Is fracking good for the economy?

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Maybe not so much.

It’s nothing new to hear environmental groups raise concerns over the health dangers of hydraulic fracturing – that’s all in a days work. But a new report from Environment Texas questions one aspect of fracking that rarely comes under scrutiny: its supposed economic benefit.

“The Costs of Fracking” collects data from academic and government studies to paint a picture of an industry that may be a bigger drain on state tax money than previously thought. The report looks at things like damage to roads, increased cost for water infrastructure projects, and drilling’s impact on property values in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

"You can't just put [Hispanics] all in one bucket"

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But, the republicans do put Hispanics all in one bucket filled with racism. Sure, New York Hispanics have different concerns from Valley Hispanics. Both may have brown skin and that's enough for your Tea Party republican.

Both parties want to appeal to Hispanics like Fischer and Flores Granado. Texas Latinos number 9.5 million and make up 38 percent of the state's population. Their numbers are projected to grow.

But the two Coastal Bend residents show the Hispanic vote isn't monolithic — just as Hispanics aren't.

The republicans want the Hispanic vote. They just want the Hispanics to stay at the back of the bus.

Here's something you don't see too often

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'Hidalgo sheriff declines raise'

Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño declined an adjustment to his salary, saying raises for elected officials should instead be spent on the county’s rank-and-file employees.

Treviño, slated to receive a $4,100 salary increase under the county’s proposed budget, wrote a letter to county commissioners this month that said he agreed to delay opening his office’s Mid-Valley substation as a cost-cutting measure. But “the deal was not brokered to give elected officials a hefty pay raise,” the sheriff wrote.

Dick Armey says 'b'bye' to Joe Straus

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Let's see who's in the legislature, first.

FreedomWorks, which helped insurgent Ted Cruz snatch the GOP nod for U.S. Senate from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, said Monday it will put its muscle behind toppling Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio from his leadership post.

The group is backing Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, for speaker. House members will elect the speaker after the Legislature convenes in January.

Sneaky republican operative doesn't want Latinos to vote

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What he really wants to do is depress the vote for Barack Obama. What Latino in his right mind would vote for a republican?

Latino voters should not cast a ballot for President Barack Obama or his GOP challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as both candidates and their parties have made a study of manipulating and taking for granted Latino voters, de Posada told The Huffington Post. Both have failed miserably to overhaul immigration or even roundly and clearly support meaningful reform during the campaign, he added. But Gary Johnson, a one-time Republican governor of New Mexico, has long been an advocate of immigration reform, sensible and human treatment for undocumented immigrants and creating a legislative solution to the nation’s immigration crisis, he described.

Sure, his association with Dick Armey and Freedom Works is just a coincidence. Wink, Wink.

It is the Texas Progressive Alliance weekly roundup!

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The Texas Progressive Alliance is enjoying the change of season as it brings you this week's roundup.

Off the Kuff took a deeper look at that Wilson Perkins poll of Texas.

Three Harris County judicial candidates and two Greens -- one for US House of Representatives and one for US Senate -- received the coveted Brainy Endorsement last week from PDiddie at Brains and Eggs.

BossKitty at TruthHugger knows this just another season for Political Science experiments on the voting public. Let's see how well they do, Generalizations: Politics is Science and we are all Test Subjects.

Transportation funding, the Voting Rights Act, and voter ID. WCNews at Eye on Williamson post about My afternoon at the Texas Tribune Festival.

Libby Shaw asks What is Mitt hiding? Find out what she thinks it is at TexasKaos.

Neil at Texas Liberal posted about donations he made to both Green Presidential nominee Jill Stein and to President Obama. Neil said that Ms. Stein is best on issues such as our rigged economy, climate change, and the freedom to dissent. He also said that those who think there is no difference between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are simply wrong.

CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants you to know that polluters can do untold damage and be liable for only $2M. Thanks to Republicans and their crony capitalism.

