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white cloud

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1. Legislature Looks West

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Thu May 2, 2013, 08:38 PM

May 2013

Legislature Looks West

The House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety held the first official inquiry into the April 17 explosion and fire at a fertilizer plant in West. On May 1, the committee received testimony from multiple state agencies, including the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Gov. Rick Perry has already taken a publicity tour, arguing that Texas' pro-business (i.e. lax to nonexistent) regulatory system was not to blame for letting the West Fertilizer Co. stockpile 270 tons of combustible ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2013-05-03/lege-lines/

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Legislature Looks West white cloud May 2013 #1

It's Texas. I am assuming the RW controlled legislature is champing at the bit to completely kestrel91316 May 2013 #2