tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8442287696634299584..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: One-termersGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25512599306354059982015-09-16T15:02:17.679-05:002015-09-16T15:02:17.679-05:00Hawk is a Republican in a county where Republicans...Hawk is a Republican in a county where Republicans always lose.<br /><br />The rest is window dressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71935699909707850092015-09-13T13:38:35.200-05:002015-09-13T13:38:35.200-05:00Grits,
I believe the courts would hold Section (C...Grits,<br /><br />I believe the courts would hold Section (C) deals with disclosed issues known to the voters who elected the county officials. If that were not the case then, alcohol abuse would defeat both the Gov. Code and the TX Constitution Art. V, sec. 24. The CO official would simply say they have been an alcoholic since before the last time they were elected.<br /><br /> dfishernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77246773648587455412015-09-13T10:57:56.445-05:002015-09-13T10:57:56.445-05:00Item (B) gross carelessness in the discharge of th...Item (B) gross carelessness in the discharge of those duties would seem to apply to Jana Duty. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16327675845500382802015-09-12T17:30:04.105-05:002015-09-12T17:30:04.105-05:00I guess it's up to the courts to figure out ho...I guess it's up to the courts to figure out how much worse a condition has to get before it counts as a new problem. I hate it for her that she's dealing with this, but it's not fair to those who voted for her to continue not doing her job.gravyrugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11356731140293281652015-09-12T13:23:25.692-05:002015-09-12T13:23:25.692-05:00FWIW David, her depression problems reportedly exi...FWIW David, her depression problems reportedly existed at the time of Hawk's election. She'd been treated during the campaign but didn't reveal the problem until after she was in office.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80394275361715569712015-09-12T12:24:53.560-05:002015-09-12T12:24:53.560-05:00Any citizen of Dallas CO has the ability to seek t...Any citizen of Dallas CO has the ability to seek the removal of Susan Hawk from office under Chapter 87.001(C) of the TX Local Government Code. <br /><br />CHAPTER 87. REMOVAL OF COUNTY OFFICERS FROM OFFICE;<br />Sec. 87.011. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:<br /><br />(1) "District attorney" includes a criminal district attorney.<br /><br />(2) "Incompetency" means:<br /><br />(A) gross ignorance of official duties;<br /><br />(B) gross carelessness in the discharge of those duties; or<br /><br />(C) unfitness or inability to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious physical or mental defect that did not exist at the time of the officer's election.dfishernoreply@blogger.com