Buzbee

Mr. Buzbee ran unsuccessfully for Texas state representative as a Democrat in 2002, and has donated heavily to Democratic candidates, including $12,400 last year to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D., Nev.

Campaign to Pony Up for Flight Costs Mark Maremont 2011

Third quarter disclosures show Mr. Perry flew on jets owned by Alex Cranberg, a Denver oilman whom Mr. Perry appointed to the governing board of the University of Texas earlier this year; and by Tony Buzbee, a Houston trial lawyer known for suing oil companies.

Campaign to Pony Up for Flight Costs Mark Maremont 2011

Mr. Buzbee said he was a Perry supporter, adding: "I think he'd be the best president."

Campaign to Pony Up for Flight Costs Mark Maremont 2011

"I can just tell you that the Halliburton hands were scratching their heads," said Buzbee, whose clients include one of the Halliburton crew members responsible for cementing the well to prepare for moving the drilling rig to another site.

Gulf Oil Spill May Be Far Larger Than Current Estimates 2010

Buzbee said one of his clients told him the "Transocean and BP company people got their heads together," and 40 minutes later gave the green light.

Gulf Oil Spill May Be Far Larger Than Current Estimates 2010

Buzbee said that when Halliburton showed BP PLC and Transocean officials the results of the pressure tests that suggested gas was leaking, the rig workers were put on "standby."

Gulf Oil Spill May Be Far Larger Than Current Estimates 2010

Ray promoted Fires at Printers Inc. bookstore in Palo Alto, where his fan Lewis Buzbee sold books.

Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009

Undaunted, Carver submitted “Beginners” to Antaeus it was rejected and then to TriQuarterly, which took it for its winter issue.7 To Lewis Buzbee, who was interviewing Ray by mail, Ray wrote “I think the new stories, some of them, are different yet.”

Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009

Buzbee replied, I work in a bookstore for five dollars an hour.

Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009

To cite just one example, the Paris Review declined the interview Carver had completed with Buzbee, and Ray urged Buzbee to submit it to the New England Quarterly.

Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009