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October 30, 2009 - 10:12 pm
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

What does it take for a Harris County republican to resign?

By johncoby@sbcglobal.net (John Coby)

Harris County Commissioner, Jerry Eversole, has decided to seek re-election.

This is the same Jerry Eversole that was fined by the Texas Ethics Commission $75,000, the largest fine in its history. The same Jerry Eversole under investigation by the FBI. The same Jerry Eversole under investigation by the Harris County District Attorney. The same Jerry Eversole who took over $180,000 from his donors and spent it on fancy western art, cowboy outfits, western books, coffee, cattle, personal trainers, coffee, and more.

What does a republican have to do to get fired? Have sex with a hooker? Have sex with one of their staff members? That didn't seem to work since republican United States Senator Vitter and Ensign are still Senators.

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October 10, 2009 - 08:00 am
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

Attorney representing Arthur Anderson endorses Locke

By johncoby@sbcglobal.net (John Coby)

Rusty Hardin has endorsed candidate for Mayor, Gene Locke. Hardin's lists of clients include Commissioner Jerry Eversole, Supreme Court Justice Medina, Arthur Anderson after the Enron collapse, Houston Sports Authority, and who can forget Roger Clements during the Congressional hearings on steroid use.

Hardin is the "go to guy" when you need to get out of trouble, such is the case of Jerry Eversole According to Ch13, Eversole is under investigation by the FBI for his campaign spending.
Jerry Eversole is the latest named target of the corruption investigation. His newest campaign finance report shows he's spent $52,000 of his campaign funds on criminal defense lawyer Rusty Hardin, and that's just since January.

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May 21, 2009 - 06:13 am
NEWS FEED: cab drollery

A Lead Balloon

By noreply@blogger.com (Diane)

Reading that the President of the United States, overwhelmingly elected last November because the nation wanted a change, is mulling over the concept of "preventative detention" of those suspected of being terrorists was the kind of shock no decent person should have to sustain the first thing in the morning.

From the NY Times:

President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried, two participants in the private session said.

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