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For the past year, the Texas press, including the Houston Chronicle, has vigilantly covered the Travis County district attorney's investigation of possible Republican campaign finance violations in the 2002 elections. Nearly 200 stories have been written in the state's five metropolitan dailies, including more than 20 editorials in support of the DA. But when the news broke last week that Austin-American Statesman columnist and reporter Dave McNeely had given the district attorney, Ronnie Earle, a series of pre-publication drafts of a long news analysis piece on the investigation, the story was buried in Saturday's papers. The Houston Chronicle report did...

Re-Elect Justice Steven Wayne Smith Texas Supreme Court, Place 5 _______________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Jan. 15, 2004) CONTACT: David Rogers, Campaign Manager, (512) 923-6188 (Austin) Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith campaign responds to misstatements by Fort Worth Star-Telegram writer, Austin American-Statesman syndicated columnist. Campaign manager David Rogers said "Recent articles by writers for these newspapers have characterized Justice Smith as ‘embattled’ and a ‘pariah.’ These characterizations are simply wrong." Rogers said "The fact is, Justice Smith is supported by a significant number of prominent Republicans, conservative activists, and major law firms. " (see list below) The Fort Worth Star-Telegram...

Dean's tech approach changes campaign structure Thursday, December 4, 2003 "This is a radically different operation, because the use of technology can be completely decentralized and bring a presidential campaign all the way back to the precinct level," said former state Rep. Glen Maxey of Austin, Texas coordinator for the former Vermont governor's campaign. That approach is new, said Maxey, a veteran political organizer. The Internet was critical to the third-party election victory of former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura in 1998, and other presidential campaigns employ the same tools, but the Dean campaign has pushed the creative use of e-mail...