During the next few weeks, we the people, will have to borrow from days past of Americans who have survived difficult situations in our country.
This is not a time to be weak kneed. This is not a time to be afraid. This is not a time to bow to the pressures of the times and give up.
It is a time to fight back. It is a time to listen and take preventive measures to keep you and your family working towards surviving the Covid-19 epidemic. It is a time for me and my family to renew our relationship with God. It is a time for faith. It is time for science. It is a time for strength.
We all pray for our fellow Americans who have died from Covid-19. We all pray for the families that have lost their loved ones. We all pray for this to pass and that God will place a hedge of protection around our Country and our loved ones.
Our ultimate prayer should be that God will grant our President great wisdom to lead our country and our people through this crisis and into a new era after the epidemic has passed. Prosperity will return. Our lives will return to normal. We will survive.
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
PICKETT CAN STILL DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT WILL HE?
It is never too late to start doing the right thing and begin putting your life on the right track. They say uncontrolled anger is like a creature loose in a person's mind and taming it demands focus and dedication.
Voters are more than aware of the devastating effects on families domestic problems can cause. The election results are in and voters who have for decades returned whoever the incumbent District Attorney has been, from W.G. Woods back in the 1970's to Mike Little all the way into this century, to serve as long as they like, have decided Logan Pickett should no longer represent us in prosecuiting crime. Mike little in a cowardly move vacated office before he was indicted or voted out - under a cloud of allegations including official oppression, malicious prosecution and trading sex for reduced sentences.
Voters probably would have preferred Pickett stepping down when his behaviors became public knowledge, but many will understand that the reason this behavior has persisted for over a decade has been denial. Hopefully now Pickett is left to face the biggest challenge of his life and he will have the courage to take it head on.
The public will know soon enough. If Pickett is unable to face his demons, look for him to assert the right to serve out the remaining nine months of his term. If he wants to do what is best for him and his family however, we will all hear real soon how he and newly elected District Attorney Jennifer Berrgman have coordinated a seemless way of Pickett handing over the responsibilities of that office to her in a way that considers the public and both of their interests.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
LIBERTY COUNTY DA LOGAN PICKETT SUFFERS A HUMILIATING ELECTION LOSS
Women in Liberty County loudly and clearly said, "Enough!" to Logan Pickett and sent a message to any other wife beaters and sexual harrassers running for public office that no matter what their wife may tolerate, voters would reject them at the polls.
Liberty Dispatch echoed their sentiments and knew election day was a mere formality. Jennifer Bergman Harkness answered the bell and gave voters a well qualified option and that is all that was needed to sweep Pickett out of the building he has misused and away from employees he needed to be separated from..
Whether lawsuits follow Pickett or not, voters can sleep tonight knowing the official responsible for prosecuting people for doing what he did is no longer going to be sitting in the seat of power.
The Pickett family has historically been in charge of one elected office or another for almost one hundred years. With the defeat of this Pickett, the only office the family has control of now is Logan Pickett's father's remaing years on this term as Mayor, a job that pays ten dollars a year.
THE HISTORICAL PICKETT LOSS - HISTORY CHANGED
The Picketts have been a historical fixture in the Liberty County political landscape. The people have spoken, there is a new dawning in Liberty County, stay tuned...
Thursday, February 27, 2020
BREAKING: DEAR LIBERTY DISPATCH, LOGAN PICKETT WAS BAILED OUT BY A LIBERTY COUNTY OFFICIAL
I’ve learned something very disturbing I want to share with the Liberty County voters. Please investigate why Liberty County Commissioner Precinct #4 Leon Wilson, bailed/bonded Logan Pickett out of jail in Harris County.
Why is Leon Wilson, a public official, bailing out and posting bond for Logan Pickett for a domestic abuse assault charge?
Logan Pickett’s father is a Lawyer and he has many attorneys who he works with along with others who could and should have bonded him out.
My next question is, why is Leon Wilson protecting and promoting Pickett? Did Leon Wilson use Liberty County money to post bond for Logan Pickett?
