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Texas Tribune Covers Vista Ridge Pipeline Mess
Finally, the gods of Texas media are back on this never-ending story of the state of Texas’ failure to properly manage groundwater. Of...
LIV
Aug 5, 20211 min read
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The Disappointing 85th Texas Legislature
Michele Gangnes, a longtime fighter to protect our water and land Submitted by LIV Board Members, Calvin Tillman and Michele Gangnes As...
LIV
Jul 13, 20175 min read
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Pass the Greatest Bill Since Sliced Bread!
THIS FRIDAY! The greatest bill since sliced bread for the 42% plurality of Texans who are TOMORROW! Cronyism run amok on toll roads (HB...
LIV
May 3, 20172 min read
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Gridzilla hits the Texas House Thursday
Gridzilla (House Bill 3298/Senate Bill 1907), HB 3298/SB 1907 is a $2 million study for the development of a market and conveyance...
LIV
May 4, 20151 min read
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Release: No on the Water Gridzilla
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** 6:00 am, April 27, 2015 CONTACT: Linda Curtis, (512) 657-2089, ljcurtis@indytexans.org HEAD: California...
LIV
Apr 27, 20152 min read
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The water story yet to be told
There is a story yet to be told in this legislative session about the “water front”. The The only thing standing in the way of a state...
LIV
Mar 31, 20152 min read
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Tillman Speaks Out for Local Control — how ’bout you?
Calvin Tillman is a leader in his own right, but also sits on the board of the League of Independent Voters of Texas. The following was...
LIV
Nov 10, 20146 min read
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Vista Ridge Water and Money Grab! Join tomorrow’s conference call
Bill Bunch of Save Our Springs Alliance speaks with Lee County landowners, Gary and Dorothey Gerdes at his side Join our 9 am conference...
LIV
Oct 10, 20141 min read
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Bus to San Antonio rescheduled for Wednesday, October 8!
Sorry for all the confusion about the trip to San Antonio. We are NOT going today, we’re going next Wednesday as we now have a full...
LIV
Oct 2, 20142 min read
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Well Meaning People Can Still Poison Your Well
By Linda Curtis, Director On September 11th, I attended a forum in Hays County put on by the Citizens Alliance for Responsible...
LIV
Sep 18, 20142 min read
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Hogs Gone Wild. Simpson takes the indy cake. Events!
Thanks for signing our local control petition — if you’ve done it. Spread it for us, won’t you? We still have “Stop the Water Grab” yard...
LIV
Jul 24, 20143 min read
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Conference Call, Urgent Updates & Tell Tex
We apologize for not getting this out to you sooner, but we have a good excuse. We’ve been We’ll be reporting about it on this Saturday’s...
LIV
Jun 26, 20142 min read
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Release: “Why is the Railroad Commission Hiding From the Public?” asks Calvin Tillman
For Immediate Release June 19, 2014 Tillman said, “For years,...
LIV
Jun 19, 20143 min read
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Success! Now help us spread it!
We’re starting to hit pay dirt! Read this and, if you haven’t yet, please join the League, get a yard sign and get active y’all! Starting...
LIV
Jun 13, 20141 min read
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Breaking! Holland Case Has an OPEN Hearing tomorrow – come to Beaumont!
Breaking News! Landowner, David Holland’s history making case (aka “Denbury Green”) is having an OPEN hearing tomorrow at 1:30 pm in...
LIV
Feb 6, 20142 min read
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Ask Attorney General Greg Abbott to Step In for East Texans’ land and water!!
Remember this CBS national news story on November 12th about Keystone XL’s faulty construction? We just learned that the Pipeline and...
LIV
Jan 15, 20141 min read
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Release: Attorney General Urged to Use “Broad Powers” to Protect Public Safety and end E
Attorney General Gregg Abbott Urged to Use of “Broad Powers” to Protect Public Safety and end Eminent Domain Abuse Texans, especially...
LIV
Jan 15, 20143 min read
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Hearings Report! Don’t be sad, get mad…after the holidays. But reply now!
Thanks to the many hundreds of people who came out to 9 East Texas hearings in Roans Prairie, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Cleveland, Big Sandy,...
LIV
Dec 19, 20132 min read
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Call Your Congressional Reps Now!
We just held three citizen hearings in East Texas — in Cleveland, Big Sandy and Fairfield — on private property rights, public safety and...
LIV
Nov 25, 20131 min read
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East Texas Citizen Hearings!
A national CBS News report last Tuesday exposed the faulty construction problems identified months ago by East Texas landowners with the...
LIV
Nov 17, 20132 min read
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