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	<title>Comments on: Inquiry Launched Into Possible Open Records Violations By FBISD</title>
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		<title>By: TxNamVet</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-2#comment-9066</link>
		<dc:creator>TxNamVet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>competent is such a subjective term.  I&#039;ll take someone with character and a value system, like Rep Pete Olson.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>competent is such a subjective term.  I&#8217;ll take someone with character and a value system, like Rep Pete Olson.</p>
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		<title>By: 1trueconservative</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-2#comment-9060</link>
		<dc:creator>1trueconservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finding competent public servants who understand keeping our taxes down during tough economic times shouldn&#039;t be rocket science. I&#039;m just sick of hearing the same old sales pitch from them and then watching as they vote them higher each year while continuing to increase our debt load.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finding competent public servants who understand keeping our taxes down during tough economic times shouldn&#8217;t be rocket science. I&#8217;m just sick of hearing the same old sales pitch from them and then watching as they vote them higher each year while continuing to increase our debt load.</p>
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		<title>By: conservative1</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9053</link>
		<dc:creator>conservative1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>b_tabor, the answer to your question on 46 is... you prove it with the tax rate and total revenues of the taxing district.  At what point does that property tax sting? For you and I we notice it because we end up saving and investing less.  But, for some families they don&#039;t know it until the foreclosure or bankruptcy. 

Factually Speaking, you are correct. In addition, we have a real problem with voter participation.  Informed voters are very powerful, they can hold an incumbent accountable regardless of the bozo in office.  The problem I see is a disconnect between reality and voter conscienceness.  They keep voting in the names and not the results.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>b_tabor, the answer to your question on 46 is&#8230; you prove it with the tax rate and total revenues of the taxing district.  At what point does that property tax sting? For you and I we notice it because we end up saving and investing less.  But, for some families they don&#8217;t know it until the foreclosure or bankruptcy. </p>
<p>Factually Speaking, you are correct. In addition, we have a real problem with voter participation.  Informed voters are very powerful, they can hold an incumbent accountable regardless of the bozo in office.  The problem I see is a disconnect between reality and voter conscienceness.  They keep voting in the names and not the results.</p>
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		<title>By: Factually Speaking</title>
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		<dc:creator>Factually Speaking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>conservative1,

Regarding your #45 comment. I agree. However, because either the voting process is in jeopardy or we have a shortage to none of individuals willing to run simply for the sake of doing the job well and making good decisions.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>conservative1,</p>
<p>Regarding your #45 comment. I agree. However, because either the voting process is in jeopardy or we have a shortage to none of individuals willing to run simply for the sake of doing the job well and making good decisions.</p>
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		<title>By: b_tabor</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9050</link>
		<dc:creator>b_tabor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We&#039;re doing the best we can SLW.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re doing the best we can SLW.</p>
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		<title>By: Sugarland watch</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9044</link>
		<dc:creator>Sugarland watch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>b_tabor If you like what I posted get involve.I know I am!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>b_tabor If you like what I posted get involve.I know I am!!</p>
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		<title>By: b_tabor</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9039</link>
		<dc:creator>b_tabor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like the comments on that article SLW. They seem to know what is going on with that lobby clique. 

Cons1, that is true, but how can you prove the current bunch aren&#039;t doing there job and may be violating the law as well as their oaths of office if the administration simply decides to further flaunt the rules even after the chief prosecutor of the state has ordered them to? I don&#039;t know what&#039;s worse, a corrupt politician or a stupid one. I can&#039;t forgive either to be quite honest with you. 

