tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292435452024-03-07T03:08:56.529-06:00"IN THE KNOW"It would be difficult to overestimate the effects Walter Winchell continues to have on American politics and popular culture. It has become a commonplace to say that America has a "culture of celebrity." Anyone contemplating a career in either entertainment or politics must assume that their every secret will be revealed and will likely be portrayed in the worst possible lightJaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-48711103740125333352012-02-06T15:49:00.000-06:002012-02-06T15:49:39.434-06:00corpus christi billboards: Corpus Christi Caller Times<a href="http://corpuschristibillboards.blogspot.com/2012/02/corpus-christi-caller-times.html">corpus christi billboards: Eli was awesome but Manningham was spectacular, Super Mario IMHO should be Super Bowl MVP.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14302938894998279354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-39929283936881178442011-12-28T02:27:00.002-06:002011-12-28T02:50:02.469-06:00http://kickintheads.blogspot.com/<a href="http://corpuschristicallertimes.blogspot.com"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/1600/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/320/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
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If only caller.com cared about their readers comments then themselves then they would actually be " In the Know" maybe they just need a kick in the Head?dannoynted1http://www.blogger.com/profile/14945400306838778051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-48494711700205138942011-01-31T14:48:00.000-06:002011-01-31T14:50:40.571-06:00Why did Nueces County Sheriff Jim Kaelin say the videotape footage is destroyed?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/1600/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/320/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivplKr4pcczdvnpoZKqYZYXR-AvFuxUPAeKemRoBXfj8Spx_xeHbcgtU-GwiMBRNYL-A0xdW_352AyMoi9Fh7aIIPNuQ-Ip-cm9zweLdkGhwO5R2UTBPt72OH8La-U2pLlzeHm/s1600/shelly+amaya.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivplKr4pcczdvnpoZKqYZYXR-AvFuxUPAeKemRoBXfj8Spx_xeHbcgtU-GwiMBRNYL-A0xdW_352AyMoi9Fh7aIIPNuQ-Ip-cm9zweLdkGhwO5R2UTBPt72OH8La-U2pLlzeHm/s400/shelly+amaya.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564241182315265442" border="0" /></a><br />YOU"RE FIRED! I understand you are now Twice as Nice? How bout a DOUBLE DOSE of Karma? Then, it can be twice as nice for your pleasure. How many times did Shelly Amaya and Jennifer Shearer "go at it" while at work or did she keep that strap on thing in her pants?How bout a sex offender sign in your front yard and in front of your establishment? Some say Karma is a bitch and a bitch you and your pleasured Nueces County Jailers deserve.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwN9h1UhE30wo5GZU8NIYgAquh_5Qe7CpOqa7qBmMOQs6eBBzVyY9R85H66c8IrC79L2txp5t3nL_A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />Jennifer Shearer is still employed as a Nueces County Deputy Officer. How can that be unless she falsified government records and failed to mention her participation / complicity in the sexual assault. Dont worry her picture is going out next. Pass the word to Shearer and then let her know that Dora et al is not like Nueces County Sheriff Jim Kaelin, Dora et al saves the video tapes. Those cost a lot more than fifty bucks and the Judge along with a "few good men" already have been furnished a copy. She said you that you could last forever with that huge phallic package. Unzip your pants and let us all have a look! After all no man could match you? Dont worry Dora said you "went at it" like the depraved warped man you are. Now lets compete man to man, I challenge You Jennifer Shearer to a PISSING contest and I will even allow you a <span style="font-style: italic;">head</span> start pardon the pun. Can you piss on a fire. Like Nelly says in his song, "It's getting hot in here so take off all your clothes" and lets witness pathetic little you.<br /><br />Jennifer Shearer then begins to follow us. We pull over and let her pass then behind her as she then turns so as to reposition herself behind us. We see a CCPD Car and approach to document the actions of Shelly Amaya's accomplice. Well, somehow the officer accuses us of following when in fact it was the other way around. My question is how can we be following Shearer when in fact Shearer is behind us and as the video demonstrates Shearer was the one stalking us. Me thinks the Female Officer and Jennifer Shearer are pals in an off duty capacity; they sure were buddied up during this event. The end result was the CCPD Officer impounded my car despite having insurance and we were not on a public thoroughfare. This is just the tip of the iceberg!<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx_Vhw0oLTCMF8Y6IWa2eL_v_nBXUTqnUZNNHQ9NqB2vjAcHbsPIbIohUv9qtEsOnWUpfOxNqCOCro' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hey Balderas, how do you like it when "she gets to stick her fingers in you"? Who made that policy was it you punk?? Everyone, now it is your turn to get gang raped, invaded in your own home because you are a UFO? That means you f'n owe. Thats what happens when a crooked judge makes a stroke of the pen because of a unpaid fine that was unpayable because he wanted to confine us for a class c misdemeanor punishable by fine only and NOT BY CONFINEMENT. But then again you already knew that You Cox sucker! So like my fair weather friend Johnny Canales always exclaimed on his show, "ESSO,...... TAKE IT AWAY". "YOU GOT IT"!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMf-J2109DyPV66eHZP3db0be-2a5XwLBROZvtgryMyfMiIXAYG8KhQGlj0yCUOGO91t7Ah9bANpFMp-2vK1VZbK_uM-YjArwaGWjIuE3n-D9JCBEDS59PxiidqzVvGPUOqm-W/s1600/shelly+amaya+and+dude.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMf-J2109DyPV66eHZP3db0be-2a5XwLBROZvtgryMyfMiIXAYG8KhQGlj0yCUOGO91t7Ah9bANpFMp-2vK1VZbK_uM-YjArwaGWjIuE3n-D9JCBEDS59PxiidqzVvGPUOqm-W/s400/shelly+amaya+and+dude.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564234847229408066" border="0" /></a><br />And what happens when a Nueces County Jailer violates an inmate while other jailers watch as if it were entertainment?<br /><br />When a request for the videotape footage in writing; what answer did Jim Kaelin tender?<br /><br />In the light most favorable to the innocence of the accused Jailers it seems video footage would solve the allegations?<br /><br />That is of course assuming that these Nueces County Deputy Correction Officers did not violate any civil rights or any laws?<br /><br />A Sexual Assault was committed by Shelly Amaya along with a still employed and sexually aroused (by the way) Officer Jennifer Shearer encouraging the act. Oh yeah and a bunch of male Nueces County Deputy Correction Officers watching Amaya as she tore the clothes off, slammed the inmate on the floor and proceeded to mount the inmate and insert her fingers into the inmates' vagina. Finally one officer removed the Jailer as she was bold enough to admit "she said, "that's right I did say I was going to get to stick my fingers in you" and Colonel Jessup would be proud of the spirit she said it in! You know how he was proud of admitting as if he were bragging?<br /><br /><i>Jessup: "What's going on? I did my job, I'd do it again!<br />[stands up defiantly]<br /><br />Kaffie: we have to get Jessup to tell the court members that he ordered the code red.<br /><br />I think he wants to say it. I think he's pissed off that he has to hide behind all this. I think he wants to say that he made a command decision and that should be then end of it.<br />[Starts imitating Jessup]<br />Kaffee: He eats breakfast 300 yards away from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill him. And nobody's going to tell him how to run his unit least of all the Harvard mouth in his faggoty white uniform. I need to shake him, put him on the defensive and lead him right where he's dying to go.<b>There is nothing on this earth sexier, believe me, gentlemen, than a woman you have to salute in the morning. Promote 'em all, I say, 'cause this is true: if you haven't gotten a blowjob from a superior officer, well, you're just letting the best in life pass you by.</b><br /><br />Kaffee: *Colonel Jessep, did you order the Code Red?*<br />Judge Randolph: You *don't* have to answer that question!<br />Col. Jessep: I'll answer the question!<br />[to Kaffee]<br />Col. Jessep: You want answers?<br />Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.<br />Col. Jessep: *You want answers?*<br /><b>Kaffee: *I want the truth!*<br />Col. Jessep: *You can't handle the truth!*</b><br />[pauses]<br />Col. Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.<br />Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?<br />Col. Jessep: I did the job I...<br />Kaffee: *Did you order the Code Red?*<br />Col. Jessep: *You're Goddamn right I did!* </i><br /><br /><br /><br />As the inmate repeatedly dared Shelly Amaya to admit that she had already said she was going to stick her fingers in the inmate.<br /><br />She said it and the male member of the Nueces County Jailer Audience pulled Shelly Amaya from on top of the naked inmate.<br /><br />Why do they answer and say the videotape footage is destroyed?<br /><br />Surely they would use it to vindicate themselves?<br /><br />Heck,..... wouldnt that put and end to these allegations?<br /><br />Jay Worthington conducting an internal affairs investigation? Yep, he is definitely worthless and Mike Lowrance well lets just say since it is not his wife who endured the sexual acts and it is Nueces County Sheriff Jim Kaelin who is his "dom" and it is Nueces County Sheriff's department from who he receives his authority and paycheck; who knows karma is life giving you back what you give, dish out and / or deserve I just pray Karma gives it to him and not his spouse. Yeah they are all little bitches,.... where is Bubba when we need him?Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-45534223725548006132008-08-16T07:51:00.002-05:002008-08-16T07:58:21.158-05:00Why Would The City Withhold a Police Report?: an incident involving Damon Bentley that occurred between January and May 2008 at Utopia Restaurant<center><table style="width: 449px; height: 992px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="50" align="center"><br /></td><td valign="top" width="520" align="center"><a href="http://www.oag.state.tx.us/"><img src="http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/openrecords/50abbott/orl/2008/htm/gasml.gif" alt="Click for home page" width="50" border="0" height="50" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times-Roman,Times,Palatino;">ATTOR<u>NEY GENERAL OF</u> TEXAS</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times-Roman,Times,Palatino;">GREG ABBOTT</span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="50" align="left"><img src="http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinions/openrecords/50abbott/orl/2008/htm/clearpixel.gif" alt="image" width="50" border="0" height="1" /></td><td valign="top" width="520" align="left"><p> </p> <p>June 4, 2008</p> <p>Mr. Joseph Harney</p> <p>Assistant City Attorney</p> <p>City of Corpus Christi</p> <p>P. O. Box 9277</p> <p>Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277<br /></p> <p align="right">OR2008-07577</p> <p>Re: Request for a report regarding an incident involving Damon Bentley that occurred between January and May 2008 at Utopia Restaurant, located at 5638 Saratoga</p> <p>Dear Mr. Harney:</p> <p>The Office of the Attorney General has received your request for a ruling and assigned your request ID# 317847.</p> <p>After reviewing your arguments and the submitted information, we have determined that your request does not present a novel or complex issue. Thus, we are addressing your claims in a memorandum opinion. You claim that the submitted information may be withheld from the requestor pursuant to section 552.108(a)(2) of the Government Code. We have considered your arguments and the submitted information and have determined that in accordance with section 552.108(a)(2) you may withhold the submitted information. However, you must release the basic information pursuant to section 552.108(c) of the Government Code.</p> <p>For more information on the cited exception, as well as information on the rights and obligations of governmental bodies and requestors, please refer to open government information contained on the Office of the Attorney General website at <a href="http://www.oag.state.tx.us/">www.oag.state.tx.us</a>. You may also contact our Open Government Hotline at 1-877-OPENTEX.</p> <p>Enc: Submitted documents</p> <p>cc: Mr. John Jackson</p> <p> 8100 SPID, #302</p> <p> Corpus Christi, Texas 78412</p> <p> (w/o enclosures)</p> <p> </p><p align="center"><span style="">POST OFFICE BOX 12548, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711-2548 TEL: (512) 463-2100 WEB: <a href="http://www.oag.state.tx.us/">WWW.OAG.STATE.TX.US</a><br /><i>An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer</i></span></p><hr /><center><span style=""><a href="http://www.oag.state.tx.us/">Home</a> | <a href="http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinopen/opinions/orl50abbott/index.shtml">ORLs</a></span></center></td></tr></tbody></table></center>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-69349563873250586402008-05-05T03:05:00.000-05:002008-05-05T03:19:59.520-05:00The State responded that it had no such evidence in its custody or control. ....yeah right, I guess the tape evidence is contrary to Huberts malicious<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/1600/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/320/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /> Send this document to a colleague Close This Window<br /><br /><br /><br />sotseal6.gif<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />NUMBER 13-02-169-CR<br /><br />COURT OF APPEALS<br /><br /> <br /><br />THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS<br /><br />CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG<br /><br /><br /><br />WILLIAM RAY GEARHART, Appellant,<br /><br />v.<br /><br />THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.<br /><br /><br /><br />On appeal from the 105th District Court<br /><br />of Kleberg County, Texas.<br /><br /><br /><br />O P I N I O N<br /><br />Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Castillo<br /><br />Opinion by Justice Castillo<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The State indicted William Ray Gearhart, appellant, as a repeat felony offender for assaulting a public servant. Footnote On March 5, 2002, a jury convicted Gearhart and sentenced him to ten years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We conclude that Gearhart's appeal is frivolous and without merit. We affirm.<br /><br />I. BACKGROUND<br /><br /> Gearhart filed a pro se notice of appeal on March 8, 2002. In the notice, Gearhart complained about his trial counsel's representation. He asked the trial court to appoint appellate counsel to represent him. The trial court appointed new counsel for him on appeal. Gearhart's appellate counsel filed a brief in which counsel concludes that the appeal is frivolous. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744-45 (1967).<br /><br />II. APPLICABLE APPELLATE RULES<br /><br /> The rules of appellate procedure governing how appeals proceed in criminal cases were amended effective January 1, 2003. Generally, rules altering procedure do not fall within the prohibition in the Texas Constitution against retroactive application of laws that disturb vested, substantive rights. See Tex. Const. art. I, § 16; see also Ibarra v. State, 11 S.W.3d 189, 192 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). Therefore, this Court applies the current rules of appellate procedure to this appeal. We may not affirm or reverse a judgment or dismiss an appeal for formal defects or irregularities in appellate procedure without allowing a reasonable time to correct or amend the defects or irregularities. Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. We also are prohibited from affirming or reversing a judgment or dismissing an appeal if the record prevents the proper presentation of an appeal and can be corrected by the trial court. Tex. R. App. P. 44.4(a). Accordingly, we abated the appeal on July 21, 2003 and ordered a supplemental record to include, in compliance with rule 25.2(a)(2), the trial court's certification of Gearhart's right of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2). We received a supplemental record on December 10, 2003 that includes the trial court's certification that Gearhart has the right of appeal. We now turn to the merits.<br /><br />III. DISPOSITION<br /><br />A. Anders Brief<br /><br /> Gearhart's original court-appointed appellate counsel filed a brief in which he concludes that this appeal is frivolous. See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744-45. Counsel certifies: (1) he diligently reviewed the record for reversible error; (2) he was unable to find any error that would arguably require reversal of the trial court's judgment; (3) in his opinion, the appeal is without merit; (4) he served a copy of the brief on Gearhart; and (5) he informed Gearhart of his right to review a complete copy of the appellate record and file a pro se brief on his own behalf. See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744-45; see also High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807, 813 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1978).<br /><br /> An Anders brief must provide references to both legal precedent and pages in the record to demonstrate why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced. High, 573 S.W.2d at 812. Counsel's brief does not advance any arguable grounds of error, but does contain a professional evaluation of the record demonstrating why there are no arguable grounds to be advanced. See Currie v. State, 516 S.W.2d 684, 684 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974). With relevant citation to legal precedent and the record, counsel professionally evaluates the indictment, pre-trial motions, voir dire, opening statements, sufficiency of the evidence, jury charge, closing argument, and punishment phase. Arguable grounds of error should be advanced by counsel as required by Anders, if there are any. See id. However, we do not interpret Anders as requiring appointed counsel to make arguments counsel would not consider worthy of inclusion in a brief for a paying client or to urge reversal if, in fact, counsel finds no arguable issue to appeal. See id. We hold that counsel's brief is not the “conclusory statement” decried by Anders. See id.<br /><br /> In response to counsel's brief, Gearhart filed a pro se brief. Gearhart's original appointed counsel withdrew while this appeal was pending. The trial court appointed substitute appellate counsel.<br /><br />B. Pro Se Brief<br /><br /> Gearhart asserts he was falsely accused of assaulting a public servant, a police officer with the Kingsville Police Department. He maintains that after he filed an internal affairs complaint regarding the incident, he was retaliated against when the State arrested him again for filing a false report and charged him with aggravated perjury. Generally, Gearhart challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. He claims he was attacked, without provocation, by two Kingsville police officers. He denies he attacked one of the officers first. He cites to purported inconsistencies in the testimony at trial in support of his position. Gearhart also claims that the State did not present evidence of his prior conviction for assault on a public servant to support his conviction and resulting enhanced punishment as a repeat felony offender.<br /><br /> Gearhart also complains his trial counsel was ineffective. He argues that his trial counsel did not subpoena the videotape from the arresting officer's squad car or the audiotapes of an emergency call made by a witness, a clerk at the convenience store where the altercation took place. The tapes, Gearhart asserts, would have substantiated his version of events. Gearhart also alleges his counsel was ineffective by not objecting to the jury. He claims that jurors who indicated in voir dire they knew the prosecutor or his family ended up on the jury and that his trial counsel permitted venire members to remain on the jury despite Gearhart's instructions to the contrary. Further, Gearhart alleges his trial counsel was ineffective by not delivering a closing argument that challenged the testimony of the officer about an injury that the officer had not included in his original report of the incident. Finally, Gearhart complains that his trial counsel made an inappropriate remark to the prosecutor, after the jury retired to deliberate, reflecting counsel's belief that the jury would find Gearhart guilty.