"You can't just put [Hispanics] all in one bucket"

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But, the republicans do put Hispanics all in one bucket filled with racism. Sure, New York Hispanics have different concerns from Valley Hispanics. Both may have brown skin and that's enough for your Tea Party republican.

Both parties want to appeal to Hispanics like Fischer and Flores Granado. Texas Latinos number 9.5 million and make up 38 percent of the state's population. Their numbers are projected to grow.

But the two Coastal Bend residents show the Hispanic vote isn't monolithic — just as Hispanics aren't.

The republicans want the Hispanic vote. They just want the Hispanics to stay at the back of the bus.

Here's something you don't see too often

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'Hidalgo sheriff declines raise'

Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño declined an adjustment to his salary, saying raises for elected officials should instead be spent on the county’s rank-and-file employees.

Treviño, slated to receive a $4,100 salary increase under the county’s proposed budget, wrote a letter to county commissioners this month that said he agreed to delay opening his office’s Mid-Valley substation as a cost-cutting measure. But “the deal was not brokered to give elected officials a hefty pay raise,” the sheriff wrote.

Dick Armey says 'b'bye' to Joe Straus

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Let's see who's in the legislature, first.

FreedomWorks, which helped insurgent Ted Cruz snatch the GOP nod for U.S. Senate from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, said Monday it will put its muscle behind toppling Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio from his leadership post.

The group is backing Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, for speaker. House members will elect the speaker after the Legislature convenes in January.

Sneaky republican operative doesn't want Latinos to vote

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What he really wants to do is depress the vote for Barack Obama. What Latino in his right mind would vote for a republican?

Latino voters should not cast a ballot for President Barack Obama or his GOP challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as both candidates and their parties have made a study of manipulating and taking for granted Latino voters, de Posada told The Huffington Post. Both have failed miserably to overhaul immigration or even roundly and clearly support meaningful reform during the campaign, he added. But Gary Johnson, a one-time Republican governor of New Mexico, has long been an advocate of immigration reform, sensible and human treatment for undocumented immigrants and creating a legislative solution to the nation’s immigration crisis, he described.

Sure, his association with Dick Armey and Freedom Works is just a coincidence. Wink, Wink.

"You can't just put [Hispanics] all in one bucket"

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But, the republicans do put Hispanics all in one bucket filled with racism. Sure, New York Hispanics have different concerns from Valley Hispanics. Both may have brown skin and that's enough for your Tea Party republican.

Both parties want to appeal to Hispanics like Fischer and Flores Granado. Texas Latinos number 9.5 million and make up 38 percent of the state's population. Their numbers are projected to grow.

But the two Coastal Bend residents show the Hispanic vote isn't monolithic — just as Hispanics aren't.

The republicans want the Hispanic vote. They just want the Hispanics to stay at the back of the bus.

Here's something you don't see too often

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'Hidalgo sheriff declines raise'

Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño declined an adjustment to his salary, saying raises for elected officials should instead be spent on the county’s rank-and-file employees.

Treviño, slated to receive a $4,100 salary increase under the county’s proposed budget, wrote a letter to county commissioners this month that said he agreed to delay opening his office’s Mid-Valley substation as a cost-cutting measure. But “the deal was not brokered to give elected officials a hefty pay raise,” the sheriff wrote.

Dick Armey says 'b'bye' to Joe Straus

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Let's see who's in the legislature, first.

FreedomWorks, which helped insurgent Ted Cruz snatch the GOP nod for U.S. Senate from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, said Monday it will put its muscle behind toppling Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio from his leadership post.

The group is backing Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, for speaker. House members will elect the speaker after the Legislature convenes in January.

Sneaky republican operative doesn't want Latinos to vote

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What he really wants to do is depress the vote for Barack Obama. What Latino in his right mind would vote for a republican?

