FACTS AND MERIT ONLY- Another look at the D.A.'s Race

Those who would like to shut down the comment section of this website aside, here is something for readers wanting to exclude themselves from all of the questions about the personal lives of either of the candidates for District Attorney and look closer at the facts.

Karen McNair has prosecuted 4866 criminals:

• 535 DWI’s.
• 699 Drug Cases.
• 436 Assaults.
• 1291 Thefts and Burglaries.
• 1905 Miscellaneous offenses.

Logan Pickett’s prosecution record:

• Logan Pickett has admitted he has not prosecuted even one case by himself.
• His numbers have greatly varied depending on when and who he has been speaking to.
• Logan Pickett's Liberty County case record  -0

Logan Pickett

Recently Pickett supporters have complained about comments sent in to this website. The most frequent complaint is that Liberty Dispatch is “mudslinging” after we posted the year Pickett graduated from law school and how inexperienced he is as the newest lawyer hired by our overly political District Attorney’s office. We reject criticism meant to try and suppress the truth about the lack of experience of Pickett.

False, exaggerated or distorted press releases greatly inflate Logan Pickett's record. But Pickett on the other hand, has had several press releases that make things like his “preparation” for a slam dunk case is something worthy of highlighting. The truth is it was a routine case and his preparation was routine. Worse still, it is very possible the District Attorney in his efforts to coax voters to elect the person he has hand-picked to replace himself, is using county time and resources to distort Pickett’s contribution to cases in our courts. Regardless of the hyperbole in the D.A.'s recent press releases, it is not possible for Pickett to have much experience since receiving a law degree just 60 months ago and only recently going to work in the D.A.’s office. Pickett and his boss do not have enough cases to attach his name to and give him credit for in order to make him look ready to May primary voters. They should have agreed to let Pickett prosecute one case by himself, but they have not risked it.

So while Pickett supporters complain about people’s comments and allegations of Logan Pickett's domestic problems and criticize McNair’s comments about being a more active, hard working District Attorney that is more effectively organized than the group training the youngest lawyer in the office. Pickett would have voters believe that the person with far more experience than himself just doesn’t understand how things work. McNair however, is declaring her intentions to be more than simply the manager of the four Assistant District Attorneys. She will help with the load and prosecute some cases herself. And she will fix the inefficient scheduling that always partners two assistants together and by doing so slows the courts down. She is experienced and can easily be the assistant, or second, in a share of the cases while overlooking the cases as a whole.

Logan Pickett has made up a straw man argument and then used his made up scenario to sling mud.  Logan Pickett and Mike Little must think the voters in Liberty County are stupid...

McNair is saying she is used to working hard and she plans on continuing her hard work. But Pickett and his boss, the same people who have recently passed fifty cases to McNair’s department ..... well they sit around and try to figure ways to beat Karen. Mike Little and Logan Pickett sit around and devise all kinds of phoney bologna press releases about how great a star Logan Picket is while Karen McNair quietly and efficiently does her prosecuting for Liberty County. She has a record and it is a good one. He, like all young people, is at a starting place. He needs to be in a place he can get experience. Running the chief prosecutor's office is not that place.

OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING BRAIN WASHED BY GAYS

LEFT LEANING LIBERAL LAPDOGS LOVE LOGAN

Ignoring the fact that one of the candidates for Liberty County District Attorney just got his law degree about sixty months ago and the ink on his employment contract with the county is almost still drying, the most liberal of all who claim to be news media is shilling for Logan Pickett. With Logan Pickett’s new job with the Liberty County DA and then he immediately signs up to run for DA… is reminiscent of County Attorney carpetbagger candidate James Farmer running. Our readers will remember the story we ran about James Farmer renting a garage apartment in Liberty, Texas then changing his Texas drivers license to reflect his residency as Liberty, Texas to scam voters. Likewise Pickett is also trying to scam and appear to be something he is not… (Farmer note, see bottom)

As some of our readers have pointed out to us, all positive comments about Logan Pickett or any of the Pickett family seems to be posted on a local Democrat website that claims to be news media. And, as our readers point out, negative comments about Pickett have not been posted. Positive comments about Republican candidate for District Attorney Karen McNair are not being posted. There is nothing unexpected here however. Nothing illegal… There is nothing apart from the website’s commitment to Democrats (or as close to a Democrat as is available – the Democrat incumbent’s hand picked replacement). A liberal owns the website and, even though he never warns his audience, he exercises his rights as the owner of the blog by pushing his agenda- Lapdog...

The former food distribution website predictably is supporting the status quo candidate in spite of the fact he is woefully inexperienced. Almost anyone in the county could predict this by observation of past endorsements, but Liberty Dispatch is very aware that the website has had a “special” relationship to the current D.A.’s office and there was never any question for us that the website would fail to consider how risky it is to elect someone who is not prepared to be the chief prosecutor of the county. The owner of the website in question has been allowed to use the assets of this D.A.’s office to do his own private personal investigations for years. The blog owner wants to make sure “business as usual” continues so he can continue to use public assets. He has no candidate running as a Democrat so he holds his nose and goes along with the decision that to win this office Logan Pickett will have to run on the GOP ticket- Lapdog...

Isn’t it odd and kind of comical how that such a Democrat website has to bend over to promote a Republican (RINO) candidate like Logan Pickett. This also shows how deep the corruption permeates in Liberty County and where it emanates from - Lapdog...

