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Friday, April 21, 2006

Independents launch final push for petitions


06:44 PM CDT on Friday, April 21, 2006
By Brad Woodard / 11 News
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Independent candidates for Texas governor and their supporters will be pounding the pavement this weekend with petitions in hand. They're running out of time in their search for enough valid signatures to get on the November ballot.
At the Last Concert Cafe in downtown Houston, Kinky Friedman supporters were in search of signatures. ....


(photo of Sam Houston)

IN A RELATED ARTICLE:
Comptroller needles governor in politically charged session
KELLEY SHANNON
Associated Press
Dallas Ft. Worth Star Telegram
AUSTIN - While Gov. Rick Perry keeps working to coax legislators onto his tax bill bandwagon, he's also busy trying to shake a menace off his tail.
Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who calls herself "one tough grandma" and is in charge of the state's money, keeps pointedly telling Perry how to preside over the 30-day special legislative session on school finance.
It makes for new agitation in an already testy Texas governor's race as Strayhorn, a veteran politician running as an independent, attempts to oust the Republican Perry. Strayhorn insists she's just doing her job - one loaded with power and history.....http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/14402554.htm

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