Latino voters should not cast a ballot for President Barack Obama or his GOP challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as both candidates and their parties have made a study of manipulating and taking for granted Latino voters, de Posada told The Huffington Post. Both have failed miserably to overhaul immigration or even roundly and clearly support meaningful reform during the campaign, he added. But Gary Johnson, a one-time Republican governor of New Mexico, has long been an advocate of immigration reform, sensible and human treatment for undocumented immigrants and creating a legislative solution to the nation’s immigration crisis, he described.

Sure, his association with Dick Armey and Freedom Works is just a coincidence. Wink, Wink.

Corpus Christi police officer resigns during investigation

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Covering up for a fellow officer who solicited sex with a minor?

A Corpus Christi police officer linked to a former convicted officer resigned this week while under investigation.

Justyn John Luera, 27, was under investigation by the Police Department after he was accused of hiding a cellphone that belonged to Robert McChester Jr.

McChester, 27, pleaded guilty June 7 to solicitation of a minor by using a telephone and the Internet to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. He was sentenced Aug. 30 to 13 years and four months in federal prison.

Sounds like you need more women on the police force.

Former Starr County employee says her firing was political

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Let's see what happens.

A former assistant county attorney says she lost her job because she decided to run for a seat on the local school board.

Hilda Gonzalez Garza, who worked as an assistant county attorney, is suing Starr County and County Attorney Victor Canales for unspecified damages and attorney’s fees in federal court. Garza was fired July 20 after Canales found out she was going to run for the Rio Grande City school board, the lawsuit states.

Starr County and Canales denied those allegations in a response filed in court.

Here's something you don't see too often

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'Hidalgo sheriff declines raise'

Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño declined an adjustment to his salary, saying raises for elected officials should instead be spent on the county’s rank-and-file employees.

Treviño, slated to receive a $4,100 salary increase under the county’s proposed budget, wrote a letter to county commissioners this month that said he agreed to delay opening his office’s Mid-Valley substation as a cost-cutting measure. But “the deal was not brokered to give elected officials a hefty pay raise,” the sheriff wrote.

Dick Armey says 'b'bye' to Joe Straus

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Let's see who's in the legislature, first.

FreedomWorks, which helped insurgent Ted Cruz snatch the GOP nod for U.S. Senate from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, said Monday it will put its muscle behind toppling Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio from his leadership post.

The group is backing Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, for speaker. House members will elect the speaker after the Legislature convenes in January.

Sneaky republican operative doesn't want Latinos to vote

To contact us Click HERE
What he really wants to do is depress the vote for Barack Obama. What Latino in his right mind would vote for a republican?

Latino voters should not cast a ballot for President Barack Obama or his GOP challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as both candidates and their parties have made a study of manipulating and taking for granted Latino voters, de Posada told The Huffington Post. Both have failed miserably to overhaul immigration or even roundly and clearly support meaningful reform during the campaign, he added. But Gary Johnson, a one-time Republican governor of New Mexico, has long been an advocate of immigration reform, sensible and human treatment for undocumented immigrants and creating a legislative solution to the nation’s immigration crisis, he described.

Sure, his association with Dick Armey and Freedom Works is just a coincidence. Wink, Wink.

The republican knives are out for Julián Castro and Annise Parker

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republicans hate building infrastructure and spending that promotes the general welfare. For them, it's all tax breaks for the rich and taxpayer money to their cronies.

Local governments are loading down Texas taxpayers with debt, without providing enough information about the amount of debt they have assumed to fund roads, schools and other public projects, State Comptroller Susan Combs contends in a report released Wednesday.

I smell Tea Party dystopia.

Here's something you don't see too often

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'Hidalgo sheriff declines raise'

Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño declined an adjustment to his salary, saying raises for elected officials should instead be spent on the county’s rank-and-file employees.

Treviño, slated to receive a $4,100 salary increase under the county’s proposed budget, wrote a letter to county commissioners this month that said he agreed to delay opening his office’s Mid-Valley substation as a cost-cutting measure. But “the deal was not brokered to give elected officials a hefty pay raise,” the sheriff wrote.

Dick Armey says 'b'bye' to Joe Straus

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Let's see who's in the legislature, first.

