For-profit use of eminent domain defies heritage
WILLIS WEBB
      Property rights, particularly the intrusion by public entities through eminent domain, has been a frequent news topic over the past year or so. It seems quite a few Texans' dander is up because of the Trans-Texas Corridor, Gov. Rick Perry's grandiose plan for channeling all kinds of traffic throu...
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Time, coffee heal wounds
SLIM RANDLES
      Strange, Doc thought. All these years. All these people. It still hurts. He sat by the kitchen window smelling the coffee perking and looking out at the sun rising faithfully in the east. Old Tom died around midnight, and Doc didn't get more than an hour's sleep since then. Just before he went, ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      Keep town's 'can do' spirit Editor, the Leader-News: A positive attitude and a "can do" spirit usually translates into success and El Campo has that. It is the difference between a small town prospering, becoming stagnate or perishing. We need leaders that will look to the future and keep El Cam...
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