<br /><br />C. Independent Review of the Record<br /><br /> Since this is an Anders case, we independently review the record for error. See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988); see also Ybarra v. State, 93 S.W.3d 922, 926 (Tex. App.–Corpus Christ 2002, no pet.).<br /><br />1. The Indictment<br /><br /> The indictment properly alleges the offense of assault of a public servant. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 22.01(a)(1), (b), (d) (Vernon 2003). It also properly alleges three prior offenses as repeat felony offender enhancement. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 12.42(a)(3) (Vernon 2003). Even if errors did exist in the indictment, the error could not be raised on appeal because Gearhart did not file a pre-trial motion alleging any error in the indictment. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 1.14(b) (Vernon 1977); Studer v. State, 799 S.W.2d 263, 268 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990). We find no arguable error in the indictment.<br /><br />2. Pre-Trial Motions<br /><br /> The record reflects that the trial court heard Gearhart's discovery motion regarding production of the videotape from the arresting officer's squad car and any audiotape of the emergency call made by the convenience store clerk. The State responded that it had no such evidence in its custody or control. The trial court ruled it would permit Gearhart to subpoena any relevant videotapes or audiotapes for trial. Thus, the record reflects that the trial court did not make any ruling adverse to Gearhart. See Tex. R. App. P. 33.1. We find no arguable error in the trial court's pre-trial rulings.<br /><br />3. Voir Dire<br /><br /> A review of the voir dire examination shows that sixteen venire members knew the prosecutor, a long-time resident of Kingsville, or his family. They all indicated they would consider the facts of the case and not base their decision on their knowledge of the prosecutor or his family. Neither the State nor Gearhart raised any challenge for cause. Thus, the trial court could not have erroneously ruled. See Johnson v. State, 43 S.W.3d 1, 5 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001); see also Allen v. State, 54 S.W.3d 427, 428 (Tex. App.–Waco 2001, pet. ref'd). Further, the trial court did not limit Gearhart's questioning of the jury. See Nunfio v. State, 808 S.W.2d 482, 485 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We find no arguable error in voir dire.<br /><br />4. Opening Statements<br /><br /> As a general rule, to preserve error for appellate review, Gearhart must have made a timely, specific objection, at the earliest opportunity, and obtained an adverse ruling. Tex. R. App. P. 33.1; Turner v. State, 805 S.W.2d 423, 431 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). Each side presented opening statements. Neither side objected to the other's. Gearhart thus waived any error in the prosecution's opening statement. See Limas v. State, 941 S.W.2d 198, 203 (Tex. App.–Corpus Christi 1996, pet. ref'd) (finding waiver for failure to object to prosecutor's closing argument). We find no arguable error in the prosecution's opening statement.<br /><br />5. Sufficiency of the Evidence<br /><br />a. Standards of Review<br /><br />(1) Legal Sufficiency<br /><br /> A legal-sufficiency challenge calls for appellate review of the relevant evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979); Swearingen v. State, 101 S.W.3d 89, 95 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); Johnson v. State, 23 S.W.3d 1, 7 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000). We consider all the evidence that sustains the conviction, whether properly or improperly admitted or whether introduced by the prosecution or the defense, in determining the legal sufficiency of the evidence. Conner v. State, 67 S.W.3d 192, 197 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001). Similarly, in reviewing the legal sufficiency of the evidence, we look to all of the evidence introduced during either stage of the trial. De Garmo v. State, 691 S.W.2d 657, 661 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985).<br /><br /> In a jury trial, legal sufficiency is measured against the elements of the offense as defined by a hypothetically correct jury charge for the case. Malik v. State, 953 S.W.2d 234, 240 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997). A hypothetically correct jury charge is one that "accurately sets out the law, is authorized by the indictment, does not unnecessarily increase the State's burden of proof or unnecessarily restrict the State's theories of liability, and adequately describes the particular offense for which the defendant was tried." Id. A hypothetically correct jury charge would not simply quote from the controlling statute. Gollihar v. State, 46 S.W.3d 243, 254 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001). Its scope is limited by "the statutory elements of the offense . . . as modified by the charging instrument." Fuller v. State, 73 S.W.3d 250, 254 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002) (Keller, J., concurring); Curry v. State, 30 S.W.3d 394, 404 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000). When a statute lists more than one method of committing an offense, and the indictment alleges some, but not all, of the statutorily listed methods, the State is limited to the methods alleged. Fuller, 73 S.W.3d at 255; Curry, 30 S.W.3d at 404. This standard of legal sufficiency ensures that a judgment of acquittal is reserved for those situations in which there is an actual failure in the State's proof of the crime. Malik, 953 S.W.2d at 240. We then determine if any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson, 443 U.S. at 319; Johnson, 23 S.W.3d at 7.<br /><br /> If we reverse a criminal case for legal insufficiency following a jury trial, we reform the judgment to reflect conviction for a lesser offense only if: (1) we find that the evidence is sufficient to support conviction of the lesser offense; and (2) a jury charge on the lesser offense was either submitted or requested but denied. Collier v. State, 999 S.W.2d 779, 782 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999) (plurality op.) (discussing circumstances under which court of appeals may reform judgment following jury trial to reflect conviction for lesser offense); Bigley v. State, 865 S.W.2d 26, 27-28 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993) (clarifying same). Otherwise, we vacate the judgment of conviction for legal insufficiency and order a judgment of acquittal. Swearingen, 101 S.W.3d at 95.<br /><br />(2) Factual Sufficiency<br /><br /> We also measure the factual sufficiency of the evidence against a hypothetically correct jury charge. Adi v. State, 94 S.W.3d 124, 131 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2002, pet. ref'd). We are constitutionally empowered to review the judgment of the trial court to determine the factual sufficiency of the evidence used to establish the elements of the charged offense. Johnson, 23 S.W.3d at 6. In determining the factual sufficiency of the elements of the offense, we view all the evidence neutrally, not through the prism of "the light most favorable to the prosecution." Id. at 6-7 (citing Clewis v. State, 922 S.W.2d 126, 129 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996)). We set aside a finding of guilt only if it is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence as to be clearly wrong and unjust. Id. at 7. A clearly wrong and unjust finding of guilt is "manifestly unjust," "shocks the conscience," or "clearly demonstrates bias." Rojas v. State, 986 S.W.2d 241, 247 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998).<br /><br /> In conducting a factual-sufficiency review, we review the fact finder's weighing of the evidence. Johnson, 23 S.W.3d at 7 (citing Clewis, 922 S.W.2d at 133). We review the evidence that tends to prove a material disputed fact and compare it with evidence that tends to disprove it. Johnson, 23 S.W.3d at 7. We are authorized to disagree with the fact finder's determination. Id. However, we approach a factual-sufficiency review with appropriate deference to avoid substituting our judgment for that of the fact finder. Id. Our evaluation should not intrude substantially on the fact finder's role as the sole judge of the weight and credibility given to witness testimony. Id.<br /><br /> We always remain aware of the fact finder's role and unique position, a position we are unable to occupy. Id. at 9. Exercise of our authority to disagree with the fact finder's determination is appropriate only when the record clearly indicates our intervention is necessary to stop manifest injustice. Id. Otherwise, we accord due deference to the fact finder's determinations, particularly those concerning the weight and credibility of the evidence. Id.<br /><br /> Every fact need not point directly and independently to the accused's guilt. Vanderbilt v. State, 629 S.W.2d 709, 716 (Tex. Crim. App. 1981). A finding of guilt can rest on the combined and cumulative force of all the incriminating circumstances. Id. We reverse a judgment of conviction only if proof of guilt is so obviously weak as to undermine confidence in the fact finder's determination, or proof of guilt, although adequate if taken alone, is greatly outweighed by contrary proof. Swearingen, 101 S.W.3d at 97. Which standard applies generally depends on whether the complaining party had the burden of proof at trial. Zuliani v. State, 97 S.W.3d 589, 593 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003). If the accused did not have the burden of proof at trial, then the first or "manifestly unjust" standard applies. Id. If the accused had the burden of proof at trial, then the second or "against the great weight and preponderance" standard applies. Id.<br /><br /> In conducting a factual-sufficiency review in an opinion, we "show our work" when we consider and address the appellant's main argument for urging insufficiency of the evidence. Sims v. State, 99 S.W.3d 600, 603 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); Johnson, 23 S.W.3d at 9; Manning v. State, 112 S.W.3d 740, 747 (Tex. App.–Houston [14th Dist.] 2003, no pet. h.); see Tex. R. App. P. 47.1. This practice benefits the parties, maintains the integrity of the justice system, and improves appellate practice. Sims, 99 S.W.3d at 603; Manning, 112 S.W.3d at 747. If we reverse a criminal case for factual insufficiency, we vacate the judgment of conviction. Clewis, 922 S.W.2d at 133-34. We remand for a new trial a criminal case reversed for factual insufficiency, so a second fact finder has the chance to evaluate the evidence. Swearingen, 101 S.W.3d at 97.<br /><br />b. Sufficiency Analysis<br /><br />(1) Legal Sufficiency<br /><br /> Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution and measuring it against a hypothetically correct jury charge, we find that the arresting officer testified to each of the elements of the offense of assault of a public servant. Gearhart struck the uniformed officer while the officer was in the process of detaining him in response to a public-disturbance complaint. Gearhart's assault bruised the officer and chipped his tooth. The convenience store clerk corroborated the officer's testimony. Gearhart stipulated in open court, in the presence of counsel, to the prior felony conviction, also for assault on a public servant. Viewing the relevant evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, we conclude that any rational trier of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt the essential elements of the crime, including the repeat felony offender allegation. See Jackson, 443 U.S. at 319; see also Johnson, 23 S.W.3d at 7.<br /><br />(2) Factual Sufficiency<br /><br /> We view all the evidence neutrally, favoring neither the State nor Gearhart, and measure it against a hypothetically correct jury charge. Johnson, 23 S.W.3d at 6-7; Adi, 94 S.W.3d at 131. In addition to the arresting officer and convenience store clerk's testimony, Gearhart testified in his own defense. He admitted he had been drinking and had gotten into a disagreement with the clerk about getting free matches from the store. He admitted he had marijuana in his pocket. He denied assaulting the officer, however. Rather, he said the officer who testified and a second officer assaulted him without provocation. Finally, Gearhart admitted he had been convicted before for assaulting a public servant, although he stressed that the public servant he assaulted that time was a corrections officer, not a police officer. Viewing the relevant evidence in a neutral light, favoring neither the prosecution nor Gearhart, and with appropriate deference to the jury's credibility determinations, we conclude that the jury's verdict is not so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence as to be clearly wrong and unjust. Id. at 6-7.<br /><br /> Accordingly, we find no arguable legal or factual insufficiency of the evidence. 6. The Charge<br /><br /> Gearhart did not object to the charge. Thus, to be reversible, any error would have to constitute egregious harm. Almanza v. State, 686 S.W.2d 157,171 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985) (op. on reh'g). We find no arguable egregious error in the charge. 7. Closing Argument<br /><br /> Neither party objected to the other's closing argument. Thus, Gearhart waived any error. See Cockrell v. State, 933 S.W.2d 73, 89 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996); see also Limas, 941 S.W.2d at 203. We find no arguable error in the prosecutor's jury argument.<br /><br />8. Punishment Phase<br /><br /> The record shows that Gearhart stipulated to the prior felony assault of a public servant in the culpability phase of the trial, which evidence supported his enhanced punishment as a repeat felony offender. To preserve any error in the punishment phase, Gearhart must have made a timely, specific objection, at the earliest opportunity, and obtained an adverse ruling. Tex. R. App. P. 33.1; Turner v. State, 805 S.W.2d 423, 431 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). Gearhart did not object at sentencing on any basis. We find that he waived any challenge to the sentence imposed by the jury. See Rhoades v. State, 934 S.W.2d 113, 120 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Moreover, the sentence assessed was within the statutorily permissible range and was based on admissible evidence introduced during the trial. See Jordan v. State, 495 S.W.2d 949, 952 (Tex. Crim. App. 1973). We find no arguable error in the sentencing proceedings.<br /><br />9. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel<br /><br /> The record contains no evidentiary support for Gearhart's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. When the alleged ineffectiveness asserted by a defendant occurs outside of the record, the proper vehicle for a complaint is a collateral attack that permits the development of facts concerning the alleged errors of counsel. Jackson v. State, 877 S.W.2d 768, 773 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994).<br /><br /> Accordingly, our independent review of the record finds that Gearhart's appeal is frivolous. We conclude that this appeal is without merit. See Penson, 488 U.S. at 80; see also Martin v. State, No. 13-02-118-CR, 2003 Tex. App. LEXIS 10181, at *3 (Tex. App.–Corpus Christi Dec. 4, 2003, no pet. h.). We affirm the judgment and sentence of the trial court.<br /><br />D. Motion to Withdraw<br /><br /> An appellate court may grant counsel's motion to withdraw filed in connection with an Anders brief. Moore v. State, 466 S.W.2d 289, 291 n.1 (Tex. Crim. App. 1971); see Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (noting that Anders brief should be filed with request for withdrawal from case). Substitute appellate counsel in this case has not requested to withdraw from further representation of Gearhart on appeal. We hereby order counsel to advise Gearhart promptly of the disposition of this case and the availability of discretionary review. See Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25, 27 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997). We further order counsel to file any motion to withdraw as court-appointed counsel with this Court within ten days of the date of this opinion. See Martin, 2003 Tex. App. LEXIS 10181, at *4.<br /><br /> ERRLINDA CASTILLO<br /><br /> Justice<br /><br />Publish.<br /><br />Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).<br /><br />Opinion delivered and filed<br /><br />this 11th day of December 2003.dannoynted1http://www.blogger.com/profile/14945400306838778051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-7387394608237397102008-04-17T13:59:00.000-05:002008-04-17T13:59:30.310-05:00Kenedeno's Texas Monthly: Karl Rove, Never Dreams of Being The President; Working "Under The Radar" Is Much More Satisfying.<a href="http://paulburka.blogspot.com/2008/04/karl-rove-never-dreams-of-being.html">Kenedeno's Texas Monthly: Karl Rove, Never Dreams of Being The President; Working "Under The Radar" Is Much More Satisfying.</a><br /><br /><h3 class="entry-header">Karl Rove Likes What He Sees</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><img alt="Gqeditorshed_3" title="Gqeditorshed_3" src="http://stylemens.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/04/gqeditorshed_3.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 6px;" border="0" /></p> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >Karl Rove Likes What He Sees</span> <p><i>With his new gig at Fox and a seven-figure political memoir in the works, <b>Karl Rove</b> has officially crossed over from shadowy 'Wizard of Oz' territory to somewhat approachable public personality. But as <b>Lisa DePaulo</b> finds out, that doesn't mean he's any less…pointed with his opinions</i></p> <p><a href="http://stylemens.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/01/karl_rove_2.jpg"><img alt="Karl_rove_2" title="Karl_rove_2" src="http://stylemens.typepad.com/gq__gqeditors/images/2008/04/01/karl_rove_2.jpg" border="0" height="235" width="300" /></a><br /><br /><i>Photograph by Gillian Laub</i></p> <p><span style="font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;font-size:smaller;" >i can see karl rove</span> standing outside the restaurant, on the phone, yakking, pacing, occasionally peering at me through the etched-glass window and sticking a stubby finger in the air to indicate that he'll just be just one more minute. Eighteen minutes pass. He enters brusquely, with apologies and a crack about my "bright red purse" but also with the clear message that he is in control. Uncomfortable in this position, somewhat wary, constantly checking his watch ("Gotta go soon… Gotta go… Couple more minutes…"), not diggin' it, but always in control. Karl Rove is not a guy who kicks back with a drink—even coffee's a stretch ("I'm a decaf guy," he says)—and shoots the shit for a few hours. This isn't about a charm offensive—he gives the impression that he's not even sure why he's doing this. But: To be with Rove is to listen to a man who is utterly articulate and insightful and at the same time utterly…what's the word? Plain? Normal? Caucasian? If you didn't know he used to be Bush's Brain, if you didn't know he is widely credited/blamed with leading the Republican Party to an era of total world domination, if you didn't recognize him (as numerous gawkers inside the Muse hotel restaurant do) as the man W. famously dubbed "Turd Blossom," you'd think he was a middle-management sales lackey in town to sell Ginsu knives or something. The nondescript gray suit and overcoat, the geeky glasses and bald-on-the-top-with-peach-fuzz do, the briefcase (in middle school, he was the only kid with a briefcase, which pretty much sums it up). In what ways is he cool? We can't help but ask. "None," he says. "I am the antithesis of cool." We should also point out that Rove is exceedingly polite and well-mannered and, at moments, as prickly as the little cactuses on his tie. He has the demeanor of a man who had more power than he'll ever admit but is never really far from the 9-year-old who once got into a schoolyard fight over Richard Nixon, and lost. To a girl.</p> <p><span style="font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;font-size:smaller;" >karl rove:</span> Sorry to be late. I have a lunch with the Big Boss shortly.</p> <p><span style="font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;font-size:smaller;" >gq:</span> <b>The Big Boss?</b><br />Mr. Murdoch.</p> <p><b>Ah, <i>that</i> big boss. Does that mean you'll be getting more money out of Fox?</b><br />No, it doesn't.</p> <p><b>Do you like being a TV analyst?</b><br />Uh, it's odd. You know, it's weird for me. But it's interesting. </p> <p><b>Do you think Fox News is fair and balanced?</b><br />I do. I think they go out of their way to be fair and tough in questioning. I'm really impressed with the people I've gotten to know. Brit Hume is a very bright person; Chris Wallace has got a lot of integrity.