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	<title>Houston: Challenges and Solutions</title>
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	<description>Vote Amy Price for Houston City Council At Large Position 4</description>
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		<title>Bad Training for Houston&#8217;s Election Judges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Problem: unclear training manuals for election judges Solution: know your rights as a voter It seems that Houston&#8217;s election judges are using a manual that describes next year&#8217;s election laws. Those&#8217;d be the same laws, requiring picture ID to vote, &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=203">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Bill O&#8217;Reilly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. O&#8217;Reilly, In the Oct. 17 edition of &#8220;Talking Points&#8221;, shoehorned between other incorrect assertions, was your claim that most of the people who make up Occupy Wall Street and the other local Occupy groups &#8220;don&#8217;t like their country&#8221;. You &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=198">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Houston at Energy Day, Oct. 15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Challenge: folks who aren&#8217;t on board with your message Solution: be civil, be passionate, be accurate On the Occupy Houston website, somebody from outside the movement posted the following question: Houston&#8217;s Energy Day is a family-oriented festival. Why target it? &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=195">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conflicts of Interest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Problem: the hijacking of government Solution: vigilance The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality solicited an article from a Rice University professor of oceanography for its publication The State of the Bay and refused to print it without censoring out all &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=191">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Voting By Mail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Challenge: low voter turnout Solution: the United States Postal Service A few days ago, talking to folks before the main event at the Spring Branch Democrats&#8217; Candidates&#8217; Forum, I was lamenting the low voter turnout in Houston&#8217;s local elections: In &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=175">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unjust Sprinklers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Problem: the need to encourage civic-minded behavior Solution: lead from the front While block walking, I and our volunteers are happy when we encounter a house with a brown lawn, because it usually means that the occupants care enough about &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=183">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Occupy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Problem: inequality Solution: agitate Here&#8217;s the text of a letter I sent to the Houston Chronicle: Hundreds of Houstonians—at the J.P. Morgan Chase Building, at City Hall, marching to Hermann Square Park—are creating the “Occupy Houston” movement.  Like the many &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=180">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pot Brownies and HPD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Challenge: illegal guns, human slavery, unsafe neighborhoods Solution: use HPD sensibly According to a recent Houston Chronicle article, Nicholas Hill, 19, and two others, were arrested at a Atascocita apartment late May for drug possession after someone reported smelling marijuana. &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=168">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Casting a Net Ethically</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Challenge: leaders who won&#8217;t lead Solution: unelect them Many candidates for City Council this year talk about the &#8220;need&#8221; to deregulate business. On his website, the incumbent in my race, for At Large 4, says that The City of Houston &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=162">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tug of War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Challenge: 3000 cold murder cases Solution: timely DNA testing According to a recent Houston Chronicle article, Since 2006, the Houston Police Department&#8217;s cold case unit has solved 57 homicides. Another 3,000 remain unsolved. That&#8217;s a LOT of unsolved homicides. A lot &#8230; <a href="http://amyprice.info/wordpress/?p=155">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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