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rbwhatever1 wrote:I watched all of the arrest videos of Rosemary Lehmberg . Hilarious. Everybody's fault except her own. How pathetic.

It's easy to single her out, due to her position, lifestyle, and politics. But truth be told, her video is so tragically similar to others that find themselves being charged with DUI. To her credit, though, she never became physically confrontational, as many DUI do.

By the way, was she convicted of misdemeanor DUI or felony DUI?

n5wd wrote:

rbwhatever1 wrote:I watched all of the arrest videos of Rosemary Lehmberg . Hilarious. Everybody's fault except her own. How pathetic.

It's easy to single her out, due to her position, lifestyle, and politics. But truth be told, her video is so tragically similar to others that find themselves being charged with DUI. To her credit, though, she never became physically confrontational, as many DUI do.

By the way, was she convicted of misdemeanor DUI or felony DUI?

She was convicted of a Class A misdemeanor.

Heard Perry's response on Fox News xm returning from dropping the son off at Aggieland. His response was aggressive and on point and he needs to keep it up. Perry 2016.

n5wd wrote:To her credit, though, she never became physically confrontational, as many DUI do.

The police had to put a mask on her because she kept spitting on the officers and everyone else at the PD.

Chas.

healthinsp wrote:The last time this happened it was a very similar case, except the governor vetoed funding for UT in an effort to get rid of some board members he didn't like.

If the politics were reversed, would the outrage still be the same?

The outrage is only from honest people who don't want a drunk with a DWI conviction heading up the State integrity unit. There is no question that she is unqualified to run that entity and she should have resigned. She didn't, Perry did the right thing by refusing to provide state funding for a unit run by a criminal, and this indictment is a sham. Remember, Travis County DAs have a rich history of indicting Republicans on bogus charges and they fail.

The State Capitol needs to be moved out of Travis County and to either Houston or Dallas, preferably Houston. That way Harris County would be the proper venue for all charges against public officials and we can have a much better chance of honesty. There's no chance of anything good happening in Travis County; a/k/a Chicago in Texas.

Chas.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

n5wd wrote:To her credit, though, she never became physically confrontational, as many DUI do.

The police had to put a mask on her because she kept spitting on the officers and everyone else at the PD.

Chas.

They should have also charged her with TPC 22.11.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

healthinsp wrote:The last time this happened it was a very similar case, except the governor vetoed funding for UT in an effort to get rid of some board members he didn't like.

If the politics were reversed, would the outrage still be the same?

The outrage is only from honest people who don't want a drunk with a DWI conviction heading up the State integrity unit. There is no question that she is unqualified to run that entity and she should have resigned. She didn't, Perry did the right thing by refusing to provide state funding for a unit run by a criminal, and this indictment is a sham. Remember, Travis County DAs have a rich history of indicting Republicans on bogus charges and they fail.

The State Capitol needs to be moved out of Travis County and to either Houston or Dallas, preferably Houston. That way Harris County would be the proper venue for all charges against public officials and we can have a much better chance of honesty. There's no chance of anything good happening in Travis County; a/k/a Chicago in Texas.

Chas.

Would Houston or Dallas really be that much better? Aren't they still run by liberals?

C-dub wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

healthinsp wrote:The last time this happened it was a very similar case, except the governor vetoed funding for UT in an effort to get rid of some board members he didn't like.

If the politics were reversed, would the outrage still be the same?

The outrage is only from honest people who don't want a drunk with a DWI conviction heading up the State integrity unit. There is no question that she is unqualified to run that entity and she should have resigned. She didn't, Perry did the right thing by refusing to provide state funding for a unit run by a criminal, and this indictment is a sham. Remember, Travis County DAs have a rich history of indicting Republicans on bogus charges and they fail.

The State Capitol needs to be moved out of Travis County and to either Houston or Dallas, preferably Houston. That way Harris County would be the proper venue for all charges against public officials and we can have a much better chance of honesty. There's no chance of anything good happening in Travis County; a/k/a Chicago in Texas.

Chas.

Would Houston or Dallas really be that much better? Aren't they still run by liberals?

Yes, either would be much better, especially Houston since it's in Harris County. Both Dallas and Houston are Democrat cesspools, but Harris County is primarily Republican with a far more honest DA. Houston would be historically appropriate also.

Chas.

Why is this criminal still in office? How many people have died because of criminals like this drunk?

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfYHkBMpgNU[/video]

Three times the legal limit and she's still in office. BTW, she most certainly did try to spit on officers counselor.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRMTp_ATP6M[/video]

Want to see most of the events from the 911 call to her booking?

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndYMqTqNeuE[/video]

Everyone needs to post these videos on their Facebook accounts and make sure all Texans know this is the criminal who is both the Travis County DA and the head of the state integrity unit! Travis County voters don't seem to care, the Texas Democratic Party doesn't care, so let's see how all Texans feel about it.

Chas.

Charles, do you think the legislature might do something to fix this problem? Pass a law requiring public official found guilty of a crime to step down?

baldeagle wrote:Charles, do you think the legislature might do something to fix this problem? Pass a law requiring public official found guilty of a crime to step down?

Only if enough voters demand a law that requires the removal of elected officials with any criminal convictions above a Class C Misdemeanor. The state integrity unit belongs in the AG's office, not any county DA office, especially, the corrupt Travis County DA's office.

Chas.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

baldeagle wrote:Charles, do you think the legislature might do something to fix this problem? Pass a law requiring public official found guilty of a crime to step down?

Only if enough voters demand a law that requires the removal of elected officials with any criminal convictions above a Class C Misdemeanor. The state integrity unit belongs in the AG's office, not any county DA office, especially, the corrupt Travis County DA's office.

Chas.

Couldn't they make that change by passing a law?

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

baldeagle wrote:Charles, do you think the legislature might do something to fix this problem? Pass a law requiring public official found guilty of a crime to step down?

Only if enough voters demand a law that requires the removal of elected officials with any criminal convictions above a Class C Misdemeanor. The state integrity unit belongs in the AG's office, not any county DA office, especially, the corrupt Travis County DA's office.

Chas.

Will be making a call to my local legislative critter. This is appalling. Austin needs a new slogan: "Austin isn't weird -- it's corrupt!"

Speaking of which: "Rick Perry wants to defund criminally drunken prosecutors. The Democrats want to pay them public money."

Even some lefties can't stomach this: This Indictment Of Rick Perry Is Unbelievably Ridiculous, by Jonathan Chait

Charles L. Cotton wrote:A Travis County indictment against a Republican is Chicago-style political crap. It didn't work with Sen. Hutchison or Tom DeLay and it's not going to work with Perry either. The Travis County DA is a drunk who won't resign even after getting a DWI conviction and she's behind this stunt.

Chas.

Exactly right!

And I am not surprised. Austin has a long and rich history of Democratic DA's at odds with Republican's and Conservatives. I do not regret moving away from the city in which I was raised.