tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4247907050499520994..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: AG Abbott disregards Public Information Act to conceal Governor's daily scheduleGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7075976573588571852008-07-18T13:41:00.000-05:002008-07-18T13:41:00.000-05:00He left the govenor's mansion so the public couldn...He left the govenor's mansion so the public couldn't get the visitor's log... so they wouldn't get a Jack Abramoff trail. He liked it so much they decided to burn the mansion down. This is just another step in the same directionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43271799698210748982008-07-17T23:24:00.000-05:002008-07-17T23:24:00.000-05:00Grits, perhaps you saw Jake Bernstein's comment on...Grits, perhaps you saw Jake Bernstein's comment on the Observer blog. He hit the bullseye - Allan Polunsky is trying to pull off the overhaul of DPS before Sunset and the Lege can provide any meaningful oversight.<BR/><BR/>I also commend to you Lisa Falkenberg's commentary in today's (7/17) Houston <I>Chronicle</I> Also a bullseye.Don Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297382689845965952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-9758989884041846382008-07-17T09:35:00.000-05:002008-07-17T09:35:00.000-05:00You know, Don, I was surprised at the ferocity of ...You know, Don, I was surprised at the ferocity of the response toward DPS. It's not that y'all don't have flaws, but can the agency's biggest flaw really be failing to stop a single, covert assailant from throwing a molotov cocktail? Even if every camera worked, e.g., they still wouldn't have stopped the person, just potentially filmed him (assuming they weren't smart enough to wear a hat or conceal their face). Bottom line, for me it falls into the "Unfortunate, but s%*t happens" category.<BR/><BR/>If I were on Sunset, I could name half a dozen topics I'd call Col. Davis onto the carpet over before even thinking about the fire!<BR/><BR/>One thing's clear to me: Davis was a first-class aggregator, and much of the agency risks dismantling next session once he's gone. Whether that's a good or bad thing? ... perhaps a little of both.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83948045510046927902008-07-16T19:56:00.000-05:002008-07-16T19:56:00.000-05:00To indulge in a little Austin gossip-- He doesn't ...To indulge in a little Austin gossip-- He doesn't want the Right Wing Christian Conservatives who elected him to know where he hides out and who he hides out with. And what types of orientations he's with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58623869115738839122008-07-16T17:28:00.000-05:002008-07-16T17:28:00.000-05:00Well, all jokes aside we must look at the truth of...Well, all jokes aside we must look at the truth of the matter. The Governor does not wish the people to know that he actually does nothing but float here and there and pay outrageous prices for haircuts and really doesn't attend to matters at hand. Like that joke Nedelkoff requesting to be out of conservatorship...and yet nothing is being done. But that is ok, TYC issues are not done, the economy is no better and the governors schedule is secret and Bush pulled the crap to cover the guy who didnt want to testify. So, what do you do...wait for the governor to leave office. Good riddens...he was not effective. To bad the people didn't catch it sooner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40671524423501482092008-07-16T09:13:00.000-05:002008-07-16T09:13:00.000-05:00More creativity involving the Public Information A...More creativity involving the Public Information Act: The DPS has refused to comply with literally hundreds of PIA requests for info pertinent to the Mansion fire on the ground that the info requested is pertinent to pending administrative and criminal investigations - hell, they won't even release an image of the arsonist. But without giving the matter a second thought, they released a list of the web pages viewed by the Trooper working at the Mansion on the night of the fire! (Which, believe me, has been no less the subject of investigation, though it does not appear that the Trooper violated any policy or was inattentive to his duties.) It was a shameful day in the history of the DPS.Don Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297382689845965952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35624930670818919442008-07-16T08:07:00.000-05:002008-07-16T08:07:00.000-05:00Maybe The Hair needs to join Dick Cheney at his se...Maybe The Hair needs to join Dick Cheney at his secure, undisclosed location.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11781632625256593622008-07-15T18:55:00.000-05:002008-07-15T18:55:00.000-05:00Time travel is just the first step, Ron - next the...Time travel is just the first step, Ron - next they tap into networks of red light cameras and turn the tools of the surveillance society against us. <A HREF="http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2008/04/best-way-to-terminate-surveillance.html" REL="nofollow">It's all been foreseen</A>. And naturally, secrecy is paramount. ;)Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49478949082130650132008-07-15T15:48:00.000-05:002008-07-15T15:48:00.000-05:00Holy crap!!!Terrorists have discovered time travel...Holy crap!!!<BR/><BR/>Terrorists have discovered time travel? We're screwed.Ron in Houstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496306119920809104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41245123562905461752008-07-15T14:13:00.000-05:002008-07-15T14:13:00.000-05:00I don't know, Grits. Attending an Aggie Muster se...I don't know, Grits. Attending an Aggie Muster seems like a good place for a radical liberal like Perry to get mugged.<BR/><BR/>And No, you can't get his past schedules because of the imminent possibility of time-traveling radical terrorists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69869287836442635012008-07-15T13:35:00.000-05:002008-07-15T13:35:00.000-05:00Obviously he and W are cut from the same cloth. I...Obviously he and W are cut from the same cloth. I am assuming that you can get the records of his past schedules, right?Ron in Houstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496306119920809104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18512822761029128652008-07-15T12:22:00.000-05:002008-07-15T12:22:00.000-05:00This is disgusting.Our AG is no different than Gon...This is disgusting.<BR/><BR/>Our AG is no different than Gonzales AG for Bush. <BR/><BR/>Makes a bad joke of the rule of law, and the rule of law is not off topic in a criminal justice blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74197024471294884462008-07-15T12:21:00.000-05:002008-07-15T12:21:00.000-05:00Isn't this the same IDIOT that wanted to know the ...Isn't this the same IDIOT that wanted to know the identities of ANONYMOUS posters to this BLOG? Why can't we know where our TAX money paid Governor is? Could it be because the poor shape of the DPS and they may not be able to protect him? Or is he losing his mind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29366471933524204512008-07-15T11:54:00.000-05:002008-07-15T11:54:00.000-05:00Governor Perry is loosing his belief in his person...Governor Perry is loosing his belief in his personal mortality. He's a little old to be going thru this, even for a man.<BR/><BR/>He would have no trouble publishing every last detail of his schedule during a campaign for office. While in the midst of a political campaign he would have hopes of attracting the press and the public to is speeches.<BR/><BR/>Now that he knows he is not truly and deeply loved by every Texas, he's hiding behing the Attorney General. Pity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com