Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir has been named the 2009 Public Official of the Year by the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (NACRC). DeBeauvoir received the award at the organization’s Installation and Awards Banquet during the annual conference in Nashville this past weekend. The award is the highest that NACRC presents to any member. Congrats Dana!
A must read story on Texas Monthly by Patricia Kilday Hart. Also, related is this piece from the New York Times.
"A unique confluence of medicine, money, and politics is driving health care costs in the Rio Grande Valley. At the center of it all is a Democrat from Palmview, who is already under indictment for unreported income."
For as much of a failure the bast 48 hours has been for Kay Bailey Hutchison's media cycle, the campaign video for her on this site is actually really good.