</p> <p><b>You also sold a book recently.</b><br />I did.</p> <p><b>What'd ya get?</b><br />A <i>lot</i>.</p> <p><b>And you're doing speeches, too, right? I read that you just gave one at Penn—</b><br />I like speaking to the college campuses.</p> <p><b>And the first question, someone called you a cancer. </b><br />Right. Oh, sure. </p><p><b>You must get that all the time. </b><br />Uh, I get it some. When I go to campuses. But did you hear what I did? I just let him rant. And when he was finished, he had no question, he just wanted to accuse me of undermining the Constitution and blah-blah-blah-blah-blah. And I said, "Thanks for your thoughtful rant." And he sat down. And I said, "Now do you feel better about yourself?" And he said, "Yeah." And I said, "Well, I <i>want</i> you to feel better about yourself." And everybody laughed, and we went on.</p> <p><b>But is it hard when people—</b><br />No. No. Look, everywhere I go, people say nice things to me. I don't live for that. I appreciate it, and I'm grateful for their kind words, but I don't live for it. And similarly, when people say ugly things? It doesn't affect me. They want their words to affect me. And as a result, I'm not gonna let 'em.</p> <p><b>But when people say, "You've created this climate of fear—"</b><br />I laugh.</p> <p><b>You <i>laugh</i>? </b><br />Yeah. I laugh. Sure. How? What, exactly? I'm not apologetic about what this administration has done. It's protecting America. It has won important battles in a war that we as a nation better win or we will leave the future to our kids, a much darker and dangerous future.</p> <p><b>What's the biggest misconception about your role in the Bush White House? </b><br />That it was all about politics.</p> <p><b>If that's the misconception, what's the overlooked truth? </b><br />Look, I'm a policy geek. What I've most enjoyed about my job was the substantive policy discussions. Being able to dig in deeply and, you know, learn about something, ask questions, listen to smart people, and form a judgment about something that was from a policy perspective.</p> <p><b>When you look back at your career, especially in the Bush administration, what's the worst thing you did? </b><br />I'm not gonna be good at answering that.</p> <p><b>But is there anything you feel guilty about? Or wish you did differently? </b><br /><i>[exasperated laugh]</i> Off the record?</p> <p><b>No! Don't go off the record. </b><br />Off the record.</p> <p><b>Okay, let's look back, to the very beginning of the Karl Rove story, when you got handed the keys [from Bush the father, to deliver to Bush the son] until now. And you look at where the president's approval ratings are today—</b><br />Yeah.</p> <p><b>What did you do wrong? </b><br />Oh, look, I did a lot of things wrong. But the main thing is, we're fighting an important but unpopular war. </p><p><b>You still think it was the right thing to do? </b><br />Absolutely. Absolutely. And you know, one of our biggest mistakes was, the first time Harry Reid got up and said, "You lied and you deliberately misled the country," we should have gone back <i>immediately</i> and hit back hard, and we didn't. We let that story line develop. In reality, you go back and look at what Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore—I'd be happy to supply you the quotes—what they said about Saddam Hussein possessing weapons of mass destruction.</p> <p><b>What are you most proud of? </b><br />Being part of a group of people I have a great deal of respect and admiration for in service of the country.</p> <p><b>If you had to make a bet, can Hillary pull it off? </b><br />The odds are long, but improbable things have happened almost every month in this race. She wasn't supposed to win New Hampshire, and she did. So we'll see. You know, she's got a lot of strengths, and he does, too. We got two wellmatched opponents going at each other hammer and tongs. It's fun to watch.</p> <p><b>If it's mathematically impossible for either of them to get enough delegates, how will this get resolved? </b><br />Somebody can get to a majority, but they're gonna have to get to a majority with superdelegates. Neither of them can win enough delegates to win it on just simply the elected delegates.</p> <p><b>So if it comes down to superdelegates, doesn't that become a question of who can be more ruthless? </b><br />Well, you know, people will have to decide whether they're going to act as reflectors of the popular vote in their districts or states, or whether they're going to exercise independent judgment. I think this is the big dilemma the Democrats face: Are they going to choose a nominee who essentially is chosen, validated, by a minor aristocracy, by essentially an undemocratic group? Because, look. Does anybody think that Patrick Deval <i>[sic]</i>, governor of Massachusetts, and Senator Ted Kennedy are gonna respect the wishes of their home-state crowd and go for Hillary Clinton, who won their state? No.</p> <p><b>So how ugly is it gonna get? </b><br />Well, I—we don't know. We have geological ages that are gonna pass. It's not that ugly today. The wounds are fresh, but there's plenty of time for them to heal. The question is, will the wounds get deeper and more difficult to heal? We don't know. My gut tells me it happens, but I don't know.</p> <p><b>If you could run one of their campaigns, which one would be the dream campaign to run? </b><br />Neither one.</p> <p><b>Why? </b><br />Because I don't believe in what they say.</p> <p><b>But just as a strategist, just to get in there and—</b><br />Yeah, well, see, for me it's not divorced from who they are and what they're all about and what they would do.</p> <p><b>What did you think of the red-phone 3 a.m. ad?</b><br />It was a gutsy, dangerous move. She figured out that she had to do something to raise the issue of: Is he fit to be president? And this was a way to do it. I happened to be in Texas a week before the ad popped, and all of her surrogates were hitting him pretty hard on the thinness of his experience. They were pretty brutal. And this ad sort of fed into that.</p> <p><b>Isn't that the kind of ad you would have done?</b><br />Uh, look, that's the problem. She can't run an ad—you know, the more powerful ads she can't run against him, because she's afraid of looking too moderate. He's got essentially… His argument is twofold. "Vote for me because I'll bring Republicans and Democrats together; we're not red states, blue states, we're the United States." And second of all—and he said this most passionately in the Wisconsin victory speech: "There are big issues facing the country, and it requires leadership and energy to solve them." Well, the two best counters to those are Hillary saying, "I've actually worked with Republicans and Democrats to get things done." Or McCain saying, even more pointedly, "On all the big issues where Republicans and Democrats have come together, I've been in the middle of bringing them together, and you've been way out there on the fringe. When we pulled together the Gang of Fourteen, you were out on the fringe. When we pulled together a bipartisan answer on the terrorist-surveillance program, you were way out there on the fringe. When Democrats and Republicans, regardless of where they were on the war, came together to give our troops everything they needed while they were in combat, you were way out there on the fringe." Now, she can do some of that, because she's actually tried to work with Republicans over the years. He has not since he got there. He's been coolly detached and sitting on the side. His fingerprints are on, at most, a couple of small items. And then, on the leadership issue, she can say, "Look, I've been in the middle of these big battles. I've been providing the leadership. Sometimes we won, sometimes we lost. But at least I've been involved." And McCain will be able to sharpen that even more.</p> <p><b>It seems like you're talking about authenticity here. Are you saying Obama is inauthentic?</b><br />I'm saying that he has adopted two themes for his campaign that are not supported by his actions.</p> <p><b>Do you think Obama would be easier to beat?</b><br />I try not to think about those things. Because that inevitably leads you to believe, I would like to have A or I would like to have B. You need to keep your mind open about both of them.</p> <p><b>You've said—what was the phrase you used about Hillary? "Fatally flawed"?</b><br />Fatally flawed. I just thought her flaws would show up in the general election. I didn't know they'd show up as early and as strong as they have.</p> <p><b>Which flaws?</b><br />Uh, calculating. You know, she went through the period where she had the calculated laugh, she went through the period where she had the calculated accents, and you build that on top of a person who already has the reputation that anything she says is calculating, you know…</p> <p><b>Is calculating a terrible thing?</b><br />It is if people think it's phony. And that's what her problem is. That and the sense of entitlement. You know, the sense of "This is mine, I deserve it; we're the Clintons, this is ours." And I think that really caused a lot of people to say, "You know what? It's <i>not</i> yours." And do we really want to go back? The '90s were nice in a lot of respects, but do we really want to go back to all that drama?</p> <p><b>There is something ironic about Karl Rove criticizing someone for being calculating.</b><br />Right. Look, it's one thing to calculate and say, "What's the best way for me to do this?" It's another thing to say, "What's the best way to do this, even if it means the sacrifice of my fundamental principles?" When she stood up there and said, "I'm in front of an African-American group in Alabama, so let me adopt a phony southern accent!" And when she sat there and said, "You know what? I need to warm myself up, so for the next weeklong period I'm gonna sit there and laugh and cackle at anything that is even remotely funny." You know, when both she <i>and</i> he, who are free traders by instinct, went to Ohio and said, "We're gonna renegotiate NAFTA," when they know that <i>(a)</i> there's no provision to renegotiate NAFTA, and <i>(b)</i> the Canadians and the Mexicans are not gonna want to renegotiate NAFTA, and <i>(c)</i> when both of them understand that trade liberalization, particularly with our neighbors, has been to our economic advantage, who are they kidding?</p> <p><b>But when people call you calculating, do you take that as a compliment?</b><br />Look, what I'm charged with is, in politics, taking the material that I have to work with—which are the views and values, convictions and principles, of my candidate or client—and charting the best path to victory. That's different than saying, "How am I gonna take a fundamental belief or a reality of me as an individual and discard it?"</p> <p><b>So there's good calculating and bad calculating?</b><br />Absolutely.</p> <p><b>If Hillary pulls it out, will Mark Penn [her chief strategist] be considered a genius?</b><br />Mark Penn is a very smart guy regardless of whether or not she pulls it out. He's a very smart guy.</p> <p><b>But don't you think there've been a lot of mistakes?</b><br />Sure. But if you have to lay them at the feet of one person, you lay them at the feet of the candidate. The candidate sets the tone.</p> <p><b>Are you surprised at how Obama exploded?</b><br />You know, I want to be careful—I think we need to be careful about not getting carried away with a narrative that doesn't truly exist. Like the story this morning in <i>The New York Times</i> about "the Obamacans"—the Republicans who support Obama.</p> <p><b>You don't buy that?</b><br />No. Do I buy that there are Republicans who support Obama? Sure, I do. But take a look at the last four polls on which there are cross tabs available. There are twice as many Democrats defecting to McCain as there are Republicans defecting to Obama. In the Fox poll, Obama takes 74 percent of Democrats and loses 18 to McCain. And McCain keeps 80 percent of Republicans and loses 10 to Obama. And in every one of the polls, it's nearly twice as many Democrats defect to McCain as Republicans defect to Obama. And against Clinton, it's three times as many. Know why? Well, there are a lot of different reasons why. There are Democrats, particularly blue-collar Democrats, who defect to McCain because they see McCain as a patriotic figure and they see Obama as an elitist who's looking down his nose at 'em. Which he is. That comment where he said, you know, "After 9/11, I didn't wear a flag lapel pin because true patriotism consists of speaking out on the issues, not wearing a flag lapel pin"? Well, to a lot of ordinary people, putting that flag lapel pin on <i>is</i> true patriotism. It's a statement of their patriotic love of the country. And for him to sit there and dismiss it as he did—</p> <p><b>You're not wearing a flag pin, Karl.</b><br />Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But I respect those who consciously get up in the morning and put a flag lapel pin on.</p> <p><b>Do you see the elitist thing in other ways?</b><br />Obama is coolly detached and very arrogant. I think he's very smart and knows he's smart, but as a result doesn't do his homework.</p> <p><b>So the Dems have two rattled candidates?</b><br />Right. Now, you got one candidate who's got an appeal to the blue-collar Democrats: Clinton. I call them the beer drinkers. And then you got the white-wine crowd, which Obama appeals to. There's a brilliant article by Ron Brownstein in the latest issue of <i>National Journal</i> in which he charts the change in the nature of the Democrat-primary vote, and it's becoming younger, more affluent, and more liberal. And that means that blue-collar Democrats, whatever's left of them, are on their way out of the Democratic Party.</p> <p><b>What do you make of this whole thing where Hillary was talking him up as a vice president and he came back saying, "Wait a minute, I'm winning—why are you asking me to be your number two?"</b><br />Very calculating on the part of the Clintons, and a mistake for him on his part.</p> <p><b>Why?</b><br />Because they wanted him to get down to their level. They want him to look like, you know, not the golden inspiring figure but instead, you know, like an average ordinary pol who's got three years in the United States Senate. So they lay it out there. And rather than having it be dismissed by a surrogate, instead he goes out there! And rather than having an inspiring, forward-looking message, instead he's out there as an ordinary pol saying, "Hey, I'm number one, I'm in first place! I won more states than she did. I won more delegates than she did. What the hell's she doing offering it to me? That's insulting." And he did it in an arrogant way that I don't think made him look that good.</p> <p><b>So you don't think his response played well?</b><br />No. Take a look at the footage. Turn the sound off and look at it. You can tell that he is arrogant, and you can tell that he's a little bit angry, and you can tell he's very dismissive. He takes his hands and he sort of, you know, waves his hand like, "I'm dismissing something." That was the moment to say, you know, "Look, I know what my opponents are saying, but you know what? I'm focused on one thing and one thing only, which is to help bring Republicans and Democrats and independents together to move America forward." Instead of "Hey, lemme just remind you, I'm winning! I'm beatin' her!"</p> <p><b>So he took the bait?</b><br />He took the bait.</p> <p><b>Have you gotten to know Hillary or Barack to any degree?</b><br />Yes, I have.</p> <p><b>What have been your dealings with them?</b><br />Well, you know, I used to have her office at the White House. And I got to know [Obama] because we have a mutual friend, Ken Mehlman, who was his law-school classmate at Harvard. And so as a result, whenever in the last three years he's been around at the White House, I've gotten to see him, and we sort of would hang around and chitchat about things. I'm actually in his book. He wrote that "people like Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay, Ralph Reed, and Karl Rove say we are a Christian nation." And I did <i>not</i> say that. I confronted him about it. At the White House.</p> <p><b>And what did he say?</b><br />Well, first he denied that I was in the book! And then he denied that it said that I said that it was a Christian nation. And then when I pulled out the thing <i>[he had a copy of the offensive page with him]</i> and showed it to him, he sort of blah-blah-blah-blah-blah- blah-blah. And I thought, <i>That's</i> who he is. I mean, look, he may claim that he's for a different kind of politics, but that was a cheap shot. And I'm not certain if any of the four said it either. But it was like, you know, Let's just strap it in there and see if it goes someplace. Another example: Him saying, "We honor John McCain for his <i>fifty years</i> of service" was a cheap shot. He was going out of his way to say John McCain's old.</p> <p><b>Is John McCain too old?</b><br />No.</p> <p><b>Do you think Obama's gotten a free ride from the press?</b><br />Yes.</p> <p><b>How so?</b><br />I don't think they hold him to the same standards. You know, look, his Web site is full of all kinds of proposals written by academics galore. But he's not required to defend them. He's not required to explain what it is he wants to do. Now I think that's changing. I think, when you have an editorial in <i>USA Today</i> that says, in essence, Where's the beef, what's the substance? When reporters start asking him tough questions about his relationship with Tony Rezko—you know, what was the value of the lot? What was the price that you paid? How many fund-raisers did he do for you? How much money did he raise at those fund-raisers? When they start asking him those questions, then it starts to change. I mean, the kind of questions that have been routinely asked of other candidates—about their background and associations and involvements—have only recently begun to be asked of him.</p> <p><b>I get the sense you respect Hillary more than you respect Obama.</b><br />Off the record?</p> <p><b>Please don't go off the record.</b><br />Off the record… <i>[Yeah, it's good. Sorry.]</i> </p><p><b>Damn! Now say that <i>on</i> the record.</b><br />No. Nope. Nope. Nope.</p> <p><b>Let's try again, then: <i>on</i> the record. I get the sense you respect her more than him.</b><br />Uh, I know her better than I know him. And I just, uh—she has been around public life a lot longer and has demonstrated, you know, more involvement than he has.</p> <p><b>Let's talk about Bill. You've gotten to know him better, right?</b><br />Yeah.</p> <p><b>What do you think of him now?</b><br />He's a very entertaining rogue. He's a larger-than-life character. You can't help but sort of like him. But boy, he has made some missteps in this campaign.</p> <p><b>Yeah, what's up with that? He's supposed to be this political genius. What's going on?</b><br />He's all wrapped up in it. He's lost his detachment. Sometimes you can be more detached about yourself than you can be about members of your family. He's all revved up about her and making mistakes.</p> <p><b>Do you buy any of the pop psychology that there's a part of him that's sabotaging her?</b><br />I—I—that is way beyond. I have never… I don't have a couch that anybody could sit down on, and… I don't know, I don't know.</p> <p><b>But you were surprised to see how he handled the South Carolina thing?</b><br />Well, it may have been calculated, I don't know. Maybe they made a calculated decision that, Hey, we need to send a message that all he can do is win states with African-American voters. But I don't think it played—even among Democrats.</p> <p><b>Recently, in a meeting with some people from the Republican National Committee, you said, "Do not use 'Barack Hussein Obama.' "</b><br />Right, right. Um, in politics—</p> <p><b>Is that because it's not right?</b><br />It's wrong. But not only that, it's counterproductive. In politics, there are arguments that are seen as not factual and not fair, or trivial, and they blow up in your face. And this is one that people look at and say, "You're trying to imply something about him that's not true. I think you're going a bridge too far, and I'm reacting negatively." I mean, he didn't pick his middle name, somebody else did. And he doesn't go out of his way, like <i>Hillary Rodham Clinton</i> to, you know, emphasize it.</p> <p><b>You probably never thought, eight years ago, that John McCain would be the nominee.</b><br />You know what? In politics, second acts are either really bad or really good. And so the question was gonna be, Who might want to succeed Bush? McCain was always a possibility. He's always harbored a desire.</p> <p><b>What do you think of him now?</b><br />I like him. We bonded in the '04 campaign.</p> <p><b>Do you have to hold your nose to vote for him?