Just a few FACTS from somebody who actually LIVES in Texas.
Yes, there are liberals in Texas. Travis County, where our capital, Austin, is located, is called the "blue berry" of Texas. It is completely liberal.
The DA who presented the "information" to the grand jury was a protege of the drunken DA who was arrested for drunk driving, then resisted processing and assaulted the police officers who were trying to book her.
In case you missed it, being drunk in public is one of the three causes for a DA to be removed from office in Texas. This woman purchased and consumed more than 23 gallons of vodka in a 15-month period. She is an alcoholic who is said to have been "half in the bag" while in her office trying to fulfill the duties of her office. "The Texas Local Government Code, in Chapter 87, allows public officials like district attorneys to be removed from office for "incompetency, official misconduct, habitual drunkenness, or other causes defined by law." The 1987 revision to the law added a single incidence of intoxication on or off duty as a potential cause for removal."
And lastly, anyone with any knowledge at all of our grand jury system is aware of the old saying, "A DA can indict a ham sandwich."
Lehmberg’s refusal to resign and maintaining his position that someone who had committed her offenses was not fit for office, either as the district attorney or as head of the Public Integrity Unit, Perry announced plans to veto funding for the Public Integrity Unit (which Lehmberg heads up) unless Lehmberg resigned. Texas law clearly grants the governor the power to veto funding for the Public Integrity Unit. The indictment is, therefore, fake.
The fake indictment is political pay back for Perry following Texas LAW and calling for the alcoholic DA's resignation. If she does not resign she will be removed from office pursuant to The Local Government Code, Title 3, Subtitle B, Chapter 87.
In the meantime, Lehmberg is facing a new set of legal troubles, as an ethics complaint was filed against her last week, accusing her of failing to properly report on her campaign finance reports the source of the more than $227,000 in attorneys fees she paid to her defense counsel. Can you say "money laundering?"
This isn't about left verses right or Republican verses Democrat. This is about an alcoholic who drives drunk and endangers everyone in the community. One whose judgement is so bad that she drives drunk certainly lacks the good judgement necessary to be the top Law Enforcement Officer of Travis County, and as director of the Public Integrity Unit has demonstrated a remarkable lack of integrity.
