[fwdude]

Who wants the SodomCisco of Texas to make decisions.

[Timocrat]

Well past time, the district attorneys office in Austin has been a disgrace for years.

[smokingfrog]

good

[RayChuang88]

Didn't the infamous Rathergate debacle start in Travis County--the infamous "letters" were sent from a copy store in the Austin, TX area?

[ontap]

This has been needed for decades....Travis county is nothing but a Democrat political propaganda and liberal enforcement bureau designed to take out any republican deemed electable.

[OrangeHoof]

Great idea. This way, Republican governors are no longer the subject of liberal witch hunts and fishing expeditions.

[House Atreides]

Has this long needed bill gotten out of Texas House of Representatives (with its corrupt RINO Speaker of the House Joe Straus) yet?

[SmokingJoe]

What took them so long? They should have passed a bill like that right after the Ton Delay case.

[Defiant]

The law enforcement person responsible for investigating public ethics should not be an elected DA. A system that allows for the appointment of special prosecutors might be better, but Dems have abused that in the past at the national level. Maybe would be best to simply have a governor-appointed and state senate approved person who serves the entire state as watchdog. In cases involving the governor's office, that person would apply to a court (located in an area away from Austin) for appointment of someone else, and would have discretion to determine that the action had no merit (like the one against Rick Perry, which should have never even been pursued from the beginning).

Glad to see they are finally doing something about it. Should have done it after the DeLay fiasco.