Muddy rain reminder of other odd weather events
JERRY AULDS
      The sticky, slurpy mud bath Mother Nature dumped on the Ricebelt a week or so back produced boom times for car wash emporiums while stirring old-timers' ruminations on historic nasty, bad old storms.
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ONLINE POLL
CAST YOUR VOTE AT WWW.LEADER-NEWS.COM
      This Week's Poll Question The city is considering a containerized trash system with once-a-week pickup. Are you in favor of this? A. Yes B. No Look to Saturday's Viewpoint page for results of this online poll.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      Catholic daughters offer gratitude Editor, the Leader-News: On behalf of St. Robert's Catholic Daughters, Court 2275, we would like to thank our community for the support given to our fish dinner fundraisers. Because of your support, we are able to continue funding our charitable projects.
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ASK THE MAYOR
El Campo City Council tackled many issues during past year
MAYOR PHILLIP SPENRATH
      This will be my last article until after the May 10 election. I hope these weekly updates have been informative and provided you some insight into the weekly activities that come before your City Council. I urge you to get out and vote for the direction that you would like to see our local governm...
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TEXAS STRAIGHT TALK
Can foreign aid save Africa?
U.S. REP RON PAUL
      Congress is poised to pass the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief authorizing up to $50 million in unconstitutional foreign aid.
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