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Camp Mystic will not reopen this summer

Posted on May 1, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

Probably for the best. Camp Mystic on Thursday said it has withdrawn its application for an operating license, a decision that means it will not reopen to campers this summer. The decision follows a grueling hearing earlier this week when Texas lawmakers … Continue reading →

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Thankfully, a lot of those recent forced birth lawsuits are crappy

Posted on April 26, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

They have a key thing in common, beyond the misogynist zealot lawyer who runs them. Jerry Rodriguez appeared to be a deeply aggrieved man—the victim of a scheme orchestrated by his girlfriend’s domineering ex-partner to “murder” not one, but two, of … Continue reading →

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Camp Mystic again ordered to not touch flood-damaged cabins

Posted on April 18, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

This is always so hard to read about. A state district judge has ordered Camp Mystic, a Christian girls’ camp where 27 people died during last summer’s deadly flood in the Texas Hill Country, not to alter, demolish, repair or … Continue reading →

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DPS and Rangers investigating Camp Mystic

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

Okay. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Tuesday that the Texas Rangers have launched a criminal investigation into Camp Mystic, where 25 campers and two counselors were killed during a catastrophic flash flood on July 4. And the Texas Department of … Continue reading →

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Camp Mystic ordered to not touch flood-damaged cabins

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

Basically, an order to preserve evidence while litigation proceeds. Camp Mystic cannot alter its property by the Guadalupe River where 27 girls and the camp’s executive director died last summer, so that evidence can be preserved while a lawsuit proceeds, … Continue reading →

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Fifth lawsuit filed against Camp Mystic

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

This one goes a little farther. The family of an 8-year-old girl who remains missing after being swept away by Hill Country flooding that struck Camp Mystic last summer is suing its owners and demanding a judge prevent its reopening. … Continue reading →

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Camp Mystic wants the lawsuits against it moved to Kerr County

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Interesting. Attorneys for Camp Mystic, the Texas Hill Country retreat where 25 children and two counselors were killed in a flash flood on July 4, are trying to move four lawsuits against the camp from Travis County to Kerr County, … Continue reading →

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There are four lawsuits against Camp Mystic

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

Updating the count. The Houston family of 9-year-old Ellen Getten, who died when floodwaters overwhelmed Camp Mystic on July 4, is suing the private Christian girls’ summer camp, saying it and its operators are guilty of “gross negligence.” Their lawsuit, filed … Continue reading →

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Two lawsuits filed against Camp Mystic

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

This is going to be rough. The families of six campers and two counselors who died in the July floods at Camp Mystic in Hunt, west of Kerrville, filed two separate lawsuits suing the the camp and members of the … Continue reading →

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The latest abortion news

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Charles Kuffner

We’ll start here. The Texas Senate passed new bounty hunter-style abortion legislation Wednesday night to quash mailed abortion pills, targeting a method that has slipped through the cracks of abortion bans and contributed to the slight rise in the total number of … Continue reading →

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Get ready for the Uvalde gun lawsuits

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

We’ll see if they can get anywhere. A teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde has filed paperwork indicating she intends to sue the gun manufacturer who made the assault-style rifle the gunman used to massacre 19 children and two teachers. Don Flanary, a lawyer … Continue reading →

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That Gallup poll of partisan preferences

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I’m sure by now you’ve seen that Gallup poll, which measured party affiliation in all 50 states and showed Democrats to have a slight edge, by a 43-41 margin, over Republicans in Texas. For a discussion of the methodology, you … Continue reading →

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