Craig McDonald
Craig McDonald
Craig McDonald is a journalist and the author of The Hector Lassiter series, The Chris Lyon series, the standalone novel El Gavilan, as well as two collections of interviews with fellow fiction writers, Art in the Bloodand Rogue Males. He also edited the anthology "Borderland Noir"...
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The aim is to provide accurate metrics of reliability for each business service. Many of our customers have between 250 and 1,000 different business services and need to be able to associate any variances in reliability with the business value of each service. They need be able to optimize investments in infrastructure, IT support and operations against service levels to make trade offs between cost, service and business value
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Overall, I think the voters spoke pretty loudly that they like the independence of their own hand-picked candidates over a billionaire from San Antonio.
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It is disappointing that the ethics commission punted on this issue rather than requiring strict disclosure of attorney referral fees.
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Man, sounds like fun. Don't you usually give 'em just one chicken dinner? That's a pretty good return for $2,000.
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No jury can undo the outcome of Texas' 2002 elections, but the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy,
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No jury can undo the outcome of Texas' 2002 elections, ... but the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy, no matter how powerful they may be.
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No, the law is very clear in Texas on how you can use corporate funds: paying your rent, paying your telephone bills, paying your accountant, ... Very, very specific limited administrative expenses.
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It's not a political option in Texas, period. We won't raise taxes to feed the hungry or heal the sick. I don't think the political climate in Texas is right for public financing.
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What distinguishes Gov. Perry from Strayhorn is that he delivers for his big campaign donors on an unlimited range of issues, not just their tax bills.
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We had to date never seen such cheating, such an influx of corporate money into our state elections process,