Austin American-Statesman

What new bubbles will burst?

Herman

- — CLAUDIA GRISALES, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Continued from B kherman@statesman.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving and others to urge drivers to take safety precaution­s on area roadways.

Throughout December, law enforcemen­t officers in Travis County will hand out red fliers during traffic stops featuring Austin teens Mayra Vega and Emmanuel Hernandez, who were killed in a 2006 drunken driving crash on their way home from a school event.

Austin police say they will continue enforcemen­t of their “Home for the Holidays” initiative, which designates every nonpatrol officer to participat­e in at least one eight-hour patrol shift focusing on traffic violation enforcemen­ts. The effort runs through New Year’s Day.

Police also will enforce their “no-refusal” initiative on the last weekend of the year, allowing officers to obtain blood search warrants on drunken driving suspects who refuse to give a breath or blood sample.

DPS officials say they will also boost patrols from Dec. 21 to Jan. 1 through overtime shifts and increased staffing on the actual holidays, said trooper Robbie Barrera. less) time after time. It is a work of art!!”

(FYI, though a CHL holder, I am largely gun ignorant and have no idea what he’s talking about.)

Miller also recalled that Perry, in a 2010 campaign video, called going to a shooting range “my form of golf.”

“I’m still trying to get a hole in one — five rounds in the same hole — but I haven’t quite got there yet,” Perry said on the video. “I think a 5.56 is my best. For me, it’s really relaxing.”

Perry’s enjoyment of firearms is sincere. I have no problem with lawabiding citizens owning and using firearms. Some people don’t understand other people’s fascinatio­n with guns. I don’t understand other people’s fascinatio­n with golf.

What’s next? Am I going to find out the Longhorns are not the finest college football team in the land?

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