Please let me know what your news investigation finds, we want to know.
Faithfully yours,
(Name withheld)
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
LIBERTY COUNTY DA CANDIDATE LOGAN PICKETT IS IN LEGAL HOT WATER, AGAIN....
Logan Pickett, the current District Attorney for Liberty County, has now added another run-in with the law to add to the court date in front of a Houston Judge for an incident where he beat his wife in response to her having the wherewithal to confront him about the sex he has been engaging regularly for over a year in the courthouse with a married woman with children.
Pickett surprised many people when he did not step down from his position after revelations of wife beating and adultery. He furthered surprised many when he signed up to run for re-election and informed Houston media Liberty County citizens had a different view of the laws he broke than Houstonians. So I guess nobody should be surprised now to find out a little digging in the courthouse has revealed he has ignored state election law.
Pickett, according to longstanding law, was due to inform the public of the donations he has received to his campaign and his expenditures.
Since he has failed to file the report voters have no information about where or who his campaign has received money from on the third reporting period. His first two reports show almost no public support. His family has financed some of his campaign however. As election day approaches, citizens that appreciate openness in campaign financing will be disappointed.
We have no information on how, or if Pickett, will respond to breaking this law or if he will again call it a "private matter" as he called the bruises on his wife's face.
Some involved in politics that know Pickett predict his father will take the blame for the law not being followed.
CALLS TO THE TEXAS STATE ETHICS COMMISSION WERE ANSWERED WITH: "We cannot answer questions related to an ongoing investigation."
CALLS TO THE TEXAS STATE ETHICS COMMISSION WERE ANSWERED WITH: "We cannot answer questions related to an ongoing investigation."
PERHAPS WE WILL SEE SOON ENOUGH....
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| ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS STATE ETHICS COMMISSION RECORDS, LOGAN PICKETT IS IN CRIMINAL VIOLATION OF TEXAS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. PICKETT HAS OPENED A FILER ACCOUNT THEN IGNORED LAW. |
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
DISTRICT ATTORNEY LOGAN PICKETT BREAKS THE LAW AGAIN....
Pickett surprised many people when he did not step down from his position after revelations of wife beating and adultery. He furthered surprised many when he signed up to run for re-election and informed Houston media Liberty County citizens had a different view of the laws he broke than Houstonians. So I guess nobody should be surprised now to find out a little digging in the courthouse has revealed he has ignored state election law.
Pickett, according to longstanding law, was due to inform the public of the donations he has received to his campaign and his expenditures.
Since he has failed to file the report voters have no information about where or who his campaign has received money from on the third reporting period. His first two reports show almost no public support. His family has financed some of his campaign however. As election day approaches, citizens that appreciate openness in campaign financing will be disappointed.
We have no information on how, or if Pickett, will respond to breaking this law or if he will again call it a "private matter" as he called the bruises on his wife's face.
Some involved in politics that know Pickett predict his father will take the blame for the law not being followed.
CALLS TO THE TEXAS STATE ETHICS COMMISSION WERE ANSWERED WITH: "We cannot answer questions related to an ongoing investigation."
PERHAPS WE WILL SEE SOON ENOUGH....
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| CLICK ABOVE TO DETAIL RECORD NUMBER According to the State of Texas Elections Commission, Liberty County's Logan Picket has failed to file any campaign finance reports, that is an ethics violation and crime. Pickett registered as a candidate but never filed Texas required reports. |
Monday, February 24, 2020
The Current Harris County, Texas Investigation into Logan Pickett
We have information related to the investigation. Stay tuned...
Sunday, February 23, 2020
LOGAN PICKETT PROMOTES HIS RE ELECTION CAMPAIGN WHILE HE IS UNDER CRIMINAL INDICTMENT AND OUT ON BOND
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Thursday, February 20, 2020
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Dear Liberty Dispatch, you have got to be kidding....
