Pipeline explosion postscript
In the aftermath of the recent Port Arthur pipeline explosion, the question remains: How safe are we? The Enterprise delved into the issue. Here’s the kicker: About 300 miles of pipelines snake through...
View ArticleAbout that sick feeling: Stockman, Cruz victorious
Runoff time! The only folks that were “runoff” were the voters. Did anyone actually go to the polls? Turnout, as it usually is in Texas, was the pits. Tea Partier Steve Stockman won a close runoff and...
View ArticleCould Keystone cost us jobs?
We’re just not driving around in big enough cars anymore. Go out and grab you a Hummer or an Escalade. We need to keep consuming the oil. Prices are dropping due to excess inventory. And new pipeline...
View ArticleStudy: As we get fatter, our roads get more dangerous
Read the news. It is littered with roadway catastrophe. You’ve gotta admit Southeast Texans get into a ton of car accidents. It seems we’re above average in the “car crash” category. Last year,...
View ArticleSoutheast Texas has a broadband problem
It’s amazing we get the web traffic that we do, considering many of y’all are dialing us up. The FCC has released the latest facts-and-figures concerning broadband access in America and the numbers are...
View Article83.64% of Southeast Texas does this
Like we’ve said before, public transportation in Southeast Texas is as necessary as a sixth finger. No one uses it. And to prove our point, here are some recently unveiled statistics from the U.S....
View ArticleLadies: Southeast Texas is stealing from you
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act may now be law, but women in Texas are still getting hosed. The good ol’ boy network is alive and doing quite well thank you very much. According to a study released...
View ArticleLocal debt: Compared to rest of Texas, we’re not doing so bad
Since Guv’nur Perry and his legislative cronies have turned off the cash spigot, Texas municipalities are drowning in debt. A new report issued today by comptroller Susan Combs tells us we’re all going...
View ArticleSETX media dispatch: Fair and balanced? Not
The Kountze girls whipped out their God banners last night and KBMT-TV was there. Who can be against you? Not the local news media! They’re not even trying to remain fair. KBMT sent producer Vanessa...
View ArticleThe two clown candidates of Congressional District 36
They are couple of real beauties Max and Steve. Does party affiliation really matter here? Two duds, and one of them is about to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. And just think, today...
View ArticleWhat does the passage of the Omnibus Abortion Bill mean to Southeast Texas...
What does the passage of the Omnibus Abortion Bill mean for Southeast Texas women? Simply this. Southeast Texas women seeking a legal abortion will have to go to Houston. The only abortion clinic that...
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