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In my recent article “Take the Money and Run,” I chronicled how would-be bank robbers were foiled by their failure to adhere to some pretty basic principles of their chosen career: show up when the bank is actually open, write a legible stickup note, wear a disguise that actually works, and so forth.
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Let local candidates know ‘will of the voters’
There was a lot of talk about the “will of the voters” during a recent debate involving the four candidates for county judge of Rockwall County.
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Your tax dollars at work
Early voting begins across Texas on February 16, 2010. While I always think it’s a good idea for voters to be well-informed and wary of who they put in office, sometimes incidents come along that serve as reminders of what can happen when you put too much faith in how the government runs things.
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Take the Money and Run
I like to think of myself as a law-abiding citizen, the type of person who would never do something like hold up a bank. Yet like so many of us who enjoy watching sports and playing Monday morning quarterback, I can’t help reading about failed robberies or watching “true crime” reality shows on television and thinking, “What a moron – I could do better than that.”
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The 411 on 911 ‘emergencies’ (Part 2 of 2)
In the previous installment of this series, we examined the unusual “emergencies” for which people have justified calling 911. Unfortunately, it doesn’t stop there, so we continue with our list of helpful hints on how not to use the emergency number.
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The 411 on 911 emergencies
Reasonable minds can differ on virtually anything. What one person considers trash can be another’s treasure, and what one individual feels is an emergency might not command the same level of urgency from others.
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Break some New Year’s resolutions? Try again — tomorrow
So, you made one or several New Year’s resolutions and you’ve broken all of them already.
Does that sound like you?
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‘Still litigating in the Twilight Zone’
I’ve never been the biggest fan of legal shows on television. Cases that might take years to reach a real courtroom are resolved in less than an hour (minus commercial breaks), witnesses can always be counted on to blurt out devastating admissions from the stand, the “smoking gun” piece of evidence never fails to turn up at a dramatic moment, and of course the lawyers are usually far better-looking than they are in real life.
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When debt collecting goes to the extreme
In last week’s column, I related the experience of a young Illinois woman who found herself on the receiving end of a debt collection notice — sent via her social networking page!
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Judges who missed their calling
Like most trial lawyers, I spend a fair amount of time appearing in front of and interacting with judges.
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