tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8464591404277226600..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Primary races to watchGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86550126992644170672016-02-22T11:49:56.800-06:002016-02-22T11:49:56.800-06:00Barns running fir Andy's job with - "I ha...Barns running fir Andy's job with - "I have years of experience". I still can't believe how stupid Texas voters are, they'll (most) vote first then wait to learn what they voted for. Idgits, Hayseeds and toothless inbreeds representing the public at large is a prime example of low voter turn out. Voters should be required to take IQ tests and be forced to where Rs or Ds on their foreheads for at least one year voting. Those that don't vote get a complimentary - I failed to vote yard sign. As it is, voters that vote for the hell of it (or for those that the preacher endorses) get a pass and non-voters complain about not being represented. Doh! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77933527729200720672016-02-22T10:00:10.417-06:002016-02-22T10:00:10.417-06:00There is a contest in the Dem primary for Sheriff ...There is a contest in the Dem primary for Sheriff in Uvalde Co. Probably not much to see here but I was surprised to read in their local paper yesterday, the claim that the average daily cost to house an inmate there from Oct. 2014 to Sept. 2015 was $18.50. That is lower than I would expect. I've gotten the impression from passed articles and stories from Grit and other sources that most jails put that cost closer to $35 per inmate, per day. Perhaps that larger number was a statewide average and not representative of less populated counties/jails. MaxMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02374787544584744902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51726091598171051502016-02-22T08:29:03.829-06:002016-02-22T08:29:03.829-06:00Please expand on the Oldner/Keel/Wheless race.Please expand on the Oldner/Keel/Wheless race.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6241100048699922672016-02-21T13:39:16.252-06:002016-02-21T13:39:16.252-06:00Sheriff's race in Smith County. The lone Demo...Sheriff's race in Smith County. The lone Democrat running has about a snowball's chance in hell, so it will be decided in the Republican primary. The incumbent, Sheriff Larry Smith, has stood up to the local RepublicaNAZI Establishment on more than one occasion. (I'm a died in the wool Republican, by the way.) Smith embarrassed the commissioners court into providing adequate funding for their new $34 million jail addition. Had he not done so, either: A. The facility would still be sitting empty today, or, B. It would have been understaffed, making it a dangerous place for inmates and staff alike. He also intervened in a situation that led to the bogus arrest of a candidate who ran against the sitting county judge in the last election.<br /><br />The other Republican challenger is Chris Green, a former game warden who hasn't worked a day in law enforcement since he ran against Larry Smith in the last election. Green spent 17 years as a game warden but was never promoted. Much of that time was apparently spent motoring around Lake Tyler, wagging his finger at boaters who had too much to drink and measuring fish. Green babbles about letting deputies "use discretion" when it comes to enforcing petty offenses. But in my opinion that mentality is a set up for discriminatory policing practices: Cop shows up at a house party involving a bunch of rich, white kids, smells a little pot, gives them a good tongue-lashing and moves on. Cop pulls over a couple of kids from the wrong side of the railroad tracks, smells a little pot, tears the vehicle apart to find part of a joint, and the kids go to jail.Joorie Doodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711770130122160427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80162956083087923002016-02-21T13:37:01.338-06:002016-02-21T13:37:01.338-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Joorie Doodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711770130122160427noreply@blogger.com