The Ellis County Observer

• Republican Liberty Caucus: Joe Barton Ranked ‘Libertarian’

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  The Republican Liberty Caucus came out with their 2008 rankings of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate, and Congressman Joe Barton, R-Ennis, scored the highest ranking in the Liberty Index: a “libertarian” designation. The full list of representatives and senators can be found here: www.rlc.org/blog [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:37pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

• New BlackBerry. Same Number: 972-891-2135

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  Since my arrest on Monday, Sept. 14 and subsequent release on Sept. 25, my property that was seized as a result of all this previously-reported “stuff” over in Combine (located in Kaufman County) still has not been given back to me. But, I went ahead and bought a brand new BlackBerry [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:03pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

• 11 Amendments Results Show Ellis County is Still More Conservative Than the Rest of Texas

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  Bill Redding lost his Midlothian City Council race by 46 votes. The Midlothian-area Emergency Services District No. 2’s sales tax increase proposal got defeated. And, by looking at the Constitutional amendments on last night’s ballot, one can see that Ellis County is growing more conservative. Early Voting Mid Point totals Final totals For Against For Against For Against Proposition 1 872 918 2922 3282 Proposition [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:22am EST
  by JoeyGDauben

• The Consent (Agenda) of the Governed

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  Did you know that a city councilman can write a two sentence letter to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, R-Duncanville,  requesting a legal opinion to be issued on any question that councilman has pertaining to state laws? In my experiment, we will take Councilman Joe Schmoe and have him send a [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:22am EST
  by JoeyGDauben

• Mid10thian: You’re Next On the List, Joe

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  Councilman Joe Frizzell is next on the Constitutional Rights Advocacy Punching Bag List. Frizzell has proven quite effective in not standing up for the rights of individuals on property issues, or in helping maintain a more watchful eye on government spending. His position is up for re-election alongside Councilman Ken [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:13am EST
  by JoeyGDauben

• New Record for ECO Traffic: 5,825

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  Single-day readership on this blog smashed the 5,000 mark. The Ellis County Observer pulled in 5,825 “hits” (those recorded directly on ECO.com), with 1,318 “unique” visitors. Obviously a lot of repeat and refresh visits, but the unique category fuels the advertising costs. But with 5,825 hits, that trounced our previous single-day [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:02pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben