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ACLU Reception at Travis Heights home
President George W. Bush was a gift to the ACLU …
David Glassco and Dotty Griffith
What with the Patriot Act, Guantanamo, etc., the civil liberties organization doubled its national membership …
Susan Herman and Terri Burke
Now, according to chat at an ACLU reception in Travis Heights, the leadership must wrestle with a president with whom they sometimes disagree, but who listens to their arguments …
Lisa Graybill and Barbara Forrest
Also, the economy has buffeted the group’s fortunes, though they’ve laid off just 10 percent of their national staff, not 20 or 30 percent, like some nonprofits …
Lee Henderson and Rebecca Bernhardt
And the Texas staff, once a single paid representative, is still at 17, headed by Terri Burke, former managing director for the American-Statesman …
Amanda Tyler, David Chang
The mood was generally upbeat at Web designer David Glassco’s multi-level, minutely landscaped house high up on Travis Heights Boulevard, as the reception helped launch a weekend conference.
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