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		<title>In Good Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my recent step back from all things animal welfare oriented, a friend of mine received an email from her Dad, which he wanted her to forward to me. She read it to me on the phone, and as soon as she said the first line, I knew where Dad was going with this. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Is With Great Sadness That I End My Fourteen-Year Career With The Shelter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melissa Ball&#8217;s Letter of Resignation click above to open the pdf Obtained via Open Records Request from the City of Bryan. I am keeping the anonymous copies anonymous, to protect my sources. However, according to those copies,the redacted part says &#8220;medical leave,&#8221; just so&#8217;s you know. I will let us all read and cogitate upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Have The Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some folks don&#8217;t think I have the resignation letter. In response to that I offer the cover letter from Gaines West, attorney for Melissa Ball, which was hand delivered to Patricia Merenoff, attorney for The Brazos Animal Shelter, Inc. Unfortunately, I did not give the Paralyzed Ten a deadline for taking care of business. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Subterfuge & Duplicity: Why Judy Leunes Is Bad For Texas State House District 14]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[UPDATE: 1 October 2011 - Published two weeks ago, I thought this would suffice as an appropriate prequel to the new Series "Subterfuge &#38; Duplicity: Why Judy LeUnes Is Bad For Texas State House District 14," so I have modified its categorization.] Hamlet, this is not. However, we are well into Act Three, or whatever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liars And Vipers And Hares</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazos Animal Shelter and Bryan part ways permanently on August 31st Council members, Board Members, City Staff all agree blame lay largely with one person Documentation supports that position Crematorium, along with Finfeather location, belongs to Bryan and will be at least temporary Bryan operation’s location starting September 1st Politicking and personal ambition destroys livelihood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAS &amp; Bryan: All You Need To Know.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Bryan is hiring. They are hiring an Animal Shelter Technician, and an Animal Shelter Manager. There will be no contract between the City and the Brazos Animal Shelter. I may be telling you why soon, though I have known for several weeks. It depends on one person, and one person only. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Matter Of Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several faithful Write&#124;Ins have emailed me these last few months, inquiring about various topics and my current slate of work &#8211; and what&#8217;s the next big project. It seems some folks miss my regular posts that were going on during the height of the Brazos Animal Shelter (BAS) fiasco with the City of Bryan, coordinated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Time Coming Out Party</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanwrites.com/2011/07/a-good-time-coming-out-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I went to Good Time Charley’s in Downtown Bryan for a meeting of the local Democratic Party. Shocked? I know, I know…but bear with me… See, I’m friends with Judy Leunes, who is the President of the Brazos Animal Shelter. She was giving a presentation about the Shelter, and then was going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Laws of Liberty – A Book You Should Read NOW</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanwrites.com/2011/06/the-five-laws-of-liberty-%e2%80%93-a-book-you-should-read-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamericanwrites.com/2011/06/the-five-laws-of-liberty-%e2%80%93-a-book-you-should-read-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AmericanWriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early this year I received a Tweet from Scott Hyland, Bible Department Head at Liberty Christian Academy in Lynchburg, Virginia. Before this contact, I did not know Scott. But I knew Liberty Christian Academy was a prep school founded by Dr Jerry Falwell almost half a century ago as part of his dream for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty Minutes With Phil Shackelford</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanwrites.com/2011/03/twenty-minutes-with-phil-shackelford/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AmericanWriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress Watch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who? Phil Shackelford served as former Congressman Chet Edwards’ Field Representative in the Bryan, Texas office of Mr. Edwards. When Chet lost the election last November, his staff was given a sixty-day notice by the citizens of Texas District 17. When we fire our Congressional Representatives, we fire their staff, as well. It’s easy to [...]]]></description>
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