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(Community Matters) I haven’t seen David Mixner in years. I believe he was Bill Clinton’s Oxford roommate and certainly was the most visible, out gay man in Bill Clinton’s first campaign – a close friend to Bill & Hillary. I met him through Tom & Michael. Recently he was in the Obama headquarters and blogged about what he saw, about how this campaign is very different. here

(Community Matters) My dearest friend Michael Mitchell who’s currently battling cancer had a dream last nights about rioting in the streets because healthcare is available only to the rich, or through gangs who demand loyalty, a la Hamas. here Just a dream, or prophetic?

(Community Matters) AAS: AUSTIN — A federal appeals court turned down Attorney General Greg Abbott’s attempt to reinstate a ban on the sale and marketing of sex toys Friday, upholding its previous ruling that the prohibition violated Texans’ right to privacy. here

(Community Matters) You gotta be kidding me

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Smithville is quaint. Unleaded plus $3.88/gal at Bastrop HEB ($3.99/gal yesterday at Valero on Guadalupe). Posted from my blackberry

(Community Matters) Just when I was beginning to ease up on Wal-Mart given their progress offering more & better health insurance to employees and their customer discounted prescription drug programs, they go and start scaring their 180,000+ plus employees, manipulating them in the presidential election here. Gloves off – this company out of control and perhaps Theodore Roosevelt time again.

(Community Matters) Thornton cites Lawrence Lindsey’s excellent summary of the housing reform legislation (it ain’t pretty) at Insomniactive.

(Community Matters) Lots of fun in Houston tonight. Our hosts, Becca & John Thrash, and their home exquisite. Becca often cited as the new Lynn Wyatt; I’d object to the comparison and say she’s her own fabulous self with south Texas authenticity & hospitality, just at ease among NYC blue book & European royalty chums. Earlier with Kirk Rudy popped into his mom’s 21st floor home overlooking Houston’s museum district & downtown, an eclectic gallery of fine contemporary art itself. (photo: Kirk Rudy, Becca Thrash and Ambassador Stan McLelland)

(Community Matters) Heard on the street today that Mike Levy has engaged consultants for a possible mayoral race. chances: zero

(Community Matters) Exxon Mobil and Shell reporting record profits, $11.7B and $11.6B, respectively. Makes no sense to look at raw numbers. Exxon’s quarterly net profit margin at 8.5%, 11-ish before depletion and depreciation. Their 38%+ return on equity quite a doozie.

(Community Matters) Nate shows a graph of media spending by each campaign over the last seven weeks by geography.


And, we’re loving the latest numbers.

(Community Matters) Marion & I met over breakfast with Ronda Rutledge and Joy Casnovsky, Exec. Director & Program Director, respectively from the Sustainable Food Center. If you don’t know the group, they run the community gardens, the downtown & Triangle farmer’s markets and the Concina Alegre (happy kitchen) food & nutrition training programs.

SFC went through a few really tough years. The board hired Ronda nearly two years ago. We met when Jen Vickers asked me to meet her over coffee. The organization’s farmers markets are thriving – as are two exciting, new programs: the Farm to School as well as Farm Direct projects, the latter whereby consumers subscribe for deliveries from organic farmers.

Marion and I were talking with them about launching food & nutritional cooking classes for women with breast cancer. Like all cancer survivors, studies support the contributions of special diets for breast cancer patients while in treatment as well as while in recovery.