</b><br />No, no, not at all. I enthusiastically voted for him. I just sent in my absentee ballot [in Texas], and I gave him $2,300.</p> <p><b>So what's your life like now, Karl? Are you based in Washington still?</b><br />We're splitting our time between Washington and a place we have in the panhandle in Florida. And a little place in Texas. We're looking to be in Texas more permanently starting this fall. We've enjoyed Washington, but look, I don't wanna be like… I got a guy, lives around the corner from us in Washington, who had a prominent role for six months in the Reagan administration, and he's still living off of it twenty-some-odd years later. I don't intend to do that.</p> <p><b>What <i>do</i> you intend to do?</b><br />I'm trying to figure that out. I've got a couple years between the book and the speeches and Fox and my <i>Newsweek</i> column and my writing for the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> and some things I'm doing in politics under the radar.</p> <p><b>What do you do for kicks?</b><br />I read and go hunting. And travel with my wife.</p> <p><b>Tell us about your wife.</b><br />She's a terrific, courageous person.</p> <p><b>Is it hard being married to you?</b><br />Uh, I don't think it's hard being married to me. I think it's hard being married <i>in public</i> with me.</p> <p><b>Let's talk about the last couple of scandals you've been involved in. Don Siegelman in Alabama [the Democratic governor whom Rove was recently accused of trying to sabotage by forcing U.S. attorneys to bring corruption charges against him prior to an election]. What happened?</b><br /><i>[rolls his eyes]</i> Will you do me a favor and go on Power Line and Google "Dana Jill Simpson" [the Republican lawyer who told <i>60 Minutes</i> that Rove asked her to take a picture of Governor Siegelman cheating on his wife]? She's a <i>complete lunatic</i>. I've never met this woman. This woman was not involved in any campaign in which I was involved. I have yet to find anybody who knows her. And what the media has done on this… No one has read the 143-page deposition that she gave congressional investigators—143 pages. When she shows up to give her explanation of all this, do you know how many times my name appears? Zero times. Nobody checked!</p> <p><b>Then how did this happen?</b><br />Because CBS is a shoddy operation. They said, "Hey, if we can say 'Karl Rove,' 'Siegelman,' that'll be good for ratings. Let's hype it. We'll put out a news release on Thursday and then promo the hell out of it on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday." And Scott Pelley—the question is, Did [<i>60 Minutes</i> correspondent] Scott Pelley say to this woman, "You say you met with him. Where? And you say that he gave you other assignments earlier. When did he begin giving you assignments, and what campaigns did you work with him in? What evidence? I mean, this woman, she said she met with him: Okay, you met with him—where? Did you fly to Washington?" Now she says that she talked to me on the phone and she's got phone records. Of calls to Washington and Virginia. But what's Virginia? I don't live in Virginia. And it's 2001. What is in Virginia? It's not the Bush headquarters; that was in Austin, Texas. What is in Virginia? So—but look, she's a loon.</p> <p><b>What about the U.S. attorneys? Should you have had a role in hiring and firing?</b><br /><i>[a little peeved now]</i> What <i>was</i> my role in firing those U.S. attorneys?</p> <p><b>Your position has been—and tell me if I have this wrong—that you basically relayed complaints?</b><br />To the counsel's office. Correct.</p> <p><b>And that was an appropriate thing to do?</b><br />Oh sure. Sure it is. Sure it is.</p> <p><b>What's your relationship with the president now?</b><br />Good. Really good.</p> <p><b>Do you talk a lot?</b><br />Yeah.</p> <p><b>Did you know that Laura called you Pigpen?</b><br />Yeah. <i>[laughs]</i> Laura Bush intimidates me. All the Bushes—well, most of the Bush men marry incredibly strong women, and they all intimidate me. Barbara Bush I've lived in fear of for thirty-seven years.</p> <p><b>What's your goal with this book? You intend to set the record straight, as you see it?</b><br />Absolutely, absolutely. Sure. You bet. I intend to set the record straight.</p> <p><b>I imagine you're going to have a lot to say.</b><br />Yeah, exactly. Available soon for $29.95…. I gotta go! I gotta go!</p> <p><b>Wait, quickly: Do you believe Roger Clemens?</b><br />Um, yes, I do.</p> <p><b>If he gets nailed on perjury charges, is that the kind of guy Bush might pardon?</b><br />I'm sorry?</p> <p><b>Do you think if he got nailed, that would be the type of person Bush would pardon?</b><br />I'm not gonna answer that. I mean, he's done nothing wrong.</p> <p><b>Should Scooter Libby be pardoned?</b><br />I'm not gonna answer that. Just not. Just not. But thanks for asking.</p> <p><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: uppercase;font-size:smaller;" >lisa depaulo</span> <i>is a </i>GQ<i> correspondent. </i></p> </div> </div> <div class="date">April 02, 2008 </div> <a href="http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/politics/index.html"></a>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-62483660634117574432008-04-01T02:11:00.005-05:002008-04-01T04:26:24.380-05:00HEB is part of out community. We Know, We're from Here<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/1600/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/320/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.castelltexas.com/images_html/heb%20logo%20jpeg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.castelltexas.com/images_html/heb%20logo%20jpeg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Good evening Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press."<br /></span><br />Sources close to the recent property acquisition (by HEB) at the corner of Timbergate and South Staples where Wal-Mart had planned to build a Supercenter have revealed their plan . After, assessing the situation and careful consideration of the Community's concerns and input HEB has opted to turn the land into a park. It was indeed the original intentions (of HEB) to negate the Corporate Bully Attitude of WAL MART as a Southside competitor; however, HEB is performing an intangible unendeavored by WAL MART (here in South Texas). Although the move is out of expediency it is fair to classify the building of a Public Park as Community Goodwill and is in example an act of good faith of giving back into our community. It still goes to question exactly what the community reaction will entail. It will be interesting to watch the process and the community engagement in the upcoming rounds. HEB is part of out community,<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-30704630605008763752008-03-28T04:58:00.000-05:002008-03-28T04:58:38.942-05:00Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: A total of $507,500! Lawsuits against DMC by two former College employees and a student were settled out of court<a href="http://ccwatchdog.blogspot.com/2008/03/total-of-507500-lawsuits-against-dmc-by.html">Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: Friday, March 28, 2008<br />A total of $507,500! Lawsuits against DMC by two former College employees and a student were settled out of court<br /><br />Lawsuits against DMC by two former College employees and a student were settled out of court, for a total of $507,500.<br /><br />Theresa Cox, former dean of Equal Opportunity/Affirmitive Action, Equity, Access and Compliance was awarded $450,000 after suing the college for wrongful termination, demotion, retaliation, and change in work assignments, according to the suit.<br /><br />In another settlement stemming from a joint lawsuit against the college, citing civil rights violations, former student Melody Lopez received $7,500 and Alberto Benitez, former criminal justice instructor, received $50,000.<br /><br />"Upon the advice and recommendation of the College's outside litigation counsel and its risk pool carrier, the lawsuits filed by former student Melody Lopez and former employee Theresa Cox were settled out of court to avoid additional expense and disruption of College business," Auggie Rivera, Counsel to the BOR, said.</a>:Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-57558415749446321252008-03-03T21:53:00.004-06:002008-03-04T01:38:28.822-06:00Los Mamons Terry Shamsie, Joseph Ramirez, Mike Rendon and Bra Lencho Rendon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/1600/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/320/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://realsouthtexaspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/03/consulting-firm-discovers-that-peggy.html">CONSULTING FIRM DISCOVERS THAT PEGGY BANALES OWN CAMPS POLL INDICATES BENAVIDES WINS</a> </h3> <p>IN an unprecedented scramble for cover, Peggy Banales camp including Terry Shamsie, Joseph Ramirez, Mike Rendon and Lencho Rendon's own polls indicate Joe Benavides is in the lead. Insiders in their camp reveal they are running for cover and El Defenzor Live has just revealed some very very bad associations between Rendons and Peggy Banales where she breached her duty to her own constituents by diverted funds and votes to Robstown. Calallen voters are outraged!! Curtains for Paycheck Peggy!!! Go Joe Go!!!</p><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://realsouthtexaspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/03/ktmv-not-knuckling-under-defenzor.html">BLASTING PEGGY BANALES.</a> </h3> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <p>Insiders inside the Peggy Banales camp indicate that they are howling with rage at the freedome of speech exerted by El Defenzor Live. Can't take the heat Peggy and company???</p> </div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">themericanprince<br /></span></span></div></div><blockquote style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="post-footer"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard"><span class="fn"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Update: After this release we at Los Kenedenos recieved information contrary to information released by themericanprince on the linked website realsouthtexaspolitics.blogspot.com. We have confirmed this information and have spoken with players and witnesses. We can confirm the protesting and financial strong arming tactics of the incumbents camp and this same camp's monopolizing take over agenda of Robstown and greater Nueces county. We have learned of a very serious and concerning matter involving the manipulation of KTMV time slots and the refusal to run ads (already paid for) by the challenger Joe Benavides. This is due to the station KTMV knuckling under to pressure from BND Yanqui Lencho (via his mouthpiece) & DOS LOGISTICS self dealer Terry Shamsie. </span><br /><br /></span></span><dl style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="comments-block"><dd><p>that's nothing. Rendon is trying to cover it up and trying to threaten Homero and the owners of KTMV!! These dirt bags need to go!</p></dd></dl> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366" onclick="" rel="nofollow">Jaime Kenedeño</a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> said...</span></div></div><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Great Work Homero<br /><br />No Cajones KTMV? or Sell Outs?<br /><br />Dont worry these crooks wont be around till election time again.</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">But we will be here to remind KTMV of their invertebrate existence.</p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Los Kenedenos & El Defenzor will keep pounding & discovering.<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">All threats are taken seriously and are reported to law enforcement immediately; all phone conversations are recorded.</p></blockquote><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://nuecesdemocrats.blogspot.com/2008/03/hegemony-power-culture-ideology-lencho.html" rel="nofollow"><br />Nueces Democrats: Hegemony: Power, Culture & Ideology: Lencho Rendon: The Pimping Out Of The President & Hillary</a>:<br /><br />"Now back to the “Shamsie Cronies” it is rumored and warnings have been issued! The media is being “Strong Armed” financially! Elite and Power Brokers (Powercrats) within the Democratic Party are frowning on the media who promote any other option for the Democratic primary and certainly to support an independent will bring the wrath of both Parties! They are in essence saying, “we are going to use our Incumbent resources to discourage (SQUEEZE) clients from working with your business’ if you (the Media) speak negatively of Shamsie! Even if it is true."</p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-357944015531970852008-03-03T12:37:00.000-06:002008-03-03T12:37:29.008-06:00Nueces Democrats: Hegemony: Power, Culture & Ideology: Lencho Rendon: The Pimping Out Of The President & Hillary<a href="http://nuecesdemocrats.blogspot.com/2008/03/hegemony-power-culture-ideology-lencho.html">Nueces Democrats: Hegemony: Power, Culture & Ideology: Lencho Rendon: The Pimping Out Of The President & Hillary</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"It is a simple choice, vote for Joe or vote for the Solomonista."</span>dannoynted1http://www.blogger.com/profile/14945400306838778051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-555953320277339922008-01-17T03:12:00.000-06:002008-01-17T03:12:21.315-06:00Hegemony: Power, Culture & Ideology: Danny Guerra is Congressman Solomon Ortiz's Second Staff Resignation in Two Months. Why Did Danny Resign?.<a href="http://southtexashegemony.blogspot.com/2008/01/danny-guerra-is-congressman-solomon.html">Hegemony: Power, Culture & Ideology: Danny Guerra is Congressman Solomon Ortiz's Second Staff Resignation in Two Months. Why Did Danny Resign?.</a><br /><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://blogginallthingsbrownsville.blogspot.com/2008/01/congressman-ortiz-selects-denise.html">Danny Guerra is Congressman Solomon Ortiz's Second Staff Resignation in Two Months. Why Did Danny Resign?.</a> </h3> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://blogginallthingsbrownsville.blogspot.com/2008/01/congressman-ortiz-selects-denise.html"><br /></a> </h3> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDRL93W_0hbrSR4dJIH5lwtPy0jeVGKlFMyI7vWePObjpVSgZEcjhr_Qu4yNgrSX-ZTF2plBnG4oYak5S__E0vZ9yMYiTNaHOtBU9mTkJJ5DyVN-YN9PemVRb86HhI9uy66a7Ag/s1600-h/blachard+ortiz+nando.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDRL93W_0hbrSR4dJIH5lwtPy0jeVGKlFMyI7vWePObjpVSgZEcjhr_Qu4yNgrSX-ZTF2plBnG4oYak5S__E0vZ9yMYiTNaHOtBU9mTkJJ5DyVN-YN9PemVRb86HhI9uy66a7Ag/s400/blachard+ortiz+nando.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156365131970617714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></p><div class="postTitle"> <a class="blogtitle" href="http://blogginallthingsbrownsville.blogspot.com/2008/01/congressman-ortiz-selects-denise.html">Congressman Ortiz Selects Denise Blanchard as Chief of Staff</a> <!-- Congressman Ortiz Selects Denise Blanchard as Chief of Staff</a> --> <!-- <a class="blogtitle" href="">Congressman Ortiz Selects Denise Blanchard as Chief of Staff</a> --> </div> <div class="postDate"> Wednesday, January 16, 2008 </div> Congressman Solomon Ortiz has selected Denise Blanchard as his chief of staff.<br /><br />Blanchard was formerly deputy chief of staff and district director. She was promoted to replace Fernando Gomez who resigned.<br /><br />Blanchard, a Brownsville native and Ortiz' long-time Director of District Operations, has worked for Ortiz for more than 16 years. Her experience includes constituent services, district office operations, and a political understanding of South Texas. She began service with Ortiz in 1991, becoming District Director in 1995. Previously, she worked with the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, the Brownsville Economic Development Council and the Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport.<br /><br />This is Ortiz's second staff resignation in two months.<br /><br />Ortiz’s long-time communications director, Cathy Travis, resigned Dec. 31 to continue her writing career. Ortiz hired Dallas-native Danny Guerra, 25, to replace Travis. Guerra wrote previously for political news magazine Congressional Quarterly. According to <a href="http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/guerra_82442___article.html/texas_ortiz.html"><em>The Brownsville Herald</em>,</a> he also worked previously with several Texas legislators.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;" > And Let us Not Forget </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=70491_0_10_0_C">Representative Ortiz</a> to replace his long-time chief of staff, 'Lencho' Rendon with 'Nando' Gomez.<blockquote>Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, also announced the promotion of Denise Blanchard, director of district operations to deputy chief of staff, the post Gomez held.<br /><br />Ortiz said that Gomez, “is very level-headed. He is not the type that gets angry. He always looks at the issue before he makes a decision and he always counsels with the staff.”<br /><br />Ortiz said Gomez of Gregory worked in Washington, D.C., for eight years as legislative director for former U.S. Rep. Martin Frost, as Ortiz’s legislative director in 2005, followed by promotion to deputy chief of staff. Ortiz said Gomez handles military matters. Gomez also worked in Austin for the state Legislature.</blockquote>and <a href="http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4657603,00.html">more</a><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">"These guys will be the bridge between legislation on Capitol Hill and my constituents in South Texas," Ortiz said. "They work well together and are universally respected on Capitol Hill and in South Texas. Both deeply understand and are committed to the needs of people in my congressional district."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPueALveGn14KLs0L6LGrbsQHHRh8mdCr0Oyqt4VtrTWMQ6X1nuWiF6VTmoof_QhTDeUNXkXRig175FQ3u5lAdbT8KQbi8nfPne-aC72HMYPBm6-fa9kAW9ac9zYWlHBhYMuTm5g/s1600-h/bridge+to+no+where.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPueALveGn14KLs0L6LGrbsQHHRh8mdCr0Oyqt4VtrTWMQ6X1nuWiF6VTmoof_QhTDeUNXkXRig175FQ3u5lAdbT8KQbi8nfPne-aC72HMYPBm6-fa9kAW9ac9zYWlHBhYMuTm5g/s400/bridge+to+no+where.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156365136265585026" border="0" /></a><a href="http://27thcongressionaldistrict.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Did somebody say bridge?</span><br /></a></div><br />Ortiz said both Gomez and Blanchard are also likely to follow in Rendon's footsteps, playing an active role in local politics. </blockquote>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-30410211385799549442008-01-14T01:20:00.000-06:002008-01-14T01:20:39.526-06:00South Texas Chisme: Nueces County Sheriff proves he is a Republican<a href="http://stxc.blogspot.com/2007/12/nueces-county-sheriff-proves-he-is.html">South Texas Chisme: Nueces County Sheriff proves he is a Republican</a><br /><br /><i>"People have a perception of who you are based on how you look," Kaelin said. "It is time to let the public know that there has been a change."</i><br /><br />We at Los Kenedenos have received information (unconfirmed) that one of the new patrol vehicles has been totaled.<br /><br />Why didnt anyone let the public know that one of these brand new cruisers has already been totaled.<br /><br />If this is true (and it is believed to be true), why has the Good Sheriff not let us know of the bad news.<br /><br />We need to hear the bad news immediately.Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-7102579415635608442008-01-09T08:21:00.000-06:002008-01-09T08:23:04.377-06:00Watts said, Noriega should debate McMurrey. McMurrey has challenged Noriega to debates, but Noriega's camp has declined so far<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/1600/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/320/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><p> <span class="timestamp"><b>Jan. 9, 2008, 6:37AM</b><br /></span> <span class="storyheading3">Win by Clinton could affect Senate race here<br /></span> <span class="storydeck3">Ex-candidate Watts says Dems may be less likely to spend in Texas</span><br /> </p> <p class="copyright"> <span class="author">By R.G. 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There are some who think Hillary will do that," he said.</p> <p>Watts said he has seen Texas polling that shows "right-wing Republicans" react more negatively to Clinton than they do to Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama or John Edwards.</p> <p>"I think whoever is the Democratic nominee will be the president, but it's a different story cobbling together 270 electoral votes and doing well in Texas," Watts said in an interview with the Houston Chronicle.