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PAGE 2A • POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, JUNE 29,2006
AG candidate targets big oil
LIVINGSTON - “My message
to big oil is you better spend every
penny you can possiUy come up
with to fight me beetftse I’m com-
ing after you,” David Van Os, De--
mocratic candidate for state attor-
ney general, told local citizens on
the steps of the Polk County Court-
house during a recent campaign
stop.
“Insurance monopolies might as
well do the same because my mes-
sage to them is the same as to the
oil robber barons,” he said.
“Influence-peddlers and robber
barons are running our government,
not the people,” Van Os said.
“Government is supposed to
serve the benefit of the people and
this year, 2006, the people of Texas
are going to take the lead and show
the rest of the country how to throw
out the power-grabbers,” Van Os
said. “This country belongs to the
people and the people are going to
take it back. {
‘‘Nobody is minding the store.
Nobody is looking out for the peo-
ple,” he said,
^‘Working people can't afford to
go to work because they can’t af-
ford to buy gas. Then there’s all the
un-repaired damage from Hurri-
cane Rita because people can’t af-
ford the high prices of homeown-
ers’ insurance," Van Os said.
He talked about corporations that
have been enthroned in high places,
specifically referring to Enron. Ad-
dressing the recent Enron trial, he
stated that those people were given
a privilege nobody else will ever
enjoy, in that they weren’t required
to raise their hand and pledge to tell
the truth.
“The oil industry CEOs, they
were treated with greater impor-
tance than the government itself,”
Van Os said, calling them corporate
robber-barons.
Referring to the incumbent state
attorney general as “silk stocking,"
Van Os said the incumbent’s cam-
paign contributions are “protection
money to get him to look the other
way."
A lifelong Texan, Van Os was
bom in Kilgore in 1950. He is a
graduate of the University of Texas
at Austin and the University of
Texas Law School.
He is married to Rachel Barrios-
Van Os and they have four chil-
dren.
He owns and manages a San An-
tonio law firm and has practiced for
29 years as a labor lawyer on be-
half of the working people.
Candidate tired of GOP agenda
DAVID VAN OS
..Democratic candidate for
state attorney general
LIVINGSTON - “The Republi-
cans don’t give a tinker’s damn
about the people in the rural areas
because that’s not where the money
is* flank Gilbert, Democratic can-
didate for state agriculture commis-
sioner, told local citizens on the
steps of the Polk County Court-
house during a recent campaign
LHS graduate selected
Tomball Teacher of the Year
| LIVINGSTON - Lee Wright, a
1992 graduate of Livingston High
fcchool, was recently selected Sec-
ondary Teacher of the Year in the
[Tomball Independent School Dis-
trict.
• Wright teaches social studies at
Tomball High School and is the
Jhead coach for the Cougar swim
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Md.
| The 1997-98 school year marked
:*»• ‘--ginning of Wright’s teaching
carter,.where he has'taught world
•geography, “ttorld history, U S.
{history, AP American history and
Itheater arts, as well as serving as
'team leader and TAKS trainer of
trainers and test coordinator for his,
; department.
i Wright said he feels that his
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LEE WRIGHT
.selected secondary teacher of
the year at Tomball ISD
greatest contributions and rewards
in teaching have not been through
lessons in the classroom, but in the
relationships that have been formed
between him and his students.
He said his basic beliefs are that
every child wants to learn and be
challenged, needs to be treated with
respect so they will want to learn,
needs to be acknowledged daily,
and that if given the opportunity to
rise to the occasion, most students
will do so. •
“The true rewards come daily
from students who let us know that
we have made a difference in their
lives,” Wright said.
Wright said he believes that
teaching is a noble profession and
that the many educators that devote
countless hours above and beyond
the minimum requirements are
making a difference.
“This noble profession will con-
tinue to inspire and promote leaders
of our nation and of our world and
teachers have distinguished oppor-
tunity to truly shape it,” he said.
Wright will be recognized in the
district and at.....a. regional awards
dinner and ceremony.
“We are fortunate to have Lee
Wright on our Tomball ISD teach-
ing staff,” Tomball ISD Superin-
tendent John Neubauer said. “He is
an excellent and dedicated educator
who has high academic expecta-
tions of his students while provid-
ing a caring and nurturing learning
environment
A 1996 graduate of Texas A&M
University, Wright is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Wright of Livingston.
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“We’ve got a constitution that
says this country is of the people,
by the people, for the people. We
want people who will look out for
us, take care of us and work for the
people of the State of Texas,” Gil-
bert said.
The rancher, former high school
ag teacher and small business
owner from Whitehouse said he
decided to enter the race when he
saw who the Republicans were
going to run.
“He (Todd Staples) doesn’t know
one end of a cow from another,”
Gilbert said. “He’s the handpicked
boy, the poster child for the Repub-
lican Party. They’re dressing him
up like Rick Perry and trying to
make him as dumb too.
“He’s looking to the governor’s
mansion. This is a stepping stone
and we intend to pull it out from
under him,” Gilbert said.
“It’s time to tell the Republicans,
‘We’re tired of your crap. Get the
hell out of Texas,”’ Gilbert said,
adding, “Not only are they not ap-
preciated, they’re no longer wel-
come in the statehouse."
Stating that agriculture is the
second biggest industry in Texas,
Gilbert said his is a “true grassroots
campaign.”
Gilbert is a graduate of Texas
A&M University. He and his wife,
Karla, have two sons.
HANK GILBERT
...Democratic candidate for
state ag commissioner
Thank ymi for att-thekindness extended to
Jay & our family during his illness & death.
Folks like you & Jay make our world a better
place. You lifted our spirits in our time of
sorrow, making a difference in our lives.
Thank you again.
May God Bless You & Yours,
The Family of Jay M. Locke
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Locals receives A&M degree
COLLEGE STATION - The fol-
lowing students from Livingston
were awarded degrees from Texas
A&M University during spring
commencement ceremonies:
Adrian Kayle Gregory, bachelor
of science, recreation, park and
tourism sciences; Ashleigb Mcrline
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of science, biomedical science;
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 2006, newspaper, June 29, 2006; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788825/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.