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Wife of Commissioners Attorney Paid By “Yes” Committee
Just when you think things in Smith county Texas politics and criminal justice have been as weird as they can be, someone comes along with information that raises the bizarre bar! What I am talking about is a story in the Clyde’ Report that says that the “Yes” committee paid the wife of Smith county attorney Robert Davis (the lawyer hired to fight the Attorney General of the State of Texas on the issue of disclosing the Smith county jail documents) for her services through her political consulting firm.
For the rest of the story, see: Follow the Money Update
How to Get a New Jail
After 4 recent failed jail proposal in 3 years, we thought it might be good to offer some advice on how to do it.
Things that have to be done before we will vote yes:
- Stop arresting people for “ticketable” offenses.
- Take full advantage of the effective measures already being used in Smith county.
- Develop more “out of the cell” ideas, and fund them.
- Get more courts to speed up the process.
- Get more space for judicial use.
How the plan should be developed:
- Only after the above steps are taken should this even be attempted.
- It should be developed openly and transparently.
- It should be developed with input from all concerned parties, not just officials.
- All fear mongering should be left out.
More on this topic later.