FreedomWorks, which helped insurgent Ted Cruz snatch the GOP nod for U.S. Senate from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, said Monday it will put its muscle behind toppling Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio from his leadership post.

The group is backing Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, for speaker. House members will elect the speaker after the Legislature convenes in January.

Hudspeth County Sheriff is a sexist ass

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I'm too kind.

Musicians may want to start taking the long road around Hudspeth County, Texas. After officers arrested Fiona Apple on charges of possessing hashish last week (the latest in a long line of musician arrests there), Apple took to the stage at a concert promising to make the arresting officers "famous."

Now, Rusty Fleming, the public information officer for the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office, has answered Apple with a letter of his own, which TMZ has printed. In it, he raises the bar for bullying, sexist condescension that doesn't seem especially becoming for an officer sworn to protect the public.

Cameron County beach access plans include plans to limit access

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WTF?“

Cameron County is presented with a unique opportunity to bring many sorely needed good-paying jobs and unique economic de-velopment, educational and research opportunities associated with the development of space exploration facilities to Cameron County,” the plan states.

The proposed plan addresses temporary beach closures at Boca Chica related to launches, planning and scheduling of launches, stipulation that alternative beach accesses will remain available, and required public notice of launch dates.

Sneaky republican operative doesn't want Latinos to vote

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What he really wants to do is depress the vote for Barack Obama. What Latino in his right mind would vote for a republican?

Latino voters should not cast a ballot for President Barack Obama or his GOP challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as both candidates and their parties have made a study of manipulating and taking for granted Latino voters, de Posada told The Huffington Post. Both have failed miserably to overhaul immigration or even roundly and clearly support meaningful reform during the campaign, he added. But Gary Johnson, a one-time Republican governor of New Mexico, has long been an advocate of immigration reform, sensible and human treatment for undocumented immigrants and creating a legislative solution to the nation’s immigration crisis, he described.

Sure, his association with Dick Armey and Freedom Works is just a coincidence. Wink, Wink.

Still Wondering

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It's been nearly a year since John Gregory Laughon was taken by Duval County Sheriff van to Shands in Jacksonville, Florida and we still have no answers. No charges have been filed. No real investigation was done yet John Laughon arrived at Shands with life threatening injuries. He suffered 11 broken ribs, two collapsed lungs, laceration on his liver, and contusions from head to toe, literally. The whites of his eyes were bloody. His head was swollen and he was nearly unrecognizable. His injuries were so bad he stopped breathing and suffered heart failure for an unknown period of time. A nurse who was passing by noticed he was not breathing and began CPR. They worked on him for 45 minute went through the three stages of CPR before his heart began to beat again. He was on full life support and still has a feeding tube. Doctors have told us he is in a vegetive state, we still hold hope he can recover.


Does this look like someone who didn't have life threatening injuries? We had a witness tell us when John Laughon arrived at the hospital he was hog tied with shackles with hands and legs behind him. He was lifted from the van by the shackles and laid on his belly on the ground. All he had on was a pair of boxers, the leg to his prison uniform and a blood soaked spit mask. When they were offered assistance to bring him in the hospital, one of the guards said, "Fuck that mother fucker he don't deserve shit." They left him lying on the ground and talked over him. When I saw him he a few hours after he was stabilized he still had dirt in his hair.

I will be posting news articles where the Jacksonville Sheriff's office with claims he had "super-human strength" and more. I will dissect these articles and correct the errors when I post them.

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Family of vegetative inmate files lawsuit

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Family of vegetative inmate files lawsuit
Last Update: 1/3/2006 2:16:51 PM

http://www.fox30online.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=A08C32C6-F3D8-4F75-A995-1720B541B69F

The family of a former Jacksonville inmate filed a lawsuit last week against the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

John Laughon's family claims he is in a vegetative state because of a run-in with a correctional officer in the Duval County jail that took place last February.

The suit claims Laughon was having a seizure, and it was mistaken for an outburst.

