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KarenPhillips Smith County Clerk Karen Phillips Smith County Clerk Karen Phillips, who was facing a lawsuit filed by private counsel after refusing to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple, has folded and issued the license, according to lobbyist/activist/former state Rep. Glen Maxey. “Damn it’s hard to find a case this morning to sue their asses,” Maxey wrote on Facebook at about 10:30 a.m. today (Monday, June 29). “Smith County folded. Karen and Jolie have a marriage license.” Maxey also noted that some other hold-out counties had begun issuing licenses: “Williamson County folded. Fort Bend County folded. Bell County...

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...