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| LOGAN PICKETT AND JOHN JOSLIN |
You people are only touching the tip of the iceberg when you point to the problems our young smirking district attorney could cause this county. One example of the kind of thing Mr. Logan Pickett has done that is related to your current posting is providing aid to someone in a similar circumstance. Mr. Pickett's use of his position to take advantage of women will always give him something in common with some that come before our courts, but he also has something in common with anyone that commits what your last post called "official oppression".
Mr. Pickett used the power voters gave him to give a free pass to Constable John Joslin after a Grand Jury made up of Liberty County taxpayers indicted him for repeatedly sexually harassing a female working in Liberty County law enforcement. He tried to bypass the system by using the power and connections of the district attorney and it worked. John Joslin must have been on cloud nine. Joslin is a slippery snake and as many remember not that long ago he managed somehow to get out of a situation where had had posed as an official. even though he made the Houston news and embarrassed Liberty County, he escaped the consequences and kept his right to run for office. This more recent sexual harassment case looked like his Waterloo until Mr. Pickett saved his butt.
But Mr. Pickett's powers and his connections can only abuse the system for so long. John Joslin do what he does for only so long. How long?
Only as long as Liberty County citizens allow it. And Joslin was indicted again by our neighbors serving on the Grand Jury.
Mr.Pickett and Mr. Joslin have very little they can say to defend their behavior. they can say it is what they do in their private life and nobody else's business. But that has not worked well. So now they have to blame their actions on politics. "it is election time," you might hear the few defenders they have say. They can both say this but one Grand Jury has already reviewed evidence and they have shattered that excuse. That excuse shows how much they disregard, not just the law, but the lives of women.
Official oppression needs to stop in this county and public officials need to be certain that not only does it have to end, but those who believe they can lie their way out of the consequences of their behavior will be fired at the ballot box and their will be hell to pay beyond that.
LD Watcher and Supporter
Monday, February 17, 2020
DA Logan Pickett, you still haven't answered the question, WHEN DID YOU QUIT BEATING YOUR WIFE?
LOGAN, YOU DO NOT BEAT YOUR WIFE WHEN SHE CATCHES YOU CHEATING. YOU APOLOGIZE....
For over a year Logan Pickett had a chance to think about what his reaction would be if his wife caught him cheating. He had all that time to decide how he would react - ask for a divorce or beg for forgiveness, but he did neither. He did what he has a habit of doing. He hit her. He cheated. He whacks her in the head for bringing it up. But at least, if you listened, he made what you might describe as a weak apology publicly, but at least it was an apology,. He followed that up by marching the mother of his children out and making a public statement that he apparently believes puts his behavior to rest. He has publicly dismissed the affair he admits to having as something voters will easily get over. One apology for the public's ears and back to work. One apology many beatings....
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| LIBERTY COUNTY DA, LOGAN PICKETT BOOKING PHOTO AND COURT |
Sorry Logan that is not how it works. All of 2019, you had a chance to consider what would happen if you ever had to go to court and answer for screwing someone on your (or really the taxpayer's) payroll. Logan had more than 12 months to learn to control himself and at least leave the courthouse. But he did not. Some may defend him and even be tempted to vote him another four year term if it was simply an affair. They could say to themselves,"Affairs are private matters". But this is much more than a private matter. This is official oppression. Having sex with a subordinate. In the courthouse. He effectively paid the object of his affection with taxpayer money thousands of dollars. He can refuse to resign. He can even run again for office. But he can not dismiss this and sweep it under the rug.
He can have her moved to another part of the courthouse as was done. He can even threaten to have someone else fire her if she does not continue their regular rendezvous in the courthouse as is alleged, but this could have huge consequences in the future. He can be charged, She can file a lawsuit. The county taxpayers could have to endure more embarrassing media reports and even a financial settlement.
Will that happen? It could. But the question we all should ask is what kind of person would vote to put Logan Pickett back in for four more years. He has already told you he is guilty and abandoned the "innocent until proven guilty" standard.
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Men Who Beat Women Believe They Are Justified....
The reports pop up sporadically on the six o'clock news: On an otherwise agreeable afternoon, a simple mistake by an unsuspecting woman results in a severe beating at the hands of the man she loves like Liberty County DA, Logan Pickett...
