02.29.08

Democratic Candidates Weigh In On Unaccoutable GOP Elected Officials

Posted in Bad Government Republicans, County Attorney, Had Enough Yet?, Precinct 3, The Budget, Williamson County at 1:27 pm by wcnews

Precinct 3 Democratic County Commissioner Gregory Windham has a blog, DaWord of Windham, and posted this in response to an email he received.

I received this e-mail today from a future constituent of mine. I felt it appropriate to post it on the BLOG and respond. Here they are.

“Get ready. These people and they are a select few, will be doing the very same thing they did to Jim and now to Griffin and Laukhuf, to you. We all now who they are, but I’m hoping their days are over.

Tell me what you plan on doing and promise to do for PCT3?

What do you think of our current DA and CA?”

My dad used to tell me, “There are SOME PEOPLE you just don’t $%^& with.”
Pardon the four letter word, but I think this will be a sticky situation for the Republicans of Williamson County in November. Many of them are keenly aware of Ms. C’s arrogant and presumptuous behavior. They are aware that she has lied on her resume.

They may try to placate the public with a centrist Democrat instead of trying to push me around. I am very well connected with the Democrats in this state that want to make a serious change. I need funds but refuse to accept donations from corporate donors and will not accept individual contributions over $200. I will not ask for money. If people give, they give. I will charge $20 to anyone wanting to display one of my yard signs. This campaign for commissioner is a ‘testing’ ground for our campaign as it is my intention to unseat one of the Mr Gattis (not the pizza.) in 2 years.

Now, the ONLY promise I make is to be a voice of the people. I am a student of history and understand the concept of representative democracy. I will respond to all citizens and make the court aware of all Precinct 3 citizens concerns. No other promises…zero. I am for controlled growth, a real estate transfer tax to aid in the building of roads and infrastructure and lowering of property taxes. I am for conservation and environmental issues and anti-corporate development. I am anti-toll roads and trans Texas corridor.

I am a seventh generation Texan, my dad played for Darrel Royal and won a National Championship, my uncle played for Cliff Gustafson and won a National championship. My uncle was also the head coach of the Round Rock Dragon baseball team for twenty years, winning a State Title with my cousin on the mound. Most all the members of my family are UT graduates and educators in and around Austin. My Grandfather was born to a sharecropper with ‘forty acres and a mule’ in the small west Texas town founded by C.W. Post, the cereal magnate. He insisted that all progress and success were a result of a liberal education. He is still alive and riding horses today. If these ‘people’ mess with the bull, they’ll get the ‘HORNS’. I am also a pet owner; a sickened and ashamed Wilco citizen.

I am angered at Val Covey’s handling of Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter. I am shamed of T Don Hutto and the county profiting on the imprisonment of innocent kids. I am ashamed at the landfill expansion contract. The list goes on and on. Williamson County has been governed for too long by a brigade of self-righteous, right wing elitists. They presume the ignorance of the proletariat. They presume they are wiser. They are pro war…and pro Jesus. I, on the other hand, am fairly certain that the proverb ‘love thy enemies’ doesn’t mean ‘KILL EM ALL.’

As for John Bradley and Jana Duty — they are what they are. Mr Bradley believes he is Judge Roy Bean and Ms Duty — I am not sure she does much thinking at all.

I am working on breaking the story today of a recent land purchase the County made behind closed doors. Hopefully I can solicit the help of local reporters to get a handle on this. Today is a good day to sit and talk as well.

In response to yesterday’s post, County Elected Officials/WMI Attached At The Hip, Democratic County Attorney Candidate Jaime Lynn posted this in the comments, in reply to his opponents statement:

Once more, Ms. Duty decides to demonstrate either her complete lack of understanding of who the parties were in this case, or her belief in the gullability of the citizens of Williamson County. She again elects to view this decision as a victory over the people of Hutto, when the County Attorney’s office directly contributed to the problem that caused these citizen’s involvement in the first place. Even the judges commended the legitimate concerns presented by the people of Hutto. Ms. Duty’s exhibited disdain for the people who put her in office, demonstrates a real problem for this county.

The County Attorney states ” the concerns weren’t from ordinary citizens, but from rival landfill owner Bob Gregory, who intervened in the case as owner of a property company that buys land near landfills.” Nothing could be further from the truth. She further“ blamed confusion among opposing groups on Gregory for disseminating misinformation to citizens…”

It would seem as if Ms. Duty is the one who is still confused. Had she just chosen to examine the ruling and available public records, she would have discovered that Hutto Citizen’s Group and Mount Hutto Aware Citizens are separate from Bob Gregory. HCG and MHAC are the ordinary citizens of Williamson County. Like myself, one doesn’t have to be backed by Mr. Gregory to figure this out. All anyone has to do is read the decision, easily available on line. The judges clearly said that Mr. Gregory’s limited involvement was through Texas Justice For All, LP, only one of five intervening parties.

Is it too much to ask that an elected official choose to be fair when explaining things to the people who hired her? What is Ms. Duty hiding by continuing to inaccurately report the terms of this decision to the people she represents? Williamson County deserves better.

Yes, Williamson County does.

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