</p> <p>Watts, a millionaire trial lawyer, dropped out of the race in October, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family than he could if he continued to run statewide. He left state Rep. Rick Noriega of Houston as the presumptive Democratic nominee to take on Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.</p> <p>But since that time, Noriega has picked up three opponents: Corpus Christi school teacher Ray McMurrey and perennial candidates Gene Kelly of Universal City and Rhett Smith of San Antonio. Because voters apparently confused him with the late actor, Kelly won the Democratic Senate nomination in 2000.</p> <p>"I don't see either McMurrey or Gene Kelly getting any traction," Watts said of the current primary. "It's pretty clear he (Noriega) will be the nominee, and he's the person best equipped to take on John Cornyn."</p> <p>Watts said he does not think it will hurt Noriega in the eyes of national donors and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee if Noriega has to win the nomination in a runoff.</p> <p>"It slows him down for a month. Obviously, he'd rather be the nominee earlier rather than later. But my advice to him would be to save his resources for Cornyn," Watts said.</p> <p>Watts said he donated $100,000 to the DSCC in late December. He said the committee chairman, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, will decide on whether to help fund Noriega's campaign based on polling done in the summer.</p> <p>"They are fiduciaries of money and they're trying to pick up Senate seats. So they'll spend the money where it will be most effective," Watts said. "Rick will be in a good position to make his case for that money, but there are a lot of pick-up opportunities across the country."</p> <p>At present, Noriega has raised about $1 million. Cornyn in October had $6.6 million in the bank.</p> <p>As preparation for the general election, Watts said, Noriega should debate McMurrey. McMurrey has challenged Noriega to debates, but Noriega's camp has declined so far.</p> <p>"I don't think debating hurts anybody. Rick and I were prepared to have a series of debates," Watts said. "You're going to want to have debates with Cornyn, and you're going to want to be able to say you took on all comers in the primary and Cornyn ought to in the general."</p> <p>Noriega campaign manager Sue Schechter said the debate argument with McMurrey is a matter of "semantics." She said Noriega and McMurrey have had repeated joint appearances at local Democratic forums, but that McMurrey has not shown up for all of them.</p> <p>"Our challenge would be for him to start showing up at these events where we are both invited," Schechter said.</p> <p><em><a href="mailto:r.g.ratcliffe@chron.com">r.g.ratcliffe@chron.com</a> </em></p> </div>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-60051354035694949962008-01-01T05:26:00.000-06:002008-01-01T05:26:11.530-06:00Nueces Democrats: Robert Zamora:A Man of Strength & Stability ; Winning Back The Nueces County Democratic Party For All South Texas Democrats<a href="http://nuecesdemocrats.blogspot.com/2008/01/robert-zamoraa-man-of-strength.html">Nueces Democrats: Robert Zamora:A Man of Strength & Stability ; Winning Back The Nueces County Democratic Party For All South Texas Democrats</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbIRW4QJODDOhQwC2QCAms6dKIKWZ4OArJM3ai_9OiB22xY3PuJqgMrwb_Wx4HIEupOGr0pthQx6YzepEQInDthgxzD7MKVeuK32XhTtL8Jv7AMemuhhFL-06dkxBLE8MaZm0tBw/s1600-h/zamora+nick.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbIRW4QJODDOhQwC2QCAms6dKIKWZ4OArJM3ai_9OiB22xY3PuJqgMrwb_Wx4HIEupOGr0pthQx6YzepEQInDthgxzD7MKVeuK32XhTtL8Jv7AMemuhhFL-06dkxBLE8MaZm0tBw/s400/zamora+nick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150467025181712274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:14;" ><b>Zamora Announces for Party Chair</b></span> <p style="margin: 5px 0pt;"> <span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96);font-size:9;" >Updated: <script language="JavaScript">var wn_last_ed_date = getLEDate("Jan 1, 2008 1:31 AM EST"); document.write(wn_last_ed_date);</script>Jan 1, 2008 12:31 AM </span> </p><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><p>A local attorney has announced he is running for chairman of the Nueces County Democratic Party.</p> <p>There has been talk that several people might run. On Monday, attorney Robert Zamora officially announced that he has filed for the position, which is now held by Alex Garcia Jr.</p> <p>"I have not only experience as a lawyer operating my own business for close to 30 years," Zamora said. "What I would like to do is lend the energy and the experience that I have to the operation of the Democratic Party here in Nueces County.</p> <p>The race will be decided in the state presidential primary in March.</p></span></span>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-13656911536210613882007-12-28T04:59:00.000-06:002007-12-28T04:59:47.584-06:00Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent<a href="http://nuecesdemocrats.blogspot.com/2007/12/we-dont-know-that-joe-benavides-will.html">Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.caller.com/ccct/content/img/photos/2007/11/22/06_t600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://media.caller.com/ccct/content/img/photos/2007/11/22/06_t600.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />With this precinct I have not a vote however, the County Commissioners are engaged towards progress for our community as a whole.<br /><br />Dannoynted1:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;" ><blockquote>"Our Large Family attended the "Annual Feast of Sharing" event held at the Bayfront Plaza.<br /><br />Joe Benavides was one of our servers (i believe he was a soft drink server), and Mrs.Banales also was there with her husband.<br /><br />I will not talk about the burnt tamale(only I got) but lets just say the mashed potatoes were the best my man says the rolls were the best.<br /><br />Considering it is election time, I am surprised most politicians were absent. But with the way they rushed you out after you ate, You certainly did not have any time to "network".<br /><br />The candidates that did attend, I apologize for not mentioning you as I was there only a small window of time..."<br /><br /><br />It was so different from the last time I went, which with regret, was not last year.<br /><br />I must say the food was better at the events that cost money."</blockquote></span><br />JK:<br /><br />We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent but I do know Joe was working and he volunteered out of his commitment to the community. Joe has over the years volunteered and donated his services diligently. One might argue he is only volunteering his time and services because he wants to "get elected".<br /><br />I dont believe this is the case. I have known Joe for a little over two years and I know his father. In the past, Joe Benavides has run a couple of times for office but, he volunteers regardless of whether he is running or not.<br /><br />Will Joe Benavides continue to volunteer if he wins?<br /><br />We can only know after we vote for him.<br /><br />We do know his incumbent opponent was not volunteering at the Feast of Sharing.<br /><br />We do know Joe Benavides' incumbent opponent was parading around with her hubby in tow. Was she making a statement? The message IMO was she is not worried about her challenger, she does not take him serious and she is not going to change her routine ways for her constituents. We do not know how she represents her constituency but we do know she is not going to change it.<br /><br />All we can do is allow Joe Benavides to tell us how is going to represent his constituents.<br /><br />We can ask him questions and hear his answers.<br /><br />With Joe Benavides' incumbent opponent we dont have to ask her anything because we have her record to refer to.<br /><br /><b>The only thing I remember is that, "She could work harder" if she gave herself a pay raise.</b><br /><br />I also know she was walking around when she should have been working.<br /><br />As far as the Family name and integrity, we might should ask the ME about the trangressions.<br /><br />Ask her about the real reason she decided to run.Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-56188418292856527702007-12-28T03:06:00.000-06:002007-12-28T03:06:18.684-06:00Parkdale Bank: Ray Mc Murrey Is From Here, He Still Believes Like It Says In The Intro, "I'll be a straight-shooter & a square-dealer "& He Does "Reme<a href="http://parkdalebank.blogspot.com/2007/12/ray-mc-murrey-is-from-here-he-still.html">Parkdale Bank: Ray Mc Murrey Is From Here, He Still Believes Like It Says In The Intro, "I'll be a straight-shooter & a square-dealer "& He Does "Remember The Alamo"</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-WGLhv0-ITg3fGVkbMVo_7IVCJwdWZt4GS2Dt6v3M5ZKZXU_L2MpUe_Lz0w4jpjlPI4kjFTWhlzcoF5oEyr-kW8AIQAALnI8rcoV-WSKoqgTEGx2cuEpUtbn8jgIcDV-MOeoiA/s1600-h/ray+mcmurrey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-WGLhv0-ITg3fGVkbMVo_7IVCJwdWZt4GS2Dt6v3M5ZKZXU_L2MpUe_Lz0w4jpjlPI4kjFTWhlzcoF5oEyr-kW8AIQAALnI8rcoV-WSKoqgTEGx2cuEpUtbn8jgIcDV-MOeoiA/s400/ray+mcmurrey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148936174283366258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><blockquote>"I'll be as hardy of mind as I am of body. I'll be a straight-shooter and a square-dealer. My family name will be sacred My word will be as good as any contract. I'll remember the Alamo. I'll stick by my friends. And I'll eat more chicken-fried steak."</blockquote></span></div><dl id="comments-block"><dd style="text-align: center;"><br /></dd><dd><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"> "We do not win by replacing a corporate Republican with a corporate Democrat," said Mr. McMurrey, speaking to about a dozen supporters at an East Austin residence.</i><br /></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ANBL4z0nFyRGlGhy798OydC8rXOK4Gr0bu3Pt594yOzM2ASxAvHhCs0ntc7shTfavy8fvZxiaYQJA6IYiTaHu_2d60hS0yU2qC3YSVyuVV1jZNwN9IMtiZKEtFg01d6vbMfcZw/s1600-h/corp+dem+rep.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ANBL4z0nFyRGlGhy798OydC8rXOK4Gr0bu3Pt594yOzM2ASxAvHhCs0ntc7shTfavy8fvZxiaYQJA6IYiTaHu_2d60hS0yU2qC3YSVyuVV1jZNwN9IMtiZKEtFg01d6vbMfcZw/s400/corp+dem+rep.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148935049001934674" border="0" /></a><br />Ray told me this before he spoke at his Official Announcement to run against the Corporate Democratic Military Industrial Complex Candidate for Texas US Senator.<br /><br />A very passionate candidate who is anything other than a fake or what some like to call a politician.<br /><br />Ray is not a Politician and this is a very very positive attribute.<br /><br />Dont get me wrong he is very well suited for the Senate and the diplomacy is there but there is a sternness that demands his respect kind of like the respect and command he possesses in the classroom. I think we can all agree, if he can handle our youth in the classroom he will do well for us in Washington.<br /><br />Two more things<br /><br />Remember the Alamo<br /><br />and<br /><br />Stay tuned for Jan 2 next year.<br /><br /></p><span class="item-control"></span></dd><dd><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"> "We do not win by replacing a corporate Republican with a corporate Democrat," said Mr. McMurrey, speaking to about a dozen supporters at an East Austin residence.</i></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClMFr7sBe8QNL23wpR0xS0EIsE8SlqVWMtQICZBirT-PWkGf3Y74DleYNdBIn2ajS71szFmUiNNo0pr01XtDjW3LgQZPa4U8-LP6nZmHEqLi9S_bHaNdxpcATaJtPTEZ-T2qHhA/s1600-h/corporate+dem.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClMFr7sBe8QNL23wpR0xS0EIsE8SlqVWMtQICZBirT-PWkGf3Y74DleYNdBIn2ajS71szFmUiNNo0pr01XtDjW3LgQZPa4U8-LP6nZmHEqLi9S_bHaNdxpcATaJtPTEZ-T2qHhA/s400/corporate+dem.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148935049001934690" border="0" /></a><br />Ray Mc Murrey is from Corpus Christi.<br /><br />He tells us upfront of his progressive leanings and his disappointment in both of the Hegemonic Parties.<br /><br />Hegemony,.... Watch the Movie <b>"Hot Fuzz".</b></p></dd></dl>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-12874201037502002802007-12-23T13:19:00.000-06:002007-12-23T13:19:53.570-06:00Dancing Politicos: Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare, they d<a href="http://choreographichegemony.blogspot.com/2007/12/texas-monthly-web-press-fil-junior-john.html">Dancing Politicos: Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare, they dont care about S TX</a><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html"><br /></a><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html"><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>On the lamb........</b></span><br /><span style="">Posted on December 23, 2007 at 07:27:59 AM by Borrego/Laurels Acres sold ....?title<br /></span><br /><br />Post 1 December 23, 2007 at 6:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)<br /><br />What a superficial column! This is never about anything substantive- never discusses any real political issues. This lady is just a groupie at council and commissioner's meetings, reporting the stupid things they do or say.<br /><br />The last week of the year is when people are making their final decisions to run for office. Something could have been written about attorneys thinking of challenging the rude Judge Longoria or what happened about possible opponents to Juan Garcia but no she'd rather talk about nonsense. If she wants to learn more about what commissioners are thinking when they dress the same perhaps she can do a series hiding out in each politician's closet and watching and listening to them dress- and the Caller - Times can get someone to deal with the more serious issues.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Yes post 1 , it may be superficial , but is that earning the money we paid for them to "work harder"?<br /><br />How much does faux "cleric" Tyne r Little earn? Enough for him to be elevated by the County Judge to "Reverend, are you all set?"<br /><br />When did this happen? Dress rehearsal for another Loyd (Insurance) deal perhaps, but it was whatever "Kneel" wanted it to be.<br /><br />What is 9/10th's of the law? Abandonment?<br />WACO?!?<br /><br />This is criminal why does Jaime Powell not report "eminent domain" this crime fraud? Paul Jones & Ennis Joslin land giveaway?<br /><br />Or the Pat rick Birmingham CCCC discrimination?<br /><br /><br /><br />"A-B-C.....easy as 1-2-3.....it-is -free, it is wise to remember, no one rides for free.<br /><br />We can always tell when you lie, your lips move.<br /><br /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><a href="http://caller.com/news/2007/dec/23/political-pulse/">Paid to fluff, all that is tough.... </a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>I'll take......</b></span><br /><span style="">Posted on December 23, 2007 at 12:27:41 PM by Jaime Kenedeno<br /></span><br /><img src="http://www.mainlesson.com/books/winter/aesop/zpage075.gif" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">prime rib for 1000 Alex. </span><br /><br />I mean, really..... we need to give Alex Garcia the boot and find somebody who will not only unite but to invigorate the State of the County Politics and engage the Citizenry of Nueces County Voters Voting.<br /><br />We need to realize the one's who profit from division and it is not the average Nueces County Citizen.<br /><br />We have State of the County events held with the publics money; yet the public was never invited.<br /><br />We have the hyenas circling and making advances (but we do not see them). They are dressed in Lambs Clothing. </span><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html"><br /><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html">Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare</a></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.projecthep.com/bluerose.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.projecthep.com/bluerose.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html">Fil Junior only seeks a Federal Bench for Rose </a></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tlr.quicksilveris.com/files/tlrbanner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 592px; height: 65px;" src="http://tlr.quicksilveris.com/files/tlrbanner.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html">South Texas Chisme: Could it be true, Is Fil Vela involved with Connie Scott? </a><br /><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html">Treasurer? </a><br /><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html">TLR hates South Texas, does that include Connie and her Hubby? </a><br /><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html">WATTS his name? Mike Scott?<br /><br />The Two Juniors represent not a mainstream Texas but they represent the Transplanted Texans (like Bush) and the Elite Texans (like K.C.Rove). </a><br /><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Junior John will say WATT ever it takes to get re elected. </span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" >>Why hasn't anyone gone after Filemon personally as a way to derail Rose? </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" > >If you go to </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);" href="http://www.fec.gov/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> www.fec.gov</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" > and follow the instructions on finding out who</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" > >gave to whom, how much, and when, then load up Filemon Vela as an </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" >>Individual Search you'll see he's made significant contributions to two </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" >>notorious politicians. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Senator Robert </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" >>Menendez (D-NJ). Hunter is an undicted coconspirator in the very same mess</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" > >that sent ex-rep "Duke" Cunningham's ass to prison recently, and Menendez</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" > >is currently under federal investigation for shady real estate dealings by </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" > >renting a building he owns to a non-profit and pocketing $300, 000.00 in</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;" > >taxpayer subsidies.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_S629r-xAxR8ox318rL8B3s7_sVJ4DBE_sRYZsIw4oKN58OmNiOsnuEvp_BkOlAlFs8J5pZYtalvP_9Lf9XAuYHnf5MCCFnrXafngqy1f9aFtdwUxW-PdRntDzkordEvNgCL9g/s1600-h/rhodes+vela.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 501px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_S629r-xAxR8ox318rL8B3s7_sVJ4DBE_sRYZsIw4oKN58OmNiOsnuEvp_BkOlAlFs8J5pZYtalvP_9Lf9XAuYHnf5MCCFnrXafngqy1f9aFtdwUxW-PdRntDzkordEvNgCL9g/s400/rhodes+vela.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144826053261508018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html">Junior John is working with Fil Vela Jr. & Federal Prosecutors (in the Valley, CC, SA & Houston) to Manufacture White Collar Crime and use it as a Political Strongarm when the Political Strongarm should be accomplishments and the actual construction of a VA Hospital in the Valley. </a><br /><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html"><br /></a><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3PSUiE4jP3Qy1UAvcAv1sYVyHN_V2BeiLk-LGq7vx0D9FfDwjnkFGZMj7rGGnK5L8NMKWrqNkOPyD2nOFV_smTixjbgBH8ytmwe_MuyZkl7dKw777Hk2KFyjIqiVslvIhVMUeQ/s400/junior+john+in+cc+who+knew.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144810204832185730" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><blockquote>Junior John has got to figure in this mix and Fil is the inroads (for Cornyn) into South Texas. We need to put a Big Stop Sign up in Robstown and inform them about <span style="font-weight: bold;">Connie Scott</span> as I understand Fil Vela is her campaign manager or treasurer and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mike Scott</span> is a <span style="font-weight: bold;"> TLR</span> guy with a title</blockquote></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzLwgbiEmlzbnuRZrzLJBr-Qa9c0NIymfAEpak59cCYa4J3itLd1o-XrTEGTG5YuLNjB18vLRHasjlnAG8dFsjbJbzWpYAgmVkPnZBZpe7ZpD4DcsZC4iPImgxjZX7XtfJOh0Dg/s1600-h/TLR+collage.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzLwgbiEmlzbnuRZrzLJBr-Qa9c0NIymfAEpak59cCYa4J3itLd1o-XrTEGTG5YuLNjB18vLRHasjlnAG8dFsjbJbzWpYAgmVkPnZBZpe7ZpD4DcsZC4iPImgxjZX7XtfJOh0Dg/s400/TLR+collage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144810209127153042" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ1UMmJm49pzfadG_zjxtMGMuep5276delmv7gMu8bq-MKZtT8smhFCnXJUaUxYBisj-funUEPYPZdFlZjk0Ac-PMiSKoqPLz33A6Q0cniljXuP2reLQY4RGMoMtXhNlBOVPH9Q/s1600-h/fil+vela+multiples.