Let&#039;s hope the public wakes up soon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the comments on that article SLW. They seem to know what is going on with that lobby clique. </p>
<p>Cons1, that is true, but how can you prove the current bunch aren&#8217;t doing there job and may be violating the law as well as their oaths of office if the administration simply decides to further flaunt the rules even after the chief prosecutor of the state has ordered them to? I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s worse, a corrupt politician or a stupid one. I can&#8217;t forgive either to be quite honest with you. </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope the public wakes up soon.</p>
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		<title>By: conservative1</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9038</link>
		<dc:creator>conservative1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Factually Speaking, voting is the only weapon you have.  All the open records in the world won&#039;t help if you can&#039;t get a few people to make good decisions regardless of the polical suicide it causes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Factually Speaking, voting is the only weapon you have.  All the open records in the world won&#8217;t help if you can&#8217;t get a few people to make good decisions regardless of the polical suicide it causes.</p>
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		<title>By: Sugarland watch</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9031</link>
		<dc:creator>Sugarland watch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Read this http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-openmeetings_16tex.ART.State.Edition1.4c007b2.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Read this <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-openmeetings_16tex.ART.State.Edition1.4c007b2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-openmeetings_16tex.ART.State.Edition1.4c007b2.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: jaghund</title>
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		<dc:creator>jaghund</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whether or not it is laziness or vendor feeding is irrelevant. The outcome is wasting of our tax dollars. What the board seems to have forgotten over recent years is that they are the ones responsible to the public for over-sight of the superintendent and not the inverse. It seems after they attend those TASB boot camps or get the nod from the superintendent to run, the rest is all show and do what you&#039;re told.

I seem to remember in the past always having 1 or 2 BOT members that would ask important questions and try to open up the process, but not this crowd. It seems like it is all about the show.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whether or not it is laziness or vendor feeding is irrelevant. The outcome is wasting of our tax dollars. What the board seems to have forgotten over recent years is that they are the ones responsible to the public for over-sight of the superintendent and not the inverse. It seems after they attend those TASB boot camps or get the nod from the superintendent to run, the rest is all show and do what you&#8217;re told.</p>
<p>I seem to remember in the past always having 1 or 2 BOT members that would ask important questions and try to open up the process, but not this crowd. It seems like it is all about the show.</p>
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		<title>By: jaghund</title>
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		<dc:creator>jaghund</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The first trick to learn about many lawyers is that they learn very quickly that it isn&#039;t about the case but about the billing. That includes the ones billing the district to keep documents out of the hands of the public that indirectly pay their fees.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first trick to learn about many lawyers is that they learn very quickly that it isn&#8217;t about the case but about the billing. That includes the ones billing the district to keep documents out of the hands of the public that indirectly pay their fees.</p>
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		<title>By: Factually Speaking</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9027</link>
		<dc:creator>Factually Speaking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good point conservative1,

However, I uncertain as to whether new elections are renewed opportunities to rectify what&#039;s wrong---in fact, it  seems with each new election not only does everything remain the same---but, it gets worse.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good point conservative1,</p>
<p>However, I uncertain as to whether new elections are renewed opportunities to rectify what&#8217;s wrong&#8212;in fact, it  seems with each new election not only does everything remain the same&#8212;but, it gets worse.</p>
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		<title>By: Factually Speaking</title>
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		<dc:creator>Factually Speaking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, well, now----it is  particularly hard to call due to the fact that it is difficult to figure out lawyers to tell the difference between them; even, the ones, you &quot;think&quot; you trust.

