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KNOW YOUR PROPERTY'S DEFENSIBLE SPACE ZONE 1 0 to 5 feet • Make sure plants are healthy and green and low to the ground. • Make sure that your litter is cleaned up and your gutters are clean. ZONE 2 5 to 30 feet • Keep grass watered and short. • Keep trees separated and pruned up to six feet. ZONE 3 30 to 100 feet • Make sure there's no standing dead plant or tree material.
Out of deep respect for this institution and its members, and after careful consideration and private consultation with colleagues, I have made the difficult decision to withdraw from the race for Speaker of the Texas House.
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Ken Paxton, left, speaks with his attorney Tony Buzbee, right, in the Texas Senate chambers at the Texas Capitol in Austin, TexasKen Paxton, left, speaks with his attorney Tony Buzbee, right, in the Texas Senate chambers at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas