What will Texas gain by privatizing the Texas State Railroad?
ROBERT N. CROSSMAN, JR. Jacksonville
      We have been told by former state Sen. Todd Staples, Rep. Byron Cook and the staffs of the Lt. Governor and the Speaker that the "Preservation Task Force" established by Sen. Staples was in response to citizens' requests in Anderson and Cherokee Counties.
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What is one more mistake among friends?
CHARLIE THOMPSON Athens
      President Bush proved himself the master of understatement when he admitted that mistakes had been made in Iraq. Actually, that entire operation has been one mistake after another, starting with the "mistaken" allegation that weapons of mass destruction existed there.
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County attorney holds 4 county docket calls each month; files 1,417 new criminal cases
More than $52,000 collected from hot check writers
BY CRAIG CALDWELL SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR
      It has been a busy and productive year for the Cherokee County Attorney's office. T h e C h e r o k e e County Attorney's office represents the State of Texas, State Agencies and the citizens of Cherokee County in the following types of cases: criminal misdemeanor cases (which includes DWI's, assaults, resisting arrest, etc.
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