Although I am currently living in the People's Republic of Mass., I grew up in Austin, used to live in The Woodlands, and my wife went to UT Law, so I understand some of the Texas legal system. But can you help some of us understand how a judge can lower taxes without being activist? Is a Galveston County judge really something other than a "judge" in the traditional sense? Based on your website it sounds to me like it's more of a county "commissioner".
I wish you the best in your election. I love that Texas elects judges. My wife was a clerk for Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson during a campaign a few years ago. Good luck!
WOW,
Walace Jefferson is now the first BLACK Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (AND HE's REPUBLICAN).
County Judge is indeed much like a county commissioner. He is the head of the 5 member County Court. (4 Commissioners and one Judge)
In Texas he also has the power of a probate judge and a Justice of the Peace and a few other Judicial peculiarities. Most judges have hung up this part of their office in favor of strictly doing the management end of the county.
In the old days when counties were less populated and judicial recourse was harder to come by the duty load was just the office. I would expect at some point in the future the office will be constitutionaly redifined as strictly a county executive.