Bob Phillips
Bob Phillips
Robert Leon Phillips, known as Bob Phillips, is an American television journalist best known for his long-running program Texas Country Reporter. In 2005, Phillips was inducted into the Silver Circle of the Lone Star Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the association that gives the Emmy Awards; the honor is extended to professionals who have spent at least twenty-five years of their career in television in Texas and have made significant contributions to their industry and...
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A creek runs through it. The whole creek has hundreds and hundreds of ash trees.
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What's happening in Washington, D.C., with wealthy special interest money influencing the system, is something the public has increasingly paid attention to. It's a greater challenge when there isn't an investigation or something in the news driving the issue. We're all opportunists, and this is a great opportunity.
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We feel that citizens have a right to know how much money is being spent to influence their legislators.
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These elected officials stood up for the public's right to know what money is being spent on their state legislators. Their votes helped transform North Carolina from a state with unfettered spending by wealthy special interest groups to one that enforces accountability and transparency.
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No one should be afraid of more sunshine -- that's what this bill is about. That is something the majority of legislators have voted for and something a very broad coalition has backed, and we believe the Commerce Department does not want to stand in the way of that.
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Since this isn't a bug it's used to ... it hasn't had a chance to adapt.
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We want the public to know if money is spent to influence executive action.
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It's tough to prearrange these things because you don't know where it's needed or how much,
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It really boils down to getting more accountability and more openness in the process.
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It may not stop it, but it will shine the light and alert the press and the public to some of these things far earlier than now.
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There seems to be different policies and different rules within state government. Perhaps more consistency as much as anything is what we need.
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Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze. It maketh me to wake in green pastures: It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses. It restoreth my buzz.
It is always dullest before the yawn.
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A credit card sometimes adds to the high cost of living but more often to the cost of high living.