who will stay here is hard to tell at this point.
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one of the more controversial and colorful figures in Texas. His company has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years for violating state environmental laws. And a decade ago, Pilgrim appeared on the floor of the state Senate dispensing $10,000 checks to lawmakers as they debated a workers compensation bill.
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Many of the employers that have offered jobs for the evacuees also have other jobs publicly posted with us. It boils down to whether someone has the skills and meets the requirements of the employer. We are trying our best to serve the needs of everyone in the midst of a very difficult situation.
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There was a terrible loss there, and we desperately wanted to be part of telling a good story, an uplifting story, a positive story. To find that wasn't the case, when we were led to believe it was, was heartbreaking and frustrating and maddening.
fairly quick turnaround
It's a fairly quick turnaround time. It's working very smoothly.
students
We just have a lot of students in that area.
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Expenses go through the college. As they draw down on us, we draw down from the state.
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The governor's spokeswoman says there is no relationship between the campaign contributions and any of the governor's policies. She says he has core commitments, which he lays out and has laid out and he follows in office, and he is not influenced by the money in any way,