A Jeffersonian In East Texas

In a thinly veiled attempt to push the Smith county jail bond, the Tyler paper has once again presented us with a course on how not to be balanced in reporting! If it was an attempt to be balanced, it failed miserably! Just more of the same mainstream media madness, that we have come to expect on this issue.

The title is of interest however: “Smith County Jail Bond: What Are We Paying For?” It is a good question! Well, here is the real answer:

• We are paying for a lawyer to fight against us while representing the interests of a small group of political elitists in our county.

• We are paying the salaries of a small group of political elitists in our county who want to keep information from us on an issue that we are expected to cast ballots on in a few days.
• We paid their salaries while they held secret meetings in violation of the states open meeting act.
• We are paying for jail overcrowding which they themselves could have prevented if they had really wanted to.
• We are paying the costs of the Attorney General spending time fighting them against us.

Once again, I find myself having to oppose the “What Part of No” committee! It is a sad day for me, but I must speak out because of the article “Flash from the Past“. The comparison of Richard M. Nixon and the “Watergate” scandal to the actions of Commissioner Fleming and county Judge Baker are false, and unfair! Just because the commissioner and the Judge have hidden documents from the people, filed suit against the Attorney General to keep the documents hidden from the people, made untrue statements to the press and the public to keep the truth from the people, gives you no right to drag Mr. Nixon through the mud!

I mean, sure, Richard Nixon authorized illegal activities, and sought to cover them up, but in Mr. Nixon’s favor, he suffered from paranoia, and may have felt he had a valid reason for the break in to Mr. Elsbergs psychiatrist’s office. I see no such valid reason for the actions of Mr. Baker and Ms. Fleming!