Friday, July 07, 2006

"Who's keeping the score?"

Texas Attorney General candidate David Van Os was greeted by almost two dozen Democratic Party faithful upon his arrival at the Washington County Courthouse's north entrance steps about 4:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Noting he might have to double-check his county count ("This is No. 4 today!"), Van Os calculated this Brenham stop likely makes Washington County No. 80 in his determination to take his quest to unseat AG Gregg Abbott, a Republican, to all 254 Texas counties by election day.

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Van Os says he strongly believes that -- effectively with the assistance from Republican politicians now in office -- many oil companies, insurance companies and banks/financial institutions have become "robber-barons" whose thievery it is the sworn duty of the Texas attorney general to stop.

For instance, Van Os said during a 15-minute talk, "Average people are told they don't qualify for a car loan (or other purchase) because of their credit score" yet aren't clued in as to "who's keeping score."

Van Os emphasized, "Competition is virtually non-existent among the oil companies" -- making it virtually impossible for low-income people to afford to drive even 10 miles round-trip to work.

posted by PDiddie at 2:15 AM

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