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Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, a Democrat

This is the biggest problem in Texas. A county DA being allowed to conduct and an investigation of a State Official just because the capitol of Texas is in Travis County.

Earle tried his darndest to push a bunch of BS charges onto Kay Bailey Hutchinson ten years ago, just after she was elected. She stood up to him and he melted.

That was a fishing trip done at the behest of "Ma" Richards.

Some FReeper was circulating this Resolution to be considered for the State Republican Party Platform right before our recent primaries. I copied it and got it passed at my Precinct Convention (actually ALL my resolutions passed, since I was the only one who attended, LOL!). I hope others got it passed in their precincts as well, and I guess we'll see what happens Saturday at my Senate/District Convention.

I am new to this convention stuff, can delegates still submit this to their S/D conventions this Saturday if they haven't already been submitted at Precinct level? Might be worth a try, I just don't know all the rules. Anyway, I thought it was a good one, Earle is an extremely biased, partisan attack dog with way too much power.

Wish I could remember who posted this resolution originally! Unfortunately, I didn't make a note of the source.

(Arrowhead, when are you going to come to one of our HOT Chapter meetings? FReepmail Gracey to get on the list if you aren't already.)

[A Resolution] CALLING ON TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO TRANSFER PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT FROM TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO OFFICE OF THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Whereas, Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle has launched another baseless partisan witch hunt against Republicans under the guise of investigating the 2002 elections; and
Whereas, in the past, state newspapers have accused Earl's office of "selective partisanship" (Houston Chronicle, 4/24/92); conducting investigations that are "politically motivated" (Dallas Morning News, 6/12/93), "horribly mishandled," on "legally shaky grounds" (HC, 2/12/94), and covered beneath a "partisan cloud" (HC, 6/13/93); using a "double standard" for Democrats and Republicans (HC 6/13/93); creating the "impression of partisan unfairness" by leaking information about Republicans (DMN, 9/28/93); and illegally releasing confidential grand jury testimony to the media (Dallas Observer, 6/23/94); and
Whereas, the investigative powers of the Public Integrity Unit are arbitrarily assigned to the Travis County District Attorney's Office based solely on geography, and no other District Attorney in the state is given such uthority; and
Whereas, the Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer in the state of Texas and is better suited to ensure the integrity of state government; and
Whereas, the State of Texas allocates nearly $1 million per biennium to the Travis County District Attorney's Public Integrity Unit, and Texas taxpayers would likely realize significant savings by transferring the Unit's authority to the Office of the Attorney General, where attorneys already are employed for such purposes; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, the xxxx County Precinct xxxx convention calls on the Texas Legislature to remove state funding for the Public Integrity Unit from the Travis County District Attorney; and be it further
Resolved, the xxxx County Precinct xxxx convention calls on the Texas Legislature to pass legislation transferring the authority of the Public Integrity Unit from the Travis County District Attorney to the Office of the Attorney General.