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November 5, 2009
Dallas County: 8.3 Dallas County's rate is also higher than that of major urban counties elsewhere in the state: Travis County (Austin): 7.7 The allocation figures only cover shipments to private health-care providers. They have received the vast majority of vaccine in Texas. Want to check my math or look up another county's allocation? Click on the "Doses by County" link on this Department of State Health Services site. Then look up the county population total on the U.S. Census site. State health officials say they consider several factors when allocating vaccine, including its current scarcity, providers' requests and the need for geographic balance. Do you have a tip about swine flu vaccine allocation? Send me an e-mail and let me know. Or join the conversation by commenting below. If you're on Twitter, follow our blog at DMNInvestigates. You can also check us out on Facebook.  Comments (13) Leave comment
|  E-mail entryThe entry "Hot Links: Why is Dallas County getting so much more swine flu vaccine per capita than neighbors?" is tagged: allocation , Bexar County , Census , Collin County , Dallas County , Denton County , Department of State Health Services , Ellis County , H1N1 , Harris County , Johnson County , Kaufman County , Parker County , Rockwall County , swine flu , Tarrant County , Travis County , vaccine , Wise County September 16, 2009
1. Was he trying to make the Guinness Book of World Records? Michael Meissner (right) worked for 17 small-town police agencies in 18 years, The Dallas Morning News reports today. Now he's jailed, facing child-porn and organized crime charges in Dallas and Tarrant counties. He worked most recently for a town in Central Texas, but it's hard to understand how that was possible. WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reported two years ago that Meissner lost his peace officer's license in 2003, used a phony college degree and had an arrest record.
Do you have a tip about law enforcement? Send me an e-mail and let me know. Or join the conversation by commenting below. If you're on Twitter, follow our blog at DMNInvestigates. You can also check us out on Facebook. Comments (0) Leave comment
| E-mail entryThe entry "Hot Links: Child-porn charge for North Texas cop " is tagged: Byron Harris , Channel 8 , child porn , Dallas municipal court , disbarred , gypsy cop , judge , Michael Meissner , organized crime , peace officer license , probate , State Bar of Texas , stealing , TCLEOSE , Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education , Tiffany Lewis , WFAA August 28, 2009
I learned today that two months ago, Stanton quietly stripped the Rev. Keith Roberson (below right) of his collar for three years for "conduct unbecoming a member Here's a partial translation that I coaxed out of Stanton's top aide, Bishop Suffragan Paul Lambert: The conduct was directed at women at the Terrell church where Roberson worked, Good Shepherd. "It was more harassment than anything," and "it was nothing physical." Roberson declined to comment today. He runs an optical repair business in Fort Worth called J.R. Optical, whose Web site says: "I am an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church and I uphold the values and character traits associated with a life of personal commitment and service to the Lord. I live by the Scripture verse 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' I am honest, open, professional, congenial, and stand by my word." Lambert acknowledged that Roberson previously left another parish -- he wouldn't say which one -- amid controversy. "It was a bad match," he said. "It was not sexual harassment." Years ago, Roberson also worked briefly as a fill-in priest at Good Samaritan, where Warnky was the priest in charge until this week. It hasn't been decided yet how long Warnky will be out of ministry. Comments (20) Leave comment
| E-mail entryThe entry "Another Dallas Episcopal priest suspended" is tagged: Bishop James Stanton , Bishop Suffragan , Dallas , Episcopal Diocese , Good Samaritan Episcopal Church , Good Shepherd Episcopal Church , Keith Roberson , Paul Lambert , suspended , William Warnky April 29, 2009
The main problem is that there's no one right way to measure progress against smog. The official version says Dallas-Fort Worth is making pretty good progress. The American Lung Association, in its 10th annual State of the Air report being released Wednesday, finds things getting worse. As is so often the case, both versions of reality arise from the same raw data. It's just shaken and stirred with different goals in mind. Comments (3) Leave comment
| E-mail entryThe entry "North Texas smog: Making clean-air progress? " is tagged: air , American Lung Association , environment , EPA , health , North Texas , ozone , smog |
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