Jan 4th, 2008
Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal, who got in trouble with the Republican Party for writing love notes (in the ’00s) to his secretary, with whom he had an affair (in the 80s), is out of the primary, then ADA Kelly Siegler is in, then Chuck’s back in again?
Not exactly; he’s just not sure what he [...]
Jan 3rd, 2008
Here’s section 145.001 of the Texas Election Code:
ยง 145.001. METHOD FOR WITHDRAWAL AS CANDIDATE. (a) To withdraw from an election, a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot must request that the candidate’s name be omitted from the ballot.(b) To be effective, a withdrawal request must:
(1) be in writing and be signed and [...]
The Harris County Republican Party’s website shows only Jim Leitner running for the position of Harris County District Attorney, but I’m informed that Chuck Rosenthal’s withdrawal from the race had the statutory effect of keeping the Republican primary ballot open for an additional 48 hours — till Friday evening. Also, I’ve heard that Harris County [...]
I just learned that Chuck Rosenthal has withdrawn from the race to be Harris County District Attorney.
Bummer.
Jan 2nd, 2008
David Feige brings us this “astonishing” story about the Columbus, Ohio PD using bait to catch men who are willing to expose themselves in a public park. A topless woman woman hangs out in the park until a guy comes up to talk to her. She chats him up, gives him some IOIs, and asks [...]
The local Republican mucky-mucks met with Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal last week, asking him not to run for reelection. Chuck refused their request, announcing publicly that he is going to run and he is going to win. The party is interviewing potential candidates to run against Chuck. The filing deadline is 5 p.m. today, [...]
Even though I recognize the importance of taking time off, I haven’t been very good at taking vacations lately. Before last month, it had been years since I was out of cellphone reach for more than three or four days. Paris changed that. Since our return, I’ve been taking it easy; this vacation stuff is [...]