August 19, 2014
...Democrat Wendy Davis, (click here) who is running to replace Perry as governor, was asked about the indictment during a recent campaign stop.
"These are very serious charges, and I as a lawyer understand and trust the justice system, and I will rely on it to do its job," Davis said.
The head of Perry's legal team said the charges "have no merit" and are an "outrageous assault on the rule of law."...
August 20, 2014
By Will Weissert and Paul J. Weber
Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry gave a confident, (click here) wry smile beneath flawless hair for his mug shot. Then he went out for a vanilla ice cream....
...Perry was already in campaign mode Tuesday when he arrived at the Travis County courthouse — just a block behind the governor's mansion — for fingerprinting and his mug shot. He strode to a lectern in front of a phalanx of cameras and reporters, and his vows to fight the charges were interrupted by chants of "Perry! Perry!" from a few dozen supporters....
This is an example as to how a singular politician throws his weigh around because public investigations are not convenient for his political career. An entire department was defunded to defeat any problems for his political ambitions.
...Perry was indicted last week on charges of coercion and official oppression for vetoing $7.5 million for the state public integrity unit, which investigates wrongdoing by elected officials and is run by the Travis County district attorney's office. Perry threatened the veto if the county's Democratic district attorney, Rosemary Lehmberg, stayed in office after a drunken driving conviction....
Lehmberg didn't get away with her poor choices in drinking while driving and the political structure should not be a run away train in answering to their own shortcomings.
...Lehmberg refused to resign and Perry carried out the veto, drawing an ethics complaint from a left-leaning government watchdog group....
Lehmberg is not the issue. Perry took a personal issue that Lehmberg was facing and had a tirade to remove any influence of ethical standards in the Texas State government. The state government wasn't arrested, an employee was arrested. In some ways I can understand the public embarrassment Ms. Lehmberg caused the state government, but, the state should have policies to address her indiscretions. But, to defund an entire department of government because she was arrested on drunk driving makes no sense and proves how temperamental Perry's leadership has been.
What should be included in the indictment is his tantrum regarding the demands to put 1000 National Guard soldiers on Texas' southern border. The demands were nothing more than political grandstanding. The sheriffs along that border told the public the National Guard troops weren't what they needed. They needed more deputies that can actually act to enforce the law and bring more expedient outcomes to the children crossing the border. Perry abuses his governor's powers on a regular basis to play politics. That is using the monies of the people to bolster his campaign ambitions after he leaves office.
The answer to border issues is to define Immigration reform.
August 18, 2014
By Stephanie Stang
...Democrat Wendy Davis, (click here) who is running to replace Perry as governor, was asked about the indictment during a recent campaign stop.
"These are very serious charges, and I as a lawyer understand and trust the justice system, and I will rely on it to do its job," Davis said.
The head of Perry's legal team said the charges "have no merit" and are an "outrageous assault on the rule of law."...
August 20, 2014
By Will Weissert and Paul J. Weber
Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry gave a confident, (click here) wry smile beneath flawless hair for his mug shot. Then he went out for a vanilla ice cream....
...Perry was already in campaign mode Tuesday when he arrived at the Travis County courthouse — just a block behind the governor's mansion — for fingerprinting and his mug shot. He strode to a lectern in front of a phalanx of cameras and reporters, and his vows to fight the charges were interrupted by chants of "Perry! Perry!" from a few dozen supporters....
This is an example as to how a singular politician throws his weigh around because public investigations are not convenient for his political career. An entire department was defunded to defeat any problems for his political ambitions.
...Perry was indicted last week on charges of coercion and official oppression for vetoing $7.5 million for the state public integrity unit, which investigates wrongdoing by elected officials and is run by the Travis County district attorney's office. Perry threatened the veto if the county's Democratic district attorney, Rosemary Lehmberg, stayed in office after a drunken driving conviction....
Lehmberg didn't get away with her poor choices in drinking while driving and the political structure should not be a run away train in answering to their own shortcomings.
...Lehmberg refused to resign and Perry carried out the veto, drawing an ethics complaint from a left-leaning government watchdog group....
Lehmberg is not the issue. Perry took a personal issue that Lehmberg was facing and had a tirade to remove any influence of ethical standards in the Texas State government. The state government wasn't arrested, an employee was arrested. In some ways I can understand the public embarrassment Ms. Lehmberg caused the state government, but, the state should have policies to address her indiscretions. But, to defund an entire department of government because she was arrested on drunk driving makes no sense and proves how temperamental Perry's leadership has been.
What should be included in the indictment is his tantrum regarding the demands to put 1000 National Guard soldiers on Texas' southern border. The demands were nothing more than political grandstanding. The sheriffs along that border told the public the National Guard troops weren't what they needed. They needed more deputies that can actually act to enforce the law and bring more expedient outcomes to the children crossing the border. Perry abuses his governor's powers on a regular basis to play politics. That is using the monies of the people to bolster his campaign ambitions after he leaves office.
The answer to border issues is to define Immigration reform.
August 18, 2014
By Stephanie Stang
...On Monday morning, (click here) the Northern Indiana Community Coalition for Immigration Reform met with Congresswoman Jackie Walorski.
This group has requested a meeting with Walorski several times to discuss her stance on the current crisis at the border. The group would like to see passage of citizenship for the eleven million people illegally living in the U.S.
Executive Director Sam Centellas from La Casa de Amistad says, “We are wanting to see some of her leadership and push for her humanitarian aid for the children while they are here in our country, and we are also looking for her support and leadership in moving immigration reform forward.”
AFL-CIO President Tony Flora says, “We came again to take a position on reform. She keeps saying she is listening and listening and we are hearing her say the following: she is not going to support comprehensive immigration reform.”
The group also maintains that the cost of deportation is so overwhelming it is not feasible....
