Years ago, the local Republican Party was preparing to publicly question the then Liberty County Democratic Party Chairman John Archer’s eligibility to be the head of the majority party in the county because of his relationship to contracts concerning tax collection and the water district. Just days before a press release was going to be sent out by Republicans, Archer announced that Liz Beausoliel would be the new Democratic Party Chairman.
The Beausoliel’s are no stranger to active Republicans. Mark Beausoliel was Assistant County Attorney before running for County Attorney and losing to Tommy Chambers who later lost to Wes Hinch in the general elecion. And Liz Beausoliel is the person paid to manage the Liberty County Law Library and she has been the fearless campaign manager for District Judge C. T. “Rusty” Hight. In addition, Beausoliel is suspected (along with Hight and Zack Zbranek) to be the brain trust that decided to recruit Michelle Merendino to run as a Republican to punish Chap Cain for publicly exposing Democratic County Judge Phil Fitzgerald for the way he handled FEMA money and for running as a Republican.
For a short period of time, Liz Beausoliel served as Chairman before Archer’s wife, Nancy, returned the Chairmanship to the Archer household. Democrats and even some Republicans have noted that Nancy Archer’s leadership through this last election may give her claim to being the best Democratic Party Chairman Liberty County has had since Mary Beth Jamison. Under Nancy’s direction Democrats had the most unpopular national ticket voters have ever seen in Liberty County. Despite Barack Obama’s name at the top of the ballot, local Republicans only won two seats this last election. In Democrat circles Nancy Archer has taken many a bow for doing well under difficult circumstances.
Now rumors have started emerging about an encore as Chairman for Beausoliel, who showed flashes of brilliance as she steered Judge Hight to victory despite the last minute disclosure that, as a lawyer, Hight changed court documents to try and win a custody case and that he was caught and rebuked for his ethics. If Beausoliel becomes the next Chairman she would now inherit an entirely different political climate with the election victory of Andy McCreight as her counterpart in the Republican Party.
For the last four years, Nancy Archer enjoyed an unusually non-confrontational Republican Party whose leadership repeatedly campaigned by saying “it doesn’t matter whether you have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ by your name.” But Republicans rejected Lester Ray Wisegerber in his bid for another term as Republican Party Chairman and it is thought to be because of that motto and his personal relationship to his son-in-law, Democrat District Judge Rusty Hight.
Liberty Dispatch is not predicting a Beausoliel victory, but rumors and her behavior earlier in the year indicate she wants her old job back. Her husband, Mark’s, defeat leaves him at a dead end politically unless he can revive his name through his wife and run years down the line. We predict her strong connections to Hight may still not be enough to put her in position to fill Nancy’s shoes.
8 comments:
How convenient that Liz has been Judge Hight's campaign manager while her husband Mark is handed out court appointed cases by the Judge. So does Liz get paid the conventional way, or is the taxpayer money via Hight's court appointed cases to Mark paying her for her political efforts?
Is it true Mrs. Beausoliel receives thousands of dollars of our money a year for very little effort at the "Liberty County Law Library"?
I sure hope Mr. McCreight watches Fox News and has seen people like John McCain, Olympia Snow, and Arlan Spector as they have tried to be nice to Democrats and Republicans lost so much because of these people's "friendship" with Democrats. Democracy only works when there is vigoroues and passionate opposition that represents different people's views.
First thing stated wrong in the article, Mark Beausoliel, did not lose to Wes Hinch, he never made it out of the primary against Tommy Chambers. The Archers do nothing for their party after the primaries, they are off the radar, having cocktails starting about 10 am, hell it's 5 o'clock somewhere. Those two people are the worst two humans in this county, by far, pushing that Harris County voter(OCT/09)and Kingwood Resident, Morrison. What a joke, they are playing on the citizens of this county and 1500 voted for him. You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear, and you will never take the low class out of her and John.
If you are saying Nancy Archer has had success as a politicain/chairman in a tough time fopr Democrats, I would agree. But complimenting the Archers is no somethig worth your time. Nancy claiming she is the head of Habitat for Humanity in Liberty County when she ran for state rep was one of many of her "non'contributions" to this community.
The only people the Archers have helped is Bill Buchanan down at the radio station and the nearby liquor store owner. Hight, Beausoliel, Zbranek, and all of these other people in leadership are creepy if you ask me. They sucked that Merendino girl in there by shoveling an occassional case to her, but she is better than these people.
I know LD has focused on the deceptive sneeking around KSHN has done through the years to help the Democrats and hurt the local Republicans, but i-dineout and Allen Yopungblood and John Archer are much closer than Bill Buchanan an Archer. Youngblood wis ater the new Sheriff; watsto re-eect Rusty Hight nd elect Zbranek etc. Youngblood, unlike LD, claims no partisan leaning and then whacks Republicans and builds up Democrats.
Youngblood is everything he accuses LD of.
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