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There is no mistaking it, he was having seizures. He was seizing when he was revived.

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John Laughon: Inmate Hospitalized After Jail Officers Attacked

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<>As I sit next to my brother's bed in Shands Jacksonville I feel it is time to begin to post to this blog site. We have waited long enough for answers, it is obivous we will get NONE. If you feel you have any information that could help his case contact his attorney Sean Cronin at 904-354-8310 or email him at SBCronin@SWMMLaw.com.


Inmate Hospitalized After Jail Officers Attacked

POSTED: 11:12 am EST February 22, 2005 UPDATED: 5:34 pm EST February 22, 2005 JACKSONVILLE -- An altercation in the Duval County jail overnight resulted in an inmate being taken to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center in a life-threatening condition Tuesday, according to Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford.

John Laughon

Four correctional officers were injured trying to subdue the man, including one who may have suffered a broken hand, an official said.The inmate, John G. Laughton who authorities say has mental health problems, was placed in a restraint chair for a cooling-off period at about 2:19 a.m. after he "exhibited a violent episode," according to Chief of Detectives Steve Weintraub.

Video

TEAM COVERAGE: Police: Prisoner Bustied Out Of Restraint Chair Police Union Official Talks About Handling Prisoners

Weintraub said Laughton was left in a cell. He then went into "excited delirium," and used "superhuman strength" to escape the chair, Weintraub said. Once free, he attacked a female corrections officer who went to check on him, and then attacked other officers who came to her assistance, Weintraub said.

Laughton's condition was not released. Weintraub said there was "no outward sign of visible injury."Laughton has been in the jail since November on drug charges. Since his initial arrest, he has been charged with several counts of assault on law enforcement officers as the result of violent struggles in the jail.
Copyright 2006 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


NOTE:
John's name is spelled LAUGHON not "Laughton."

This article claims "4" correctional officers were injured. One had a "broken hand." In other articles they will say it was a broken finger. How did they break the finger, by hitting John with fists. DUH!

It also claims he had been in jail since November 2004 and he turned himself in in January 2005.


Weintraub said there was "no outward sign of visible injury," does this look like there were "no outward sign of visible injury?"

This picture was taken on February 24, 2005 about 36 hours after he arrived at Shands in Jacksonville, Fl. His eyes and head are swollen, blood on the bridge of his nose and he had bruises from head to toe, literally. I guess Weintraub is blind. This was the condition he was in when my mom first saw him after he was stablized.

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John's Last Christmas

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The last Christmas John enjoyed was in 2004. He spent with his mom, sisters, brother in law, neice, nephew and great nephew. This is a picture of John playing with Mega Blocks with his great nephew, Connor who was only 1 year old at the time.
The only memories Connor has now of his Great Uncle "Greg" (John) is of him lying in his hospital bed at Shands and spending many hours at the hospital visiting him and getting to know all the wonderful nurses and hospital staff. No child should have to have such memories of a loved one.

John spent Christmas 2005 in a hospital bed at Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. thanks to JSO. What a wonderfull bunch of law enforcement officers! NOT!!!

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City, JSO Want Gag Order on Inmate's Family

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City, JSO Want Gag Order on Inmate's Family

John Laughon

Ginger Laughon

10/17/2006 11pm report

By Lindy Thackston
First Coast News

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- First Coast News is looking into why the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is trying to keep a First Coast mother from talking.

Ginger Laughon claims her son was beaten into a vegetative state while in the custody of correctional officers in February 2005.

Now, JSO and the City are asking for a gag order, arguing they may not get a fair trial.

Pictures family members say they took of John Laughon in the hospital after a struggle with officers show the 37-year-old with several bruises.

The family attorney told First Coast News that Laughon had broken ribs, collapsed lungs, and bleeding in the brain and chest cavity.

Laughon was serving a six month sentence on drug charges.

His mom says he is now in a persistent vegetative state that could last his lifetime.

Laughon is now on a hospital bed at his mother's house.