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ1UMmJm49pzfadG_zjxtMGMuep5276delmv7gMu8bq-MKZtT8smhFCnXJUaUxYBisj-funUEPYPZdFlZjk0Ac-PMiSKoqPLz33A6Q0cniljXuP2reLQY4RGMoMtXhNlBOVPH9Q/s400/fil+vela+multiples.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144829386156129730" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9N9heajaphgEJ8IjYWwOljmvv6Y-d5kdYhDv4D5rxCPdNiYWfaX4VOs7TfALO3hqQReqjPBE8LBJ4LZAN7JSl8ZCxvoNQVo1oBPQOf2l1yZrf_Ti2yxm9GCyM6u9BCeWMZ3IZw/s1600-h/tlr+logo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9N9heajaphgEJ8IjYWwOljmvv6Y-d5kdYhDv4D5rxCPdNiYWfaX4VOs7TfALO3hqQReqjPBE8LBJ4LZAN7JSl8ZCxvoNQVo1oBPQOf2l1yZrf_Ti2yxm9GCyM6u9BCeWMZ3IZw/s400/tlr+logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144829386156129746" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3kbCjZDNrzdhOsKZz6-39lMHWvlLW8-ZkwSNyddm4_wZ9HH1xdalDs-cM4-mZgAFfIq8VcgEeEzwzXYiig-z3au25co1XBsFADMIDGPcKMJJkxTDplj2KUIoVkwlNDGg_SxvUA/s1600-h/chuck+hopson+on+far+right+tlr+supports.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3kbCjZDNrzdhOsKZz6-39lMHWvlLW8-ZkwSNyddm4_wZ9HH1xdalDs-cM4-mZgAFfIq8VcgEeEzwzXYiig-z3au25co1XBsFADMIDGPcKMJJkxTDplj2KUIoVkwlNDGg_SxvUA/s400/chuck+hopson+on+far+right+tlr+supports.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144810213422120354" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8foy4WzJsK3RRAvN6XhDooulqKWqAw9BoPKK0Q2Pp4LTpL2wn3SvzCJimWQfSfCWb15L3anTpILw8Uw3-xvpTbdtdyky8Ayi4UUIoxH1RQfSAXqksV9GymHzs8xdDeGOCCqn4Q/s1600-h/rhodes+vela.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px;" src="http://mas.scripps.com/CCCT/2006/04/25/p-1rendon0425_d.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0307237923.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V66499694_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0307237923.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V66499694_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/1020051delay1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/1020051delay1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/08/south-texas-chisme-its-monday-it-must.html">We dont need to speculate or debate how Junior John will vote<br /><br />, who he will benefit and who he represents. No if ands or buts about it Junior John’s Record is who he is, how he votes, who he represents and it is not the average Texan</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/07/06/29/image_5829067.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/07/06/29/image_5829067.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8foy4WzJsK3RRAvN6XhDooulqKWqAw9BoPKK0Q2Pp4LTpL2wn3SvzCJimWQfSfCWb15L3anTpILw8Uw3-xvpTbdtdyky8Ayi4UUIoxH1RQfSAXqksV9GymHzs8xdDeGOCCqn4Q/s1600-h/rhodes+vela.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8foy4WzJsK3RRAvN6XhDooulqKWqAw9BoPKK0Q2Pp4LTpL2wn3SvzCJimWQfSfCWb15L3anTpILw8Uw3-xvpTbdtdyky8Ayi4UUIoxH1RQfSAXqksV9GymHzs8xdDeGOCCqn4Q/s1600-h/rhodes+vela.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-11907302024587542972007-12-14T00:27:00.000-06:002007-12-14T00:27:15.069-06:00Texas Monthly Web Press<a href="http://texasmonthly.blogspot.com/2007/01/patrick-carr-murder-of-presbyterian.html">Texas Monthly Web Press</a>: Search page for "lab"<br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>If Houston, Texas weren't, thanks to the power of oil and the military industrialist complex that defends it, the shadow capital of the world, I'd say Mr. Treece was right. Instead he's wrong.<br />The Houston Crime Lab is the printing press for Mob and CIA get-out-of-jail-free-cards and licenses-to-kill.<br />This is the biggest local, state, national AND international news story to come down the Pike in the history of the Republic. Period. NO national scandal compares...not Tammany Hall, not the Texas Veterans Land Board Scandal, not Watergate, not Iran-Contra nor the S&L Scandal..though the Iran-Contra and S&L Scandal are part of this story.<br />Iran-Contra was operating out of Texas and Louisiana and thanks to a qui tam law suit involving former Under-Secretary at HUD, Catherine Austin Fitts, we learned that Houston was also ground-zero of the S&L slime pit.Drug money was being funneled through HUD loans to fund the Contras.<br />KBR, Halliburton, Temple-Inland (on whose board sits the CEO of the Carlyle Group), Air Products and Chemicals (on whose board sits L Paul Bremer), etc. all have a substantial presence in Houston and Ellington Field, Houston, was not only home to Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers during WWII, whose mercenary efforts were funded by Indo-China's drug money, but also home to key Iran-Contra personalities in the 1980's including James R Bath</blockquote>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-28167759115248655432007-12-09T05:52:00.000-06:002007-12-09T05:52:23.614-06:00B.A.C.A.L.A.: Velacrat is making friends with the Federal Entrapment gang and sycophants up to the ones he believes will elevate his Rose<a href="http://bayareacitizensagainstlawsuitabuse.blogspot.com/2007/12/abel-hererro-has-proven-himself-and-his.html">B.A.C.A.L.A.: Abel Hererro has proven himself and his record is there for all to see; he is a fine representative</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPndSTNKI4eEhRat43CaWsloSdNlWFcEWuJkAFX1Lzw1dJ3ujUtNyqoQeDVQVQBegtW_TYJxdzmteRzUA5TyMjnViaAsH9R2DD7zkBUd6BZNyW1p28_GqCjFgVSjHPd45qS8gpoA/s1600-h/herrero+speaking+in+craddick+coupe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPndSTNKI4eEhRat43CaWsloSdNlWFcEWuJkAFX1Lzw1dJ3ujUtNyqoQeDVQVQBegtW_TYJxdzmteRzUA5TyMjnViaAsH9R2DD7zkBUd6BZNyW1p28_GqCjFgVSjHPd45qS8gpoA/s400/herrero+speaking+in+craddick+coupe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141927818253228690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Abel Hererro has proven himself and his record is there for all to see. I am proud of Abel, he is a fine representative.</span><br /><br />There is a natural law I always like to follow, "If it isnt broke , then it don't need fixin".<br /><br />On the other hand,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JDDfz1OWoL4Jc2D1Lg7ZYFr1IPbUgfdGiQJGU_Hwp4aETmzlIx__7GM__R4tOyH87ik5kwVkHgWubWmXERgyWedtnu2RPSvqcTA5sikp89DNVrlJCtTgecvii9FLOtEYU0JfbA/s1600-h/rose+pink.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JDDfz1OWoL4Jc2D1Lg7ZYFr1IPbUgfdGiQJGU_Hwp4aETmzlIx__7GM__R4tOyH87ik5kwVkHgWubWmXERgyWedtnu2RPSvqcTA5sikp89DNVrlJCtTgecvii9FLOtEYU0JfbA/s400/rose+pink.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141935961511221954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8foy4WzJsK3RRAvN6XhDooulqKWqAw9BoPKK0Q2Pp4LTpL2wn3SvzCJimWQfSfCWb15L3anTpILw8Uw3-xvpTbdtdyky8Ayi4UUIoxH1RQfSAXqksV9GymHzs8xdDeGOCCqn4Q/s1600/rhodes+vela.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8foy4WzJsK3RRAvN6XhDooulqKWqAw9BoPKK0Q2Pp4LTpL2wn3SvzCJimWQfSfCWb15L3anTpILw8Uw3-xvpTbdtdyky8Ayi4UUIoxH1RQfSAXqksV9GymHzs8xdDeGOCCqn4Q/s1600/rhodes+vela.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Velacrat </span>is making friends with the Federal Entrapment gang and sycophants up to the ones he believes will elevate his <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Rose</span> to a Federal Judicial Bench.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://googleurself.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-fil-vela-going-into-fraud-abuse.html" rel="nofollow">Is Fil Vela going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket & the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions? </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMUCEJynyDJ7sczate3sHzGtojSmDw175g4d0HhjTj9m8-l3b63HFhH9YfYW-QZl_j40QLEC8vCkZo9jnN4H6Kt53X1jt4l5p9bbyra2WuwifmQNVbwy2GK3E8I4-D3MWMu7Fqg/s1600-h/14_ground_snare_335.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMUCEJynyDJ7sczate3sHzGtojSmDw175g4d0HhjTj9m8-l3b63HFhH9YfYW-QZl_j40QLEC8vCkZo9jnN4H6Kt53X1jt4l5p9bbyra2WuwifmQNVbwy2GK3E8I4-D3MWMu7Fqg/s400/14_ground_snare_335.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141934342308551346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://googleurself.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-fil-vela-going-into-fraud-abuse.html" rel="nofollow">Inroads (for GOP) into South Texas?</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFv2ac_4y1_AQm7gbhgiGZg228oXq8FgYm1wuCmXoe_pGqtnBUKYiK6FgHUKn5xGQcOq6NbacwMa-f-P6sEE_vgQrYUgyBhMV-Tep4F_7bHE_21G4X6kmhyPaKw51hlclqfjSrQ/s1600-h/king+rangers.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFv2ac_4y1_AQm7gbhgiGZg228oXq8FgYm1wuCmXoe_pGqtnBUKYiK6FgHUKn5xGQcOq6NbacwMa-f-P6sEE_vgQrYUgyBhMV-Tep4F_7bHE_21G4X6kmhyPaKw51hlclqfjSrQ/s400/king+rangers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141932813300193954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://dannoynted1-thinktank.blogspot.com/2006/08/hurt-injured-need-lawyer-too-bad.html" rel="nofollow"> Hurt? Injured? Need a Lawyer? Too Bad!</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKTS8RGjzlRHqkuRDCgy2rRcvaigRPaqW-dHnkyVSDOSaBMBkJ9D6aYGmejcrIBiuFvzz-Dp-iiy0PMhmI0WbQxtCiUnycaGNKrhsyJ0z2yP11tp5beAXv85oaoeDmFQzcRT1ag/s1600-h/explorer+crashed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKTS8RGjzlRHqkuRDCgy2rRcvaigRPaqW-dHnkyVSDOSaBMBkJ9D6aYGmejcrIBiuFvzz-Dp-iiy0PMhmI0WbQxtCiUnycaGNKrhsyJ0z2yP11tp5beAXv85oaoeDmFQzcRT1ag/s400/explorer+crashed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141936833389583058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.stopcornyn.com/2007/08/20/cornyns-broken-promise-on-chip/" rel="nofollow"> TLR??</a> ..................................three little bitty letters; <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwQVM-2Zb-OIPvRDkAT2I10evKDKUT97ovze8M7QbbJrr6oWmj-XmMISuGljhZIZz-7IwpVhkiTLeUmKpaiSgDvl8-_dqIth1DFNwrq0cyxRpdyVXYn_JEwrbiXpMDhN4KgpP5Q/s1600-h/TLR+collage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwQVM-2Zb-OIPvRDkAT2I10evKDKUT97ovze8M7QbbJrr6oWmj-XmMISuGljhZIZz-7IwpVhkiTLeUmKpaiSgDvl8-_dqIth1DFNwrq0cyxRpdyVXYn_JEwrbiXpMDhN4KgpP5Q/s400/TLR+collage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141925670769580674" border="0" /></a><b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />nah, I wouldnt worry bout em.</b>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-31288221664662938712007-12-05T03:00:00.000-06:002007-12-05T03:04:24.602-06:00When did Rick James get so much Appointment Power?.......What is required for those who want it bad enough?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/1600/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/320/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Appointment Opportunities<br />This list reflects the opportunities for board and commission appointments with positions expiring in the next 12 to 18 months.<br /><br />Last updated November 15, 2007.<br /><br />It is subject to change on a daily basis as appointments are made and as resignations are received. If you have questions regarding the continued availability of a position or the qualifications for a particular board or commission, please call our office.<br /><br />Opportunities in Chronological Order<br />NOTE:<br /># indicates number of positions available for appointment<br />Date indicates the day on which the appointments become available<br /><br /> <br />BOARD # Date<br />Agricultural Finance Authority Board of Directors, Texas 3 1/1/07<br />Securities Board, State 2 1/20/07<br />Acupuncture Examiners, Texas State Board of 3 1/31/07<br />Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, Texas 2 1/31/07<br />Architectural Examiners, Texas Board of 3 1/31/07<br />Blind & Visually Impaired, Governing Board of the Texas School for the 2 1/31/07<br />Building & Procurement Commission, Texas 1 1/31/07<br />Crime Victims' Institute Advisory Council 8 1/31/07<br />Deaf, Governing Board of the Texas School for the 3 1/31/07<br />Facilities Commission, Texas 1 1/31/07<br />Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Department of 2 1/31/07<br />Jail Standards, Commission on 2 1/31/07<br />Land Surveying, Texas Board of Professional 2 1/31/07<br />Manufactured Housing Board 2 1/31/07<br />Nurse Examiners, Board of 4 1/31/07<br />Optometry Board, Texas 3 1/31/07<br />Pension Review Board, State 1 1/31/07<br />Physical Therapy Examiners, Texas Board of 3 1/31/07<br />Private Security Board, Texas 2 1/31/07<br />Real Estate Commission, Texas 1 1/31/07<br />Real Estate Research Advisory Committee 3 1/31/07<br />Aging and Disability Services Council 3 2/1/07<br />Automobile Theft Prevention Authority 2 2/1/07<br />Brazos River Authority Board of Directors 7 2/1/07<br />Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, Council on 1 2/1/07<br />Chiropractic Examiners, Texas Board of 3 2/1/07<br />Colorado River Authority, Lower 1 2/1/07<br />Colorado River Authority, Upper 3 2/1/07<br />Correctional Managed Health Care Committee 1 2/1/07<br />Counselors, Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional 3 2/1/07<br />Criminal Justice, Texas Board of 3 2/1/07<br />Dental Examiners, State Board of 5 2/1/07<br />Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee 1 2/1/07<br />Developmental Disabilities, Executive Committee of the Texas Office for the Prevention of 1 2/1/07<br />Developmental Disabilities, Texas Council for 7 2/1/07<br />Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee 1 2/1/07<br />Educator Certification, State Board for 2 2/1/07<br />Environmental Education Partnership Fund Board, Texas 2 2/1/07<br />Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Council, Texas 1 2/1/07<br />Fire Protection, Texas Commission on 3 2/1/07<br />Funeral Service Commission, Texas 3 2/1/07<br />Guadalupe River Authority, Upper 3 2/1/07<br />Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Board of Directors 3 2/1/07<br />Health and Human Services Council 3 2/1/07<br />Health Disparities Task Force 1 2/1/07<br />Human Rights, Commission on 2 2/1/07<br />Indigent Defense, Task Force on 2 2/1/07<br />Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, Texas State Council for 1 2/1/07<br />Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission, Texas Emancipation 2 2/1/07<br />Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board Examiners of 3 2/1/07<br />Medical & Mental Impairments, TDCJ Advisory Committee on Offenders with 4 2/1/07<br />Medical Physicists, Texas Board of Licensure for Professional 3 2/1/07<br />Municipal Retirement System Board of Trustees, Texas 2 2/1/07<br />Neches River Municipal Water Auth. Bd. of Directors, Upper 1 2/1/07<br />Nueces River Authority Board of Directors 7 2/1/07<br />Nursing Facility Administrators Advisory Committee 3 2/1/07<br />Occupational Therapy Examiners, Texas Board of 2 2/1/07<br />Pardons & Paroles, Board of 1` 2/1/07<br />Parks & Wildlife Commission 1 2/1/07<br />Pest Control Board, Texas Structural 2 2/1/07<br />Physical Therapy & Occupation Therapy Examiners, Executive Council of 1 2/1/07<br />Preservation Board, State 1 2/1/07<br />Prison Industries Oversight Authority, Private Sector 3 2/1/07<br />Product Development & Small Business Incubator Board 3 2/1/07<br />Public Finance Authority, Texas 3 2/1/07<br />Review Committee, State Community Development 9 2/1/07<br />Rio Grande Regional Water Authority 4 2/1/07<br />Risk Management, State Office of 2 2/1/07<br />School Safety Center Board, Texas 4 2/1/07<br />Sex Offender Treatment, Council on 2 2/1/07<br />Social Worker Examiners, Texas State Board of 2 2/1/07<br />Texas Southern University Board of Regents (Student Regent) 1 2/1/07<br />Transportation Commission, Texas 2 2/1/07<br />Workforce Commission, Texas 1 2/1/07<br />Tax Professional Examiners, Board of 2 3/1/07<br />OneStar National Service Commission 1 3/15/07<br />Trinity River Authority Board of Directors 8 3/15/07<br />Radiation Advisory Board 5 4/16/07<br />Military Facilities Commission, Texas 2 4/30/07<br />Lavaca-Navidad River Authority 3 5/1/07<br />Historian, Texas State 1 5/29/07<br />Coastal Coordination Council 2 5/31/07<br />Rio Grande Compact Commission 1 6/9/07<br />Polygraph Examiners Board 2 6/18/07<br />Judicial Council, Texas 2 6/30/07<br />Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors, Texas 1 7/1/07<br />Sabine River Authority of Texas 3 7/6/07<br />Podiatric Medical Examiners, Texas State Board of 3 7/10/07<br />Health Coordinating Council, Statewide 4 8/1/07<br />Veterinary Medical Examiners, State Board of 3 8/26/07<br />School Land Board 1 8/29/07<br />Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders, Texas Council on 2 8/31/07<br />Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas 3 8/31/07<br />One Call Board 4 8/31/07<br />Pharmacy, Texas State Board of 3 8/31/07<br />Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, State Board of Examiners for 3 8/31/07<br />Teacher Retirement System of Texas Board of Trustees 3 8/31/07<br />Texas State Technical College System Board of Regents 3 8/31/07<br />University of Houston System Board of Regents 3 8/31/07<br />Water Advisory Council, Texas 1 8/31/07<br />Youth Commission, Texas 2 8/31/07<br />Dietitians, Texas State Board of Examiners of 3 9/1/07<br />Economic Development Stakeholders, Advisory Board of 2 9/1/07<br />Emergency Communications, Commission on State 2 9/1/07<br />Emergency Services Personnel Retirement Fund, State Board of Trustees of the TX Statewide 3 9/1/07<br />Forensic Science Commission, Texas 4 9/1/07<br />Genetic Services, Interagency Council for 2 9/1/07<br />On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council 6 9/1/07<br />Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee 11 9/1/07<br />Workforce Investment Council, Texas 1 9/1/07<br />Angelina and Neches River Authority Board of Directors 3 9/5/07<br />Plumbing Examiners, Texas State Board of 3 9/5/07<br />Animal Health Commission, Texas 5 9/6/07<br />Engineers, Texas Board of Professional 3 9/26/07<br />Library and Archives Commission, Texas State 2 9/28/07<br />Seed and Plant Board, State 3 10/6/07<br />Independent Living Council, State 5 10/24/07<br />Rehabilitation Council of Texas 7 10/29/07<br />Psychologists, Texas State Board of Examiners of 3 10/31/07<br />Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas 1 11/15/07<br />Judicial Conduct, State Commission on 1 11/19/07<br />Hearing Instruments, St. Comm. of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of 3 12/31/07<br />Humanities Texas 3 12/31/07<br />Public Safety Commission 1 12/31/07<br />Retirement System, Texas County and District 3 12/31/07<br />Veterans Commission, Texas 2 12/31/07<br />Water Development Board, Texas 2 12/31/07<br />Women, Governor's Commission for 13 12/31/07<br />Agricultural Finance Authority Board of Directors, Texas 2 1/01/07<br />Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council 5 1/01/08<br />Medical Board District Four Review Committee, Texas 2 1/15/08<br />Medical Board District One Review Committee, Texas 2 1/15/08<br />Medical Board District Three Review Committee, Texas 2 1/15/08<br />Medical Board District Two Review Committee, Texas 2 1/15/08<br />Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, Texas 1 1/31/08<br />Crime Victims’ Institute Advisory Council 6 1/31/08<br />A&M University System Board of Regents, Texas 1 2/01/08<br />Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Texas Council on 3 2/01/08<br />Cancer Council, Texas 1 2/01/08<br />Disabilities, Governor’s Committee on People with 6 2/01/08<br />Finance Commission of Texas 3 2/01/08<br />Historical Records Advisory Board 1 2/01/08<br />Industrialized Building Code Council, Texas 1 2/01/08<br />Inspector General for Health & Human Services, Office of 1 2/01/08<br />Midwestern State University Board of Regents (Student Regent) 1 2/01/08<br />School Safety Center Board, Texas 5 2/01/08<br />Soil and Water Conservation Board 1 2/01/08<br />Stephen F. 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Rick Perry to give the nod to Patti or Randolph Boothe or Sam Keech as first County Constitutional Judge of Robstown & Calallen/Annaville.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Political Bigomy After All Karl Rove is From Utah</b></span><br /><span style="">Posted on November 15, 2007 at 00:41:33 AM by Jaime Kenedeno<br /></span><br /><img src="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/1020051delay1.jpg" /><br /><br />Is it not illegal for two to be espoused to one?<br /><br />Think we can legislate another Congressional Rep for the 27th Cong Dist to help Solomon with the "backlog" of legislation in the applicable counties.<br /><br />The precedent has been created get busy and start exploiting it.<br /><br />A Robstown Nueces County Constitutional Judge?<br /><br />Create a County Constitutional Judge's office for both Robstown & Calallen/Annavile, and get Gov. Rick Perry to give the nod to Patti or Randolph Boothe or Sam Keech as first County Constitutional Judge of Robstown & Calallen/Annaville.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b></b></span><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Potential Juror 26........</b></span><br /><span style="">Posted on November 15, 2007 at 00:59:29 AM by d1<br /></span><br />was told "Just trying to stay out of trouble"....LIAR...because If you were "you lied"!