One of the nominees
up Monday to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice overseeing the state prison system is actually an employee of its current chairman Oliver Bell, according to
her LinkedIn page, which informs us that Annette Raggette has been Vice President of
Oliver Bell, Inc. from June 2003 to the present. Her bio on the
TDCJ board page does not list the affiliation, focusing on a more recent, concurrent post as President and CEO of something called The Crescent Group, Inc., about which not much information is available online. Small world, huh?
This does not pass the smell test.
ReplyDeleteSounds legit.
ReplyDeleteunder-qualified croonism at it's best. lap-dogs rewards.
ReplyDeleteWebster's defines this steaming pile as Cronyism - a close friend.
ReplyDeleteBut, we all refer to it as bullshit as usual and have Grits to thank for scooping it right out from under the Chron's nose. If no body complains or protest outside of blog comment sections she'll slide in and start cashing payroll checks. Shhhh, the taxpayers are sleeping.
Sorry Jongo, nothing legit here. Maybe you are at the wrong post?
At least she is not a family member (I guess) but this really stretches credibility and I thought I had seen everything.
ReplyDeleteMr. Bell himself is no rock star and the last thing we need is a clone.
I believe public records show Mr. Bell gave the current Governor 55k in campaign contributions. So that tells me 55k can buy a Commission position in Texas. When he was running for President he said he could not be bought when the HPV vaccinations were being mandated in the state of Texas. But 55k must! Corruption at the highest levels of Texas Government? Bought and paid for positions. No one can see how inappropriate this is? I would say being a lawyer like Mr. Bell is would also be a conflict of interest to even hold his position. Well you tax payers voted for all of this, hope you got what you wanted. I wish I had 55k to buy a position that must have many hidden benefits to reap from others sufferings.
ReplyDeleteThe entire Board of Criminal Justice consist of members who have never worked in prisons or other criminal justice profession. The Executive Director Brad Livingston has never worked in a prison. The Deputy Executive Director Bryan Collier's only experience in a prison was working in a mail room away from inmates.
ReplyDeleteThese are the idiots Rick Perry appoints to uphold the good ole' boy club who know nothing about prisons or criminal justice. TDCJ is a powder keg waiting to blow due to underfunding and understaffing. The agency lies and covers up violence that occurs inside the prison walls. The system is out of control and will blowup.
If there's a difficult board decision will she be willing to go against the guy who signs her paychecks? Would you? This reeks of cronyism.
ReplyDeleteThey do cover up the crimes committed on the Crain Unit, that's for sure. Especially when two male employees rape women inmates. The message sent to these women are you are here to be raped. Don' say it doesn't happen because they do not even investigate the claims.
ReplyDeleteDoes any one remember this clown? What he did at the World Bank, his first act was to give his girl friend a high paying job!
ReplyDeletePaul Wolfowitz's resignation from the World Bank closes the latest act in a long and increasingly controversial career.
Paul Wolfowitz has had an eventful political life
He was forced to step down after facing an outcry over a pay and promotion deals given to his partner - who also works for the World Bank.
Now does this look familar with this womans appointment to the TDCJ Board? When I looked at her LINKIN Profile and Bell's too, hey have no experience or qualifiations in Criminal Justice or the legal system. So my guess is 55k gets someone this. I am suprised the US. Army Reserve does not see this as a conflict of interest, considering they convicted and sent soldiers to prison in Iraq for doing the same things that people do in the TDCJ Prison everyday. I wonder how the Department of the Army can justify this? It looks like these two are some sort of Human Resources/Employee Relation types. No wonder TDCJ is so broken and have such spineless leaders. I still do not see how the Department of the Army would allow this.