"I don't know if he's going to be better," Ginger Laughon told First Coast News earlier this year. "They've really taken his whole life away from him. He can't do anything."

She claims her son was assaulted by officers.

Documents from Shands Hospital show the Emergency Room doctor checked the box for "assault."

Last year, JSO made a statement, saying Laughon left the jail with minor injuries.

"There were no outward signs of visible injuries requiring medical attention, but he was transported to Shands because of his mental health condition," said JSO Chief Steve Weintraub in February 2005.

Since that time, Ginger Laughon and her attorney, Sean Cronin, have been outspoken.

First Coast News has obtained a motion, filed on behalf of JSO and the City of Jacksonville, requesting a gag order on Ginger Laughon and Sean Cronin.

The motion claims "the fairness of the trial is seriously threatened."

Howard Maltz represents the City and JSO.

Maltz would not comment on the motion on camera, saying it defeats the purpose of filing a motion for a gag order.

Maltz did say on the phone that "it's inappropriate for certain lawyers to be trying a case in the media."

Maltz would not elaborate.

NOTES: What is JSO trying to hide? They know if their officers and guards start feeling the heat someone will come forward!

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Why are so many San Antonio babies born with syphilis?

Nine babies this year.

Worried about rising numbers of babies born with syphilis in San Antonio, local health officials have begun assigning case workers to follow infected women throughout their pregnancies to ensure proper treatment.

They're urging local doctors and hospitals to test women for syphilis in their third trimester, in addition to the routine test they receive at the first prenatal visit. And they're considering asking state lawmakers to make that second test mandatory in Texas, as it already is for HIV.

Why are Hispanics dying of cancer?

Because Hispanics are younger?

Cancer is now the leading killer of Hispanics in the U.S. — the latest sign it's beginning to displace heart disease as the nation's top cause of death.

The rest of the country may not be far behind, "probably in the next 10 years," said Rebecca Siegel of the American Cancer Society. She is the lead author of a study reporting the new findings.

That may be a conservative estimate. Government health statisticians think cancer could overtake heart disease as the top U.S. killer as early as this year, or at least in the next two or three.

Corpus Christi on a path to hire female police officers

Did anybody learn a lesson?

Corpus Christi City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to accept the terms of a federal consent decree in connection with Police Department hiring practices regarding female applicants.

The Department of Justice filed a complaint in July alleging the city violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and challenged the city's entrance exams as being discriminatory against women.

republicans force courts to wrist slap pollution offenders

What if your pollution caused untold suffering to thousands of Texans? $2M fine, tops. That's just a few minutes pay to a big oil company.

Federal prosecutors want a jury to decide Citgo's punishment in the company's sentencing for felony Clean Air Act offenses.

Using a jury would resolve questions that surfaced during a recent hearing about whether U.S. District Court has the power to impose fines above the $2 million limit set by law, prosecutors wrote in a motion filed this week in U.S. District Court Judge John Rainey's court.

republicans are all about their cronies. Promoting the public welfare? No way.

Is fracking good for the economy?

Maybe not so much.

It’s nothing new to hear environmental groups raise concerns over the health dangers of hydraulic fracturing – that’s all in a days work. But a new report from Environment Texas questions one aspect of fracking that rarely comes under scrutiny: its supposed economic benefit.

“The Costs of Fracking” collects data from academic and government studies to paint a picture of an industry that may be a bigger drain on state tax money than previously thought. The report looks at things like damage to roads, increased cost for water infrastructure projects, and drilling’s impact on property values in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Still Wondering

It's been nearly a year since John Gregory Laughon was taken by Duval County Sheriff van to Shands in Jacksonville, Florida and we still have no answers. No charges have been filed. No real investigation was done yet John Laughon arrived at Shands with life threatening injuries. He suffered 11 broken ribs, two collapsed lungs, laceration on his liver, and contusions from head to toe, literally. The whites of his eyes were bloody. His head was swollen and he was nearly unrecognizable. His injuries were so bad he stopped breathing and suffered heart failure for an unknown period of time. A nurse who was passing by noticed he was not breathing and began CPR. They worked on him for 45 minute went through the three stages of CPR before his heart began to beat again. He was on full life support and still has a feeding tube. Doctors have told us he is in a vegetive state, we still hold hope he can recover.


