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By Ian Millhiser on Jan 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Late last month, Texas trial judge Teresa Hawthorne held that Texas’ death penalty statue violates the Constitution because it grants too much arbitrary discretion to prosecutors. As a result of this decision, Hawthorne has now been deemed unfit to hear a capital case:
Teresa Hawthorne, [...]

1614 Fairway Circle, Garland, TX 75043
Ok, keep in mind that I love 70’s architecture.  I do. I don’t know why.  But this house:  this screams 70’s Brady Bunch house. Love that!
The pictures on this listing suggest that the house is in need of some basic updating, but it really doesn’t look too bad.  In fact, [...]

I have a great house. I like my neighbors. I love the parks and ponds and ducks and fish. The schools are the best in the area.  But I have an HOA.  For those of you that don’t live in a state where members of the state government own legal entities that confiscate property for [...]

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller

Texas Dept. of Transportation officials confirm a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street in Austin was hacked into last week.
Transportation officials in Texas are scrambling to prevent hackers from changing messages on digital road signs after one sign in Austin was altered to read, “Zombies [...]

Anyone who has purchased a house in the last 10 years of so has see what monsters Home Owner’s Associations have become. It’s especially egregious in Texas, where the State Representatives gave HOAs the power to take your home. They are no elections when it comes to management teams, and there is no [...]