<br /><br />Go back to Iraq where they need your kind of prosecution......I forgot your Farsi/Arabic sucks.<br /><br />"Your Honor, I'm gonna have to spend the rest of the summer in the library"<br /><br />More like the rest of your life......Your hate is well documented as you can READ English, do you understand/comprehend English?<br /><br />TLR/Totally Live Recognition........Now, Dick Cheney can shoot who he pleases and whenever he choices to.<br /><br />With you in his pocket....no need to utilize Jaime Powell.</blockquote></span><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>WATT is the Number of the Judicial District for this so called District Attorney</b></span><br /><span style="">Posted on November 15, 2007 at 01:21:39 AM by Jaime Kenedeno<br /></span><br />Sec. 43.182. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR KLEBERG AND KENEDY<br />COUNTIES. (a) The voters of Kleberg and Kenedy Counties elect a<br />district attorney. The district attorney has the same powers and<br />duties as other district attorneys and serves the district courts<br />of Kleberg and Kenedy Counties.<br />(b) The district attorney shall attend each term and session<br />of the district courts of Kleberg and Kenedy Counties and shall<br />represent the state in criminal cases pending in those courts. The<br />district attorney has control of any case heard on petition of writ<br />of habeas corpus before any district or inferior court<b> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >in the<br />district.</span><br /></b> (c) The commissioners courts of the counties comprising the<br />district may supplement the state salary of the district attorney.<br />The amount of the supplement may not exceed $12,000 a year. The<br />supplemental salary must be paid proportionately by the<br />commissioners court of each county according to the population of<br />the county. The supplemental salary may be paid from the officers'<br />salary fund of a county. If that fund is inadequate, the<br />commissioners court may transfer the necessary funds from the<br />general fund of the county.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>The Legislation Failed but if you notice the language is the same</b></span><br /><span style="">Posted on November 15, 2007 at 01:26:39 AM by Jaime Kenedeno<br /></span><br /><img src="http://www.geocities.com/KarenSpecial/images/comics/nowheretogo.jpg" /><br /><br />Sec.i24.567.ii423RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (KENEDY AND KLEBERG COUNTIES). (a) The 423rd Judicial District is composed of Kenedy and Kleberg Counties.<br /><br />(b)iiThe 423rd District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.<br /><br />(c)iiIn addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 423rd District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county courts in Kenedy and Kleberg Counties and the statutory county court in Kleberg County over all matters of civil and criminal<br /><br />3832 79th Legislature — Regular Session 79th Day<br /><br />jurisdiction, original and appellate, in cases over which a county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state. Matters and proceedings in the concurrent jurisdiction of the 423rd District Court and the county court or county court at law may be filed in either court and all cases of concurrent jurisdiction may be transferred between the 423rd District Court, the county court, and the county court at law. However, a case may not be transferred from one court to another without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred, and a case may not be transferred unless it is within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred.<br /><br />(b)iiSection 24.207, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:<br /><br />Sec.i24.207.ii105TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([KENEDY, KLEBERG, AND] NUECES COUNTY [COUNTIES]). (a) The 105th Judicial District is composed of [Kenedy, Kleberg, and] Nueces County [counties]. The court shall give preference to criminal cases.<br /><br />(b)iiThe terms of the 105th District Court begin[:<br /><br />[(1)iiin Kenedy County on the first Mondays in June and December;<br /><br />[(2)iiin Kleberg County on the first Mondays in April and October; and<br /><br />[(3)iiin Nueces County] on the first Mondays in February and August.<br /><br />(c)iiThe judge, with the approval of the commissioners court, may appoint an official interpreter of the court [in Nueces County] who serves at the will of the judge. The official interpreter shall take both the constitutional oath of office and an oath that he will faithfully interpret all testimony in the district court as official interpreter. The oath is sufficient for his service as official interpreter in all cases in the court [in Nueces County] during the interpreter's term of office. The judge may also assign the official interpreter to assist the court's probation officer in the discharge of the probation officer's duties.<br /><br />(c)iiThe heading to Section 43.148, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:<br /><br />Sec.i43.148.iiKENEDY, KLEBERG, AND NUECES COUNTIES [105TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT].<br /><br />(d)iiSubsections (a) and (c), Section 43.148, Government Code, are amended to read as follows:<br /><br />(a)iiThe voters of Kenedy, Kleberg, and Nueces counties [the 105th Judicial District] elect a district attorney. The district attorney has the same powers and duties as other district attorneys and serves all the district, county, and justice courts of Nueces County and the district courts of Kleberg and Kenedy counties.<br /><br />(c)iiThe commissioners courts of Kenedy, Kleberg, and Nueces [the] counties [comprising the district] may supplement the state salary of the district attorney. The amount of the supplement may not exceed $12,000 a year. The supplemental salary must be paid proportionately by the commissioners court of each county according to the population of the county. The supplemental salary may be paid from the officers' salary fund of a county. If that fund is inadequate, the commissioners court may transfer the necessary funds from the general fund of the county.<br /><br />(e)iiThe local administrative district judge shall transfer all cases from Kenedy and Kleberg Counties that are pending in the 105th District Court on September 1, 2005, to the 423rd District Court.<br /><br />Thursday, May 26, 2005 SENATE JOURNAL 3833<br /><br />(f)iiWhen a case is transferred as provided by Subsection (e) of this section, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or other obligations issued from the 105th District Court are returnable to the 423rd District Court as if originally issued by that court. The obligees on all bonds and recognizances taken in and for the 105th District Court and all witnesses summoned to appear in the 105th District Court are required to appear before the 423rd District Court as if originally required to appear before that court.<br /><br />(g)iiThe 423rd Judicial District is created September 1, 2005.<br /><br />SECTIONi7.ii(a)iiEffective January 1, 2007, Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 24.569 to read as follows:<br /><br /><a href="http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/sjrnl/79r/html/sj05-26-f.htm">Failed Creation of the 423rd District</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Why did they try to create the 423rd Judcial District?</b></span><br /><span style="">Posted on November 15, 2007 at 01:36:58 AM by Jaime Kenedeno<br /></span><br /><img src="http://www.sevenstories.com/html/custom/images/Paradise.jpg" /><br /><br />Sounds like how Hitler thought<br /><br />Did they think they needed a new Judicial District to create the new District Attorney position?<br /><br />We have here in this situation a District Attorney without a Judicial District.<br /><br />Tell me I am wrong and back it up, any takers? </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><br /><blockquote></blockquote></span>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-29165792924027806742007-10-28T23:35:00.000-05:002007-10-28T23:35:50.555-05:00South Texas Verdad: Just remember that last step is a doozie.<span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ61ytma4iqJtRAaGPM9hX7kEbGkCndCbXPSI6b_c5txzKLzMbRYRf6usi7UwBr6Vswz53I3dOq3o8tcGUm-3Idecg4gArvj_sAHhbWIVskcFHhAzmBb1ki1NERcIYjpjRwKy/s1600-h/TLR+collage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ61ytma4iqJtRAaGPM9hX7kEbGkCndCbXPSI6b_c5txzKLzMbRYRf6usi7UwBr6Vswz53I3dOq3o8tcGUm-3Idecg4gArvj_sAHhbWIVskcFHhAzmBb1ki1NERcIYjpjRwKy/s400/TLR+collage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125916665815180930" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4dYxR0jY_0QuM1byMcA8voC29JPPFW8Zmslwf5z-r_TtHrRCtwc-Ba-sPAoEbKfClx6Q-q9EH5ZLjhpSFBuVyr2xdO90W9TqvjA8dQEIsHjT5gjVJpE0A5QXJbJO2R_YeisX/s1600-h/randy+delay.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 514px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4dYxR0jY_0QuM1byMcA8voC29JPPFW8Zmslwf5z-r_TtHrRCtwc-Ba-sPAoEbKfClx6Q-q9EH5ZLjhpSFBuVyr2xdO90W9TqvjA8dQEIsHjT5gjVJpE0A5QXJbJO2R_YeisX/s400/randy+delay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125914307878135378" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Randolph (Randy) Delay<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><a href="http://stxv.blogspot.com/2007/10/just-remember-that-last-step-is-doozie.html">South Texas Verdad: Power we giveth and power we can taketh away. Ask CCREDC's Joe Elizondo, Juan G and yes ask even Mikal Watts.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Power is a united people.</span><br /><br />Dont piss us off. TLR Connie Scott, BACALA, Fil Vela (FED sycophant & Johnny come lately white collar crime manufacturer for WATT???? BUT of COURSE! Nothing less than a Federal Judgeship Appointment for his "Tyler Rhodes" wife and sitting 13th COA Justice).</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8foy4WzJsK3RRAvN6XhDooulqKWqAw9BoPKK0Q2Pp4LTpL2wn3SvzCJimWQfSfCWb15L3anTpILw8Uw3-xvpTbdtdyky8Ayi4UUIoxH1RQfSAXqksV9GymHzs8xdDeGOCCqn4Q/s1600-h/rhodes+vela.jpg" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> <img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 656px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8foy4WzJsK3RRAvN6XhDooulqKWqAw9BoPKK0Q2Pp4LTpL2wn3SvzCJimWQfSfCWb15L3anTpILw8Uw3-xvpTbdtdyky8Ayi4UUIoxH1RQfSAXqksV9GymHzs8xdDeGOCCqn4Q/s400/rhodes+vela.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a style="color: blue;" href="http://corpuschristicallertimes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> Corpus Christi Caller Times</a><br /><span style="">Google Yourself Corpus Christi: Is <b>Fil Vela</b> going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket & the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions?<br /><br /><br /></span><a style="color: blue;" href="http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4648869,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> Rendon, longtime Ortiz aide, will retire : Corpus Christi Local <b>...</b></a><br /><span style="">Rendon served as an adviser to numerous successful political campaigns including those of <b>Fil Vela's</b> wife, District Judge Rose <b>Vela</b>; former Nueces County <b>...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></b></span><span style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ61ytma4iqJtRAaGPM9hX7kEbGkCndCbXPSI6b_c5txzKLzMbRYRf6usi7UwBr6Vswz53I3dOq3o8tcGUm-3Idecg4gArvj_sAHhbWIVskcFHhAzmBb1ki1NERcIYjpjRwKy/s1600-h/TLR+collage.jpg"><br /></a></span>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-77822315575455570082007-10-15T02:57:00.000-05:002007-10-15T04:35:45.769-05:00In a 1996 case, the 14th Court of Appeals ruled that the Klein Independent School District must release information to the parents of a student in the<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/1600/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6245/990/320/200px-Bald_eagle.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />The Texas Public Information Act<br />A User's Guide to Major Changes Made by the 76th Legislature<br /><br /> <br /><br /> * Executive Summary<br /><br /> * New Procedures For Billing May Create Delays<br /> (side bar)<br /><br /> * New Procedures for Records Access<br /> (side bar) <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Effective September 1, 1999, changes to the Public Information Act (Government Code Chapter 552) will improve access to records for most people seeking information from state or local government. As a follow-up to our report "Break the Dam: Access to Public Information in Texas," Consumers Union publishes this short guide to the reforms enacted by the 76th Legislature. We also identify some new concerns, and hope that well informed requestors can avoid the potential pitfalls in the revised Act. This guide should not be construed as legal advice, and we recommend that anyone attempting to use the Public Information Act refer directly to the statute or consult a qualified attorney.<br /><br />New Pitfalls:<br />"Repetitious or redundant" requests (SB 1851)<br /><br />Despite opposition from public interest and media organizations, the legislature enacted a new provision in the statute that could delay or limit access to public information, unless requestors know about it and plan ahead. Under new Texas Government Code Chapter 552.232, a governmental body does not have to provide copies of the exact same information more than once.<br /><br />Under the new provision, if you have asked for and been given access to copies-and you ask for it again-the governmental body may respond with a letter "certifying" that you have already been given access to this information. The governmental body can respond in this way even if you never actually saw the information. This could happen if you request copies, never pick them up, and request them again later. This new provision, purportedly drafted to prevent "harassment" of officials, could be used to limit or deny access to public records.<br /><br />The "certification" procedure only applies when the same person asks for the information more than once. The government's right to "certify" does not apply to information for which the governmental body has not previously furnished copies. It is unclear what governmental bodies will do with requests where a portion of the information was previously made available but much of the request is new.<br /><br />To avoid this problem altogether, it is more important than ever to collect the copies you request.<br /><br />Application of the Public Information Act<br /><br />You may now review records of certain quasi-governmental entities that were not clearly covered by the Act in the past.<br /><br /> · Certain Houston-Area Property Owners Associations (new 552.0035, HB 3407): A property owners association is subject to the Public Information Act if it is in Harris or an adjacent county, membership is mandatory for certain categories of residents, the association has the power to assess a fee on residents, and the fee is (or has ever been) based on property value.<br /><br />· Open-enrollment charter schools (amendment to Education Code 12.105(b), HB 211): The education code now specifies that any requirement of the Public Information Act that applies to school districts, school boards, or school children now applies to open-enrollment charter schools.<br /><br />New Exceptions<br /><br />Unfortunately, the legislature elected to close access to several types of information formerly available to the public.<br /><br /> · Economic development information (new 552.131, SB 1851): A new exception will allow governmental bodies to keep information confidential if it relates to "a financial or other incentive being offered" to a business prospect or if it relates to a trade secret or commercial or financial information of the business prospect. After an agreement (for tax incentives, utility discounts, land development, etc) is actually made between a governmental body and a company, the details of the financial incentives are public. It is not clear from the statutory language whether information about financial incentives offered but not taken will become public. We believe it will.<br /><br /> · Public Utility Information (new 552.131, SB 7): The electricity deregulation bill created a broad new exception for information that the governing body of a public electric or gas utility "in good faith determines" is related to the utility's competitive activity. This exception applies even if the public utility opts out of competition. The new provision also excepts the text of any resolution of the utility governing body that outlines which issues, activities or matters constitute competitive matters. The attorney general's determination will be limited to (1) whether the governing body acted in good faith, and (2) whether the information sought is reasonably related to a competitive matter. This exception is extremely broad, but the statute also contains a list of items still available to the public and anyone researching a public utility should review this list.<br /><br /> · Information relating to Inmates (new 552.131, HB 1379): This new exception generally closes information related to inmates of the Department of Criminal Justice. However, the breadth of the exception was mitigated by a new provision at 552.029 that lists specific information about inmates that must be released, including inmates names, unit, offense, dates of parole or release, basic information about the death of an inmate in custody, incidents involving the use of force, crimes involving inmates and more.<br /><br /> · Informers against school districts (new 552.131, HB 211): Although the statute previously exempted information that would reveal the identity of an informer, its application outside the criminal investigation context has been unclear. This new exception specifically closes the names of people who inform against a school district for either criminal, civil or regulatory enforcement, unless the person was involved in the illegal activity.<br /><br /> · Officers killed in the line of duty (amended 552.117, SB 1846): Certain personal information about officers killed in the line of duty will no longer be disclosed.<br /><br /> · Crime Victim's Compensation Fund (new 552.132, SB 1851): Crime victims who seek assistance from the Attorney General's crime victim compensation fund will be given the opportunity to elect to keep their name and other identifying information confidential. If a crime victim is actually awarded compensation, the name of the crime victim and the amount of compensation awarded are public.<br /><br />Improvements to the Act: Narrower Exceptions<br /><br />The changes to existing exceptions narrow them and fix problems long identified by advocates and citizens trying to get information.<br /><br /> · Audit working papers (552.116, SB 1851): "Draft" audit reports have been confidential under this exception, even if a "final" audit report was never released. Amendments to the audit working papers exception made "draft" audits open.<br /><br /> · Litigation (552.103, SB 1851): The attorney general and members of the public have consistently argued that the litigation exception is not designed to protect from the public anything that a governmental body believes might one day become a subject of litigation. Governmental bodies, however, have used this exception to keep information confidential for months or even years, waiting for some party to file a suit. The statute has now been amended to state clearly that the litigation exception only applies to information related to litigation that is "pending or reasonably anticipated on the date that the requestor applies" for the information.<br /><br /> · Trade secret (552.110, SB 1851): Regulated businesses and the agencies that supervise them have used the trade secret exception to protect a broad range of "commercial or financial" information filed with government. The legislature amended the Act to specify that "commercial or financial" information is only excepted if it is "demonstrated based on specific factual evidence that disclosure would cause substantial competitive harm."<br /><br />Certain Information<br /><br />Clearly Public (552.022, SB 1851)<br />Many have argued over the years that information falling into one of the "Categories of Public Information" (Sec. 552.022) is clearly public. These categories include completed government reports, names of officials, information used to estimate public expenditures, agency procedures, rules, policies, etc. However, the courts allowed governmental bodies to protect even this information if it also appeared to fall under one of the Act's exceptions.