It could be a simple matter. Perhaps she failed to empty the lint from the filter in the clothes dryer; or maybe dinner wasn't just right; or maybe she decided to go shopping with her best friend without telling her spouse about it beforehand; or maybe nothing happened at all. He just beat her.
In polite society, men who pound their wives and girlfriends senseless are viewed as out-of-control barbarians, violent and virulent, often drunk on liquor or power or both. And, until recently, polite society turned a blind eye to the plight of the beaten women and often continued to treat their attackers as though nothing were amiss.
But not all men who batter are simple Neanderthals who know what they do is wrong and choose to do it anyway. And researchers say alcohol and drug problems are "probably not the precipitants of abuse." Counselors and behavioral researchers say that batterers often feel justified in their behavior and that society is unfairly persecuting them for their actions.
"In my opinion, they (batterers) are not cold, but more likely seething with distressing emotions and out of control," said Dr. Ola Barnett, a researcher at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. "They may well have a limited conscience."
Dr. Barnett said batterers often feel justified in battering because they were reared in an environment -- whether a family or neighborhood -- where violence was accepted as a proper method for solving problems or enforcing the rules. Between 40% and 70% of batterers in clinical samples have been exposed to abuse in childhood.
"Newer studies are beginning to show that batterers may have suffered psychological abuse as well and consequently feel insecure," Dr. Barnett said. "As adults they become emotionally dependent upon a wife and expect her to be responsible for making them happy. When she cannot make them happy, she is "letting them down." They do not know how to achieve happiness on their own."
A common rationale expressed in group therapy is something like this: "I told her not to do it. She knew what would happen if she did. She did it. So, what option did I have? I had to hit her. She deserved it."
"Although wives of batterers may be provocative, they do not provoke their husband's abuse in reality," Dr. Barnett said. "Almost anything can set off a batterer."
John Eidt is the coordinator of the Family Violence Intervention Program at the Volusia County Domestic Violence Council in Daytona Beach, Florida. He says the men who wind up in his program most often used violence to exert control.
"Society traditionally has seen males as dominant, the ones who set the rules and who are charged with enforcing those rules," Eidt says. "Violence is an enforcement mechanism used by most men."
In a study to be published in February 1998, Dr. Barnett examined the motivations of 30 batterers.
The batterers say the lash out physically because:
"These men tend to be desperate about keeping their wives and beat them to prevent them from leaving," Dr. Barnett said. "They are miserable, suffering low self esteem, and are vulnerable to stress and hostile. They use battering to control their partners, and it seems to work, so they continue."
Disrupting that pattern of behavior is difficult, Dr. Barnett says.
In some states, such as Florida, accusations of domestic violence generate a mandatory arrest. Victims' advocates argue that arrest signals the batterer that society does not approve of his behavior. But an arrest is no panacea, Dr. Barnett says.
"Arrested batterers should be kept under the orders of the court to make them follow through with treatment," she says.
Eidt's Florida counseling program deals with men whose violence against their spouses and girlfriends landed them in court. Eidt carries out the court-ordered therapy, which consists of a 26-week educational process.
The batterers are taught to deal with their emotions in less destructive ways.
Eidt's program, based on what is known within the counseling profession as the Duluth Model, teaches such skills as economic partnership, shared responsibility, responsible parenting, honesty and accountability, trust and support, respect, non-threatening behavior and negotiation and fairness. Once the man understands his role in the relationship with his spouse or girlfriend and fosters mutual respect, the tendency toward violence subsides.
When the pressure builds toward a violent outburst, though, the batterer must have tactics prepared for dealing with it, Eidt says. That is where "cool downs" or "time-outs" come into play. "A cool down is like preventive medicine," Eidt says. "Before you get to that place where you don't care any more, you leave." The person taking the "cool down" goes somewhere to relax and think the problem through. Then he returns to discuss the problem and resolve it.
"Most men, even those who feel justified in their violent behavior, realize at some level that physical violence is not acceptable," Eidt says. "Most men don't pick on those smaller or weaker. So we focus on that and give them the tools and techniques they need to avoid violence."
