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In a story straight from the “only in Texas” files, the Texas Animal Health Commission is requesting that it be allowed to pay its inspectors $50 per day if they use their own horse for work.
Hey, you get your travel allowance, they get theirs.
This article appears in February 23 • 2007.
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