<br /><br />The statute now states that the information listed in the "Categories of Public Information" is public, and not subject to the exceptions in the Public Information Act itself, unless the information is explicitly excepted under another provision of law. For example, a completed report by or for a governmental body is now clearly public, but a "market conduct" report issued by the Texas Department of Insurance remains confidential because a provision of the insurance code explicitly closes this report. The amendments to this section further clarify that a court may not order a governmental body to withhold any of the information in the "Categories of Public Information" unless the information is expressly made confidential under other law.<br /><br />Some of the key items on this list include:<br /><br /> · administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect members of the public,<br /> · a completed audit, evaluation or investigation made of, for or by a governmental body (except criminal investigation files closed under the law enforcement exception),<br /> · most information relating to accounts, vouchers or contracts for the expenditure of public funds, and<br /> · information used to estimate the need for public funds upon completion of the estimate.<br /><br />Enforcement<br /><br /> · Mandamus - If a governmental body refuses to provide public information, you may file a writ of mandamus as before. However, the mandamus suit is facilitated in two ways:<br /><br /> 1. As noted above, the governmental body may not argue exceptions that it did not first bring to the AG; and<br /><br /> 2. Attorney fee provisions are somewhat more friendly to requestors. Under the new statute, a requestor will receive attorney fees unless the governmental body reasonably relied on a decision of the court or an AG opinion when it withheld the information.<br /><br /> · New Complaint Procedure - If you believe a governmental body has violated any provision of the Act you can file a compliant with your local district or county attorney. The district or county attorney must respond to your complaint within 31 days, and tell you whether a violation was committed and an action will be brought. If the local attorney elects not to bring an action, you may take your complaint to the AG.<br /><br />Costs<br />For information the governmental body intends to provide you, it may charge for copies as before, but it may also charge for inspection of records where you take no copies if:<br /><br /> 1. The governmental body has 16 or more full-time employees; and<br /><br /> 2. The information requested is either older than five years or completely fills six or more archival boxes; and<br /><br /> 3. The information will take more than five hours to make available for inspection;<br /> Or<br /><br /> 1. The governmental body has fewer than 16 full-time employees; and<br /><br /> 2. The information requested is either older than three years or completely fills three or more archival boxes; and<br /><br /> 3. The information will take more than two hours to make available for inspection.<br /><br />If only some of the information is older than five years (or older than three years for smaller entities), we believe agencies cannot charge for inspection. The intent of this section was to provide some cost reimbursement for the time governmental bodies spend compiling records that are truly voluminous or in storage due to age. This issue may be clarified when the General Services Commission produces new rules governing charges under this section.<br /><br />More Information<br /><br />Consumers Union wants to know how governmental bodies use these new provisions. If you are unable to get information because an official "certifies" that it has already been given to you, or the new requirement that you accept an estimate of charges results in unnecessary delays, or any other provision becomes a problem for you, please give us a call at 512-477-4431, or email us at mitcka@consumer.org.<br /><br />If you have specific questions related to a request for information, you may call the Open Records Hotline at the Office of the Attorney General at 512-478-6736.<br /><br />If you wish to speak with an attorney related to an open records request, you may also contact the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas Legal Hotline at 1-800-580-6651. While these attorneys cannot provide legal advice, they can help you with general information about your rights under the Act based on the facts you present.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Consumers Union Southwest Regional Office, June 1999<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Please contact us at: http://www.consumersunion.org/contact.htm<br />All information ©1998 Consumers Union<br /><br />!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />dselliff@ccisd.us; "king high" <addansby@ccisd.us><br /><br /><br /><br />Back to Law & the Media home page<br />Back to FOI home page<br />Freedom of Information<br />Texas Public Information Act<br /><br />The Texas Open Records Act was revised in the 1995 session of the legislature to include for the first time information stored electronically in computers. At the same time the name of the law was changed to the Texas Public Information Act.<br /><br />Texas has had an open or public records law since 1973. The law grants access by the public to information held by governmental agencies. Before 1973, such records were not necessarily available.<br /><br />The issue involving public records is an age-old one. Those who have control over the records want to limit access to them for all kinds of reasons. Citizenry, represented by the news media, believe that government and government records should be open.<br /><br />It’s a traditional clash with the media taking the lead in reminding government officials that they are in fact public servants and that records do belong to the public. A study by The Dallas Morning News in 1993 revealed that many governmental agencies in the state routinely ignored requests for information covered under the Open Records Act.<br /><br />The revised Texas Public Information Act begins with this pronouncement:<br /><br />Under the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government that adheres to the principle that government is the servant and not the master of the people, it is the policy of this state that each person is entitled, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, at all times to complete information about the affairs of government and the official acts of public officials and employees. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to implement this policy.<br /><br />This chapter shall be liberally construed in favor of granting a request for information.<br /><br />—Government Code Chapter 552.<br /><br />The revised act establishes a fee schedule for state and local governments to use in providing requested public records and a way to request records that are not created or stored by the government agency in the exact format the person requesting the information needs. Features of the new public information law apply to all levels of government in Texas, even local cities and police departments.<br /><br />As an example, records stored in a typical fashion by an agency may be requested in a more usable format. A procedure for doing that is established in the new law. The agency may charge for providing the information as requested.<br /><br />A government agency that receives an open records request must provide the information within 10 days unless the agency believes the requested information falls under one of the 26 exemptions to the law. If the agency believes the request falls in that category it must request an attorney general’s opinion.<br /><br />The attorney general’s office must respond to this request for an opinion within 60 days or the information request will be automatically granted.<br /><br />The attorney general’s office maintains an Open Government Hotline at 512 478 6736 or toll free at 877 673 6839.<br /><br />If a person needs help getting information from any governmental agency, including local agencies, a compliance officer is available in the Open Records Division of the General Services Commission in Austin. The telephone number is 512 475 2497. Most recently the person in charge has been Hadassah Schloss. The office e-mail address is public.info@gsc.state.tx.us. Ms. Schloss’ e-mail address is hadassah.schloss@gsc.state.tx.us.<br /><br />The Texas Public Information Act does not require the release of information contained in records of an educational agency or institution. In a 1996 case, the 14th Court of Appeals ruled that the Klein Independent School District must release information to the parents of a student in the district.<br />Law Enforcement Information<br /><br />One of the ongoing controversies has to do with information compiled by law enforcement agencies. Once upon a time, such reports were normally available to the press, although the access was not required by law.<br /><br />A section in the Public Information Act exempts information held by law enforcement agencies or prosecutors that deals with “the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime.”<br /><br />The attorney general’s office has tried to clarify what that means in a series of rulings.<br /><br />One of the rulings said that law enforcement agencies that followed the practice of providing records before the Open Records Act was passed were not prohibited by the act from continuing that practice. The intention of the legislature was not, the ruling said, “to close to the press sources of information to which it had access under prior agency policies.”<br /><br />In 1976, the Supreme Court of Texas in an appeal brought by the Houston Chronicle ruled that the front pages of offense reports and administrative reports must be made available.<br /><br />A ruling by the Supreme Court in Holmes v. Morales in 1996 said that only the most basic facts of closed criminal cases must be divulged. The case was brought by John B. Holmes Jr., the district attorney of Harris County. The ruling permits district attorneys to withhold closed case files from the public.<br />The Attorney General’s Opinion<br /><br />In 1999 the attorney general issued an opinion about basic information that must be released by law enforcement agencies.<br /><br />The information that must be released is:<br /><br />The name, age, address, race, sex, occupation, alias and physical condition of an arrested person;<br /><br />The date and time of the arrest;<br /><br />The offense charged and the court in which it is filed;<br /><br />The details of an arrest;<br /><br />Booking information;<br /><br />The notation of any release or transfer;<br /><br />Bonding information;<br /><br />The location of the crime;<br /><br />The identification and description of the complainant;<br /><br />The premises involved;<br /><br />The time of the occurrence of the crime;<br /><br />The property involved;<br /><br />The vehicles involved, if any.<br /><br />A description of the weather;<br /><br />A detailed description of the offense; and<br /><br />The names of the arresting and investigating officers.<br /><br />(OR99-0436)<br />Texas Public Information Handbook<br /><br />An excellent book about the Public Information Act is available from the attorney general’s office. It is the Public Information Handbook and it may be obtained by writing the attorney general’s office at Post Office Box 12548, Austin 78711-2548 or by telephone at 512 463 2100.<br /><br />The attorney general’s web site is www.oag.state.tx.us.<br />Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas<br /><br />Since 1978, the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas has been a force for open government in the state.<br /><br />The foundation was begun with a grant from the Belo Foundation, and it has been supported through the years by a host of media companies, law firms and individuals.<br /><br />The foundation operates with a board of directors and an advisory council.<br /><br />The foundation publishes a Texas Freedom of Information Handbook. It publishes a quarterly newsletter. It has an annual meeting and sponsors ongoing educational programs.<br /><br />The foundation’s web site is www.foift.org. Inquiries may be made by e-mail at foift@airmail.net. The telephone number is 214 977 6658.<br /><br />The foundation operates an FOI hotline 24 hours a day at 1 800 580 6651.dannoynted1http://www.blogger.com/profile/14945400306838778051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-35403425048466580612007-09-11T22:33:00.000-05:002007-09-11T22:33:39.199-05:00Texas Public Education Watchdog Authority: Why would Texas re elect a loser who ALWAYS votes against education and Texas children?<a href="http://robeissler.blogspot.com/2007/09/why-would-texas-re-elect-loser-who.html">Texas Public Education Watchdog Authority: Why would Texas re elect a loser who ALWAYS votes against education and Texas children?</a><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/09/11/0911cornyn.html">Why would Texas re elect a loser who ALWAYS votes against education and Texas children?</a> </h3> <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/07/06/29/image_5829067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/07/06/29/image_5829067.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Cornyn poised in re-election fight to stick by Bush on taxes, Iraq<br />Republican seeking second U.S. Senate term next year is banking that voters will back him on stands he's taken.<br />Listen to this article or download audio file.Click-2-Listen<br /><br />By W. Gardner Selby<br />AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF<br />Tuesday, September 11, 2007<br /><br />For someone who proclaims his independence from the White House, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas can still sound like a cheerleader for President Bush.<br /><br />Speaking to fellow Republicans in Fort Worth at a presidential straw poll recently, Cornyn staked a claim to re-election next year as a pro-war, anti-tax candidate who expects to match up with voter sentiments in his home state.<br /><br />Ralph Barrera<br />AMERICAN-STATESMAN<br />(enlarge photo)<br /><br />John Cornyn says he has differed with Bush some.<br /><br />MORE W. GARDNER SELBY<br />W. GARDNER SELBY<br /><br /><br />He stressed his support for the course Bush has set in Iraq and suggested that voters can rely only on Republicans to extend the tax cuts Bush made in his first term.<br /><br />Two Democratic Senate hopefuls, San Antonio lawyer Mikal Watts and state Rep. Rick Noriega of Houston, are counting on voters to hold Cornyn accountable for Republican stewardship of Congress in the first four years of his six-year term.<br /><br />"People will not rehire someone who has had bad plans replaced by more bad plans," Noriega said.<br /><br />Watts called Cornyn a senator "who parrots exactly what he's told to say by this administration and Karl Rove," the former White House counselor.<br /><br />Cornyn, who ran in 2002 as part of "Team Bush," said in an August interview that he has been a Bush ally on judicial appointments and the war on terrorism but that he has also parted with his friend on a few issues.<br /><br />A Cornyn proposal to allow greater access to federal records has cleared the Senate without White House backing. Cornyn also is among senators at odds with the president by proposing to give states alternative ways of complying with the federal education accountability system that Bush started.<br /><br />Also, he and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., are seeking to grant the Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority over tobacco and ingredients including nicotine, a step yet to be endorsed by Bush.<br /><br />This summer, Cornyn opposed the Bush-favored compromise on changes to immigration policy. The senator unsuccessfully offered an amendment barring felons and other offenders from legal residency.<br /><br />He later called Bush tone-deaf on the issue. "I don't think he had any real concept of the public engagement on that issue," he said.<br /><br />In Fort Worth, though, Cornyn said Bush was absolutely right to raise the specter of Vietnam when discussing Democrats' calls for a timed withdrawal of troops from Iraq.<br /><br />If American forces leave prematurely, Cornyn said, the region will plunge into a humanitarian crisis, and unwatched terrorists will plot attacks. "Unless we get the job done, they will follow us here," he said. "And we've got to make sure that never ever happens again. Not another 9/11, not ever."<br /><br />His Democratic opponents each noted that as young men, Cornyn and Bush didn't serve in Vietnam.<br /><br />Noriega, a lieutenant colonel in the Texas National Guard, said, "Comparing Vietnam to the Middle East is like comparing apples to wheat; they are not in the same food group. Differences include geography, terrain, cultures, religion, technology, history of region, just to name a few. This is just another example of the unfortunate circumstance we face when we have leaders who have not walked the walk."<br /><br />Watts said, "I don't think there is a plan for victory in Iraq. ... We have to stay in the region, but I don't think we should be standing around on street corners getting shot at while we observe someone else's civil war."<br /><br />On the domestic front, Cornyn charged Democrats with planning not to extend tax cuts enacted at Bush's request starting in 2001. Barring congressional action, cuts of income, capital gains, dividends and other taxes will expire in 2011.<br /><br />On Capitol Hill, the cuts are rated either Bush's keystone domestic achievement or a gift to the nation's wealthiest residents.<br /><br />The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that extending the tax cuts would cost the government more than $1.8 trillion through 2017.<br /><br />Tax-cut advocates say such money rightly belongs to taxpayers.<br /><br />Cornyn's take: Democrats will let into law the biggest tax increase in history.<br /><br />"They're going to do it without a single vote unless we get the majority back," he said. "They're going to do it because the tax relief that we passed under President Bush back in 2003 will expire unless we make it permanent. And we have to get the majority back and keep taxes low and keep America growing."<br /><br />Watts said he would review each tax cut one by one but opposes extending cuts for the wealthy as long as government runs a deficit.<br /><br />Noriega called it "blatantly false" to forecast all the cuts vanishing.<br /><br />Nationally, 52 percent of voters favored making the tax cuts permanent in a poll conducted this year by Moore Information, an Oregon-based research firm. Thirty-eight percent preferred to let the cuts expire, and 10 percent had no opinion.<br /><br />Republicans and a plurality of independents supported making the cuts permanent. A majority of Democrats wished to see them expire.<br /><br />About half of respondents agreed that the cuts should be extended only for households with annual incomes of less than $150,000. About a third of voters favored making the cuts permanent for everyone.<br /><br />Jason Furman, an economist and senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, an independent research outfit, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee last week that extending the cuts would widen after-tax income gaps between Americans.<br /><br />Furman said a best-case U.S. Treasury projection suggests an extremely slight impact on the economy, with extended cuts more likely increasing the national debt and reducing government savings.<br /><br />An eventual need to repay the cuts, he said, would drive down disposable income as taxpayers see cuts in government programs or bumps in taxes to bankroll the cuts, leaving at least three in four households with lower after-tax incomes.<br /><br />"There is no free lunch because, ultimately, the government faces a budget constraint," Furman said.<br /><br />wgselby@statesman.com, 445-3644</p>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29243545.post-35577643986892954602007-08-12T05:26:00.000-05:002007-08-12T05:26:04.671-05:00Telemundo South Texas: Senatorial Prevarication: Will Texas Allow Junior John to Poke Our Eyes?,.... He hope so!<a href="http://telemundo-johnnycanales.blogspot.com/2007/08/senatorial-prevarication-will-texas.html">However, we do diverge slightly. A few intangibles most of you guys probably don't know. I support the candidate whose Law Firm employs Attorneys who passionately fight for and support marriage equality. I support the candidate whose Law Firm employs Attorneys whose ideology does not align with his ideology. I support the candidate whose Law Firm employs some Attorneys with very strong progressive ideologies. I support the candidate whose Law Firm employs Attorneys of various ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. I dont think you can say this of Junior John?</a>Jaime Kenedeñohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12787459880135027366noreply@blogger.com0