I learned the hard way. Whenever, I have to tackle a legal issue, I represent myself, Pro Se. Even, If I lose, I&#039;d rather lose on my own with having kept my money in my pocket rather than losing with paid help and left broke  because legal fees are so costly. And, to boot, you are further left with nagging misgivings strong enough to wonder, was your case really a loss or was it thrown at your expense and someone else’s gain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, well, now&#8212;-it is  particularly hard to call due to the fact that it is difficult to figure out lawyers to tell the difference between them; even, the ones, you &#8220;think&#8221; you trust.</p>
<p>I learned the hard way. Whenever, I have to tackle a legal issue, I represent myself, Pro Se. Even, If I lose, I&#8217;d rather lose on my own with having kept my money in my pocket rather than losing with paid help and left broke  because legal fees are so costly. And, to boot, you are further left with nagging misgivings strong enough to wonder, was your case really a loss or was it thrown at your expense and someone else’s gain.</p>
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		<title>By: conservative1</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9025</link>
		<dc:creator>conservative1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So..I am gathering that FBISD has become a closed door organization.  You have to understand people.  You are not in charge, they are.  The &quot;they&quot; are the elected board members and their administrators.  I know first hand that sometimes its just about the power.  You may think its vendor feeding but it could just very well be laziness and the need to &quot;get something accomplished&quot; whether it is good or bad.  When is the next election for these einsteins?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So..I am gathering that FBISD has become a closed door organization.  You have to understand people.  You are not in charge, they are.  The &#8220;they&#8221; are the elected board members and their administrators.  I know first hand that sometimes its just about the power.  You may think its vendor feeding but it could just very well be laziness and the need to &#8220;get something accomplished&#8221; whether it is good or bad.  When is the next election for these einsteins?</p>
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		<title>By: b_tabor</title>
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		<dc:creator>b_tabor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think any democrats have filed, but Richard Raymond, Nina Schaffer and John Healey are all filed for the position. Healey is, of course, the incumbent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think any democrats have filed, but Richard Raymond, Nina Schaffer and John Healey are all filed for the position. Healey is, of course, the incumbent.</p>
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		<title>By: southerncomfort</title>
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		<dc:creator>southerncomfort</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who all has filed to run for the DAs seat?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who all has filed to run for the DAs seat?</p>
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		<title>By: bladerunner</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9019</link>
		<dc:creator>bladerunner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Go Raymond!</description>
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		<title>By: Kat_Princess</title>
		<link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/12/15/42769/comment-page-1#comment-9010</link>
		<dc:creator>Kat_Princess</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FBC: It would be nicer to know John Healey as a man who didn&#039;t interrupt one for interogating questions to him. Personally, it does not bode well-- in that respect the very day of my support in the Gus Academy Ribbon Cutting Ceremony hosted by Judge Bob Hebert. It is most intriguing your thoughts in your #2 post; however my support is genuinely always &quot;fairly&quot; there for others responsibilities to listen (of course fairly to appreciate in return my support as well).. Should John&#039;s &quot;open door policy&quot; in actuality be to interrupt one&#039;s very first initial question as in the very, first initial words spoken in fact after one&#039;s cordialities of &quot;Hello&quot; than no thank you for that type of &quot;open door policy.&quot; Why be so rude?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FBC: It would be nicer to know John Healey as a man who didn&#8217;t interrupt one for interogating questions to him. Personally, it does not bode well&#8211; in that respect the very day of my support in the Gus Academy Ribbon Cutting Ceremony hosted by Judge Bob Hebert. It is most intriguing your thoughts in your #2 post; however my support is genuinely always &#8220;fairly&#8221; there for others responsibilities to listen (of course fairly to appreciate in return my support as well).. Should John&#8217;s &#8220;open door policy&#8221; in actuality be to interrupt one&#8217;s very first initial question as in the very, first initial words spoken in fact after one&#8217;s cordialities of &#8220;Hello&#8221; than no thank you for that type of &#8220;open door policy.&#8221; Why be so rude?</p>
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		<title>By: santhony</title>
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		<dc:creator>santhony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very true factually. I remember a few years ago when the supt. moved the zoning committees from open to closed (took community reps off the committee) and then they changed the rules of engagement at the board meetings to be able to shut down groups protesting. It takes an act of congress now just to speak before the lordships.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very true factually. I remember a few years ago when the supt. moved the zoning committees from open to closed (took community reps off the committee) and then they changed the rules of engagement at the board meetings to be able to shut down groups protesting. It takes an act of congress now just to speak before the lordships.</p>
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		<title>By: Factually Speaking</title>
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		<dc:creator>Factually Speaking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I’m saddened to say that the common, everyday citizen is out of luck.  We lost our footing by believing, naively that our world was what it use to be—-----you know the stuff about the United States of America’s Constitution and inalienable rights of American Citizens, so forth and so on, etc, etc. This has been in the making for awhile now; it&#039;s just that more people have become aware and enlighten about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m saddened to say that the common, everyday citizen is out of luck.  We lost our footing by believing, naively that our world was what it use to be—&#8212;&#8211;you know the stuff about the United States of America’s Constitution and inalienable rights of American Citizens, so forth and so on, etc, etc. This has been in the making for awhile now; it&#8217;s just that more people have become aware and enlighten about it.</p>
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