Once these men really examine the incident that "provoked" them, the generally recognize it as inconsequential, Eidt says. "They need to think beforehand whether it's worth jail time, court costs and a fine to hit their wife because the TV was too loud," he says.
In the last year and a half, Eidt says, his counseling program has shown nearly 100% success, with no one who completed the entire 26 weeks returning to the court system for a violent outburst.
"We are teaching them how to live totally violent-free lives," Eidt says. "Not just at home. This carries over into the work place and disagreements with the boss or a neighbor."
Dr. Barnett says such cognitive psychotherapy is beneficial because "it teaches the batterer to reinterpret life's situations." She says studies have shown a reduction in physical abuse after 16 to 24 weeks among men who complete a program.
"Learning about options other than abuse is very helpful," she says. "It is not uncommon for a batterer to truly believe that he had not other choice. Time out is a useful adjunct to almost any treatment plan. The batterer learns to stop even the first blow."
Dr. Barnett also says anecdotal evidence suggests males who batter would profit from using anxiety-relieving drugs, such as Prozac. But little research has been published on that subject. Another approach that is highly debated in the psychology field is the treatment of batterers as part of a dysfunctional couple. Critics argue that such treatment may be dangerous for the victim and may leave the batterer with the impression that he does not have to assume complete responsibility for his violence.
Eidt says he can envision a time when the world will be without violence. But he cautions that such an Idyllic existence cannot materialize from the ether.
"In time, we will see everyone adopt the new "equality" belief system, in which men and women are partners and neither is superior or subservient," Eidt says. "Right now we are on the cutting edge of that. Most of the men in our program are still from the old school. Dad was the boss. But as more people are educated and society provides new role models to follow, we will see a change."
By, Jim Witters - with commentary
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Friday, February 14, 2020
NO, MR.PICKETT SEX WITH EMPLOYEES AND BEATING YOUR WIFE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
Dear Liberty Dispatch:
All who have visited Liberty Dispatch have had an opportunity to read firsthand, or to see reference our warning to Liberty County voters four years ago about a young attorney who had repeatedly proven he lacked the self discipline to quell is urge to hit women. Whether it is his momentary thoughts of superiority or a more serious philosophy about women, we expressed the idea that it would not be good for his wife, or Liberty County. or ultimately for him. to hold a highly visible public office. We said back then, and we say it again now, Mr. Pickett's best chance to learn to control his temper and his best chance to learn that women deserve to be treated like human beings and not like some animal in training, is to retreat to public life and to work hard on his marriage. And that taking a job that makes decisions about people who have committed domestic abuse and violence is the worst position someone with Mr. Pickett's problems should endeavor to hold.
Mr. Pickett has ignored our advise. And the advise many would give him. He has not only decided to run for a second term, his public behavior would tell most of us that he does not consider his problem any big deal. Surprisingly, he has publicly admitted he believes Liberty County voters will go the polls and vote for him and disregard then fact he stood before a Harris County Judge for beating his wife. He also has expressed the brazen idea that the public knowing his sexual relationship and affair with a subordinate.employee that is not his wife was only a factor to people running for office in places like Harris County, not Liberty County. We are unsure if he is saying people in Liberty County could care less about their public officials committing sexual crimes with at least two different women or if he is saying that the public spectacle of his behavior making the Houston news for days did not affect his voters or if Liberty County voters were either uninformed or not very bright. But whatever he meant, it was not a compliment to those of us who live here.
Though we have never met his opponent, our inquiries have indicated she is a good attorney and that she has a stable family life and a good reputation. Therefore, as odd as it may sound to some, we are in hopes that Republicans are supportive of Logan Pickett join those who support his opponent and do what is best for Liberty County. Vote for Jennifer Bergman.
Thank you Liberty Dispatch and Supporters
"Concerned Liberty County Voter..."
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
COMING: Liberty County District Attorney's Race
Liberty Dispatch readers weight in on the controversial Liberty County District Attorney's Race.
Stay Tuned....
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