Does this look like someone who didn't have life threatening injuries? We had a witness tell us when John Laughon arrived at the hospital he was hog tied with shackles with hands and legs behind him. He was lifted from the van by the shackles and laid on his belly on the ground. All he had on was a pair of boxers, the leg to his prison uniform and a blood soaked spit mask. When they were offered assistance to bring him in the hospital, one of the guards said, "Fuck that mother fucker he don't deserve shit." They left him lying on the ground and talked over him. When I saw him he a few hours after he was stabilized he still had dirt in his hair.

I will be posting news articles where the Jacksonville Sheriff's office with claims he had "super-human strength" and more. I will dissect these articles and correct the errors when I post them.

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Family of vegetative inmate files lawsuit

Family of vegetative inmate files lawsuit
Last Update: 1/3/2006 2:16:51 PM

http://www.fox30online.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=A08C32C6-F3D8-4F75-A995-1720B541B69F

The family of a former Jacksonville inmate filed a lawsuit last week against the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

John Laughon's family claims he is in a vegetative state because of a run-in with a correctional officer in the Duval County jail that took place last February.

The suit claims Laughon was having a seizure, and it was mistaken for an outburst.

©2005 Clear Channel Television-Jacksonville. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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There is no mistaking it, he was having seizures. He was seizing when he was revived.

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John Laughon: Inmate Hospitalized After Jail Officers Attacked

<>As I sit next to my brother's bed in Shands Jacksonville I feel it is time to begin to post to this blog site. We have waited long enough for answers, it is obivous we will get NONE. If you feel you have any information that could help his case contact his attorney Sean Cronin at 904-354-8310 or email him at SBCronin@SWMMLaw.com.


Inmate Hospitalized After Jail Officers Attacked

POSTED: 11:12 am EST February 22, 2005 UPDATED: 5:34 pm EST February 22, 2005 JACKSONVILLE -- An altercation in the Duval County jail overnight resulted in an inmate being taken to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center in a life-threatening condition Tuesday, according to Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford.

John Laughon

Four correctional officers were injured trying to subdue the man, including one who may have suffered a broken hand, an official said.The inmate, John G. Laughton who authorities say has mental health problems, was placed in a restraint chair for a cooling-off period at about 2:19 a.m. after he "exhibited a violent episode," according to Chief of Detectives Steve Weintraub.

Video

TEAM COVERAGE: Police: Prisoner Bustied Out Of Restraint Chair Police Union Official Talks About Handling Prisoners

Weintraub said Laughton was left in a cell. He then went into "excited delirium," and used "superhuman strength" to escape the chair, Weintraub said. Once free, he attacked a female corrections officer who went to check on him, and then attacked other officers who came to her assistance, Weintraub said.

Laughton's condition was not released. Weintraub said there was "no outward sign of visible injury."Laughton has been in the jail since November on drug charges. Since his initial arrest, he has been charged with several counts of assault on law enforcement officers as the result of violent struggles in the jail.
Copyright 2006 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


NOTE:
John's name is spelled LAUGHON not "Laughton."

This article claims "4" correctional officers were injured. One had a "broken hand." In other articles they will say it was a broken finger. How did they break the finger, by hitting John with fists. DUH!

It also claims he had been in jail since November 2004 and he turned himself in in January 2005.


Weintraub said there was "no outward sign of visible injury," does this look like there were "no outward sign of visible injury?"

This picture was taken on February 24, 2005 about 36 hours after he arrived at Shands in Jacksonville, Fl. His eyes and head are swollen, blood on the bridge of his nose and he had bruises from head to toe, literally. I guess Weintraub is blind. This was the condition he was in when my mom first saw him after he was stablized.

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