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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Those two have a mutual self-interest in being buddies. Bush has always delivered on Kenneth Lay's political pitches.
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Those two have a mutual self-interest in being buddies, ... Bush has always delivered on Kenneth Lay's political pitches.
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Enron depends upon government policies to enhance their bottom line in lots of ways, ... The company relies upon this kind of access to government.
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Rather than just paying for overhead, which is all that is allowable under Texas law, overhead, 'Your support will fund a series of productive and innovative activities,' ... And they go on to list four activities, all of which are really defined as political activities under Texas laws.
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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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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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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,
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It's taken a while and we can't undo the 2002 elections, but we can hold those who cheated in those elections accountable. There's some satisfaction that the criminal process is working its way out.
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No jury can undo the outcome of Texas's 2002 elections, ... But the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy - no matter how powerful they may be. If we are to be a 'democracy,' then powerful politicians cannot flout such laws with impunity.
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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.