The blog in question became known as “the car wreck site” because its owner, and only “reporter”, chases car wrecks he hears about on his scanner and puts the most gruesome pictures he can take on his website so he can make money. Money probably also has something to do with his other Republican endorsement. His website has been forced to support the longest serving Republican officeholder in his bid for Sheriff because of the dollars and sense. It just made no sense NOT to support Bobby Rader for Sheriff because the incumbent, though a Democrat three years ago, is so controversial and ineffective that supporting him would be like electing the Captain of the Titanic “Seaman of the Year” as his ship sunk into the Atlantic. This car wreck blog read the tea leaves and for the first time any of us can remember, sided with most local Republicans – including the people that buy ads on his website- Lapdog...

The most important reason people are for Rader could be because we believe he will dramatically improve the leadership in the Sheriff’s department. The most important reason people are for Karen McNair could be because we believe she is the only person in the race who is ready on day one to lead the District Attorney’s office in its goal of serving the public and pursuing justice, not politics. Liberty Dispatch has no hidden agenda. Just like the owner of the car wreck site, we chose sides decades ago. We are still for Republicans and we are not out to profit by it. He on the other hand- Lapdog...

Candidate James Farmer note: James Farmer has scammed Liberty County and now he is scamming the Texas Ethics Commission- James Farmer has broken campaign finance laws and election ethics laws by not filing numerous mandatory campaign finance reports. Farmer’s supporters being comprised of a local cult and Sheriff Henry Patterson have been very critical of some of our local judges and other elected officials we support- for alleged campaign finance report problems. These people should look at their own illegal behavior before they point the finger at others.

Liberty County Sheriff and Clearance Rates...

The clearance rate Sheriff Patterson is advertising makes it look like there is at least one reason to support to candidates whose campaigns have been struggling as they approach their May 29th date to face primary voters.

Bloated and deceptive clearance rate numbers would indicate that Sheriff Patterson has focused his department in a way that has the LCSO performing at a mark above the average in the state. If the numbers were not purposely inflated it would also be a boost to the campaign to keep continuity in a District Attorney’s office that has suffered one revelation after another of being more involved in politics than is acceptable.

Patterson was claiming his 40% clearance rate can be verified through Governor Perry’s office. But he, and the D.A.’s office, have been conspicuously quiet after revelations that all the numbers from the Governor’s office come directly from the sheriff’s office in each county.

Patterson has manipulated the numbers to look far better than they actually are. Patterson’s skewing of the numbers to help his re-election are partially based on closing cases in ways that keep unsolved crimes from hurting his clearance rate. There is more to it than that, but his actions clearly represent the type of politics he has practiced as a substitute for leadership. The clearance rate in actuality is close to 15%. Patterson’s decisions on how to focus the time and efforts of the resources of his department should not reflect on the efforts of the deputies who dutiful follow orders and risk their lives to protect this community.

To be fair, Patterson’s gaming of these numbers, is not likely to have involved Logan Pickett. Assistant DA Pickett has not been with the D.A.’s office very long and his inexperience (graduating law school in 2006) would tend to make any effort along this line was either solely made by the LCSO or in connection with someone more experienced in the D.A.’s office. Holding Pickett responsible for any numbers reflecting the success of the D.A.’s office while Judge Rusty Hight manipulated public perception is unwarranted also because of the timeline and his inexperience. Hight and the D.A.’s office would revisit court cases just a few days after some verdicts were made in very public venues and the convictions would sometimes take a very dramatic turn from what the public was left to expect as the lack of community oversight left the D.A.’s office and Hight to their own devices. One example was when it looked like a halfway tough sentence on a criminal found guilty of a serious sex crime was probated the next day when the courtroom was empty.

Patterson promised to be different from his opponent/predecessor and rid Liberty County of the remaining good ole boys. He won that race and within days looked the other way when evidence of FEMA fraud by County Judge Phil Fitzgerald was presented to him by law enforcement. He has not arrested or helped to remove one good ole boy from office in his very controversial tenure as Sheriff.

Patterson has been more like the person he replaced than he is prepared to admit. Patterson has said in his campaign, “If you like what you have seen from the Sheriff’s department the last three years, vote for me and you will get more of the same.”

The District Attorney’s race is likely to produce change regardless of who wins. Logan Pickett’s inexperience would leave him heavily dependent on Joe Warren. Warren and Pickett are likely to continue the practices (as best they can) they have learned as they marched behind Mike Little. If assistant County Attorney Karen McNair wins, voters can expect to see the kind of work she is doing for the county now - less politics and more work.

Liberty County Democrat Operative Commits Felonies to Harm Republicans

UPDATE: See the other update of all the internet domain names of community leaders and businesses Murrie Gene Kinney has hijacked- see end of article.

Liberty Dispatch has been given information that a local Democrat operative has intentionally committed multiple felonies to damage Republican candidates in Harris and Liberty counties.

The person in question is Liberty County resident Murrie Gene Kinney. Mr. Kinney is known in the area for sending out kooky and bizarre letters to the editor, threatening people in his own party and other local news media outlets.

Reports also state that Mr. Kinney has lured women to his home numerous times under the guise of helping them with small claims cases born out of the Liberty County Pct. 4 JP's office- only to allegedly sexual harass the women.

Murrie Gene Kinney created www.louistaylorguthrie.com and has in reserve www.genekinney.com for use but not active, only his mail server is activated for that domain name. Lets continue to connect the dots here, then "move on" to the evidence...

Mr.  Louis Guthrie is the Republican challenger in Harris County running for Sheriff against Democrat incumbent Sheriff Adrian Garcia. Mr. Kinney used a domain host well out of the Texas area in an attempt to intentionally deceive and hide his ownership of both domains and others by the use of a private registration service at:

1&1 Internet Inc.
701 Lee Road, Suite 300
Chesterbrook, PA 19087
abuse@1and1.com

Unique CSI evidence links below:

www.louistaylorguthrie.com - name server "ns41.1and1.com" 217.160.82.154
www.genekinney.com - name server "na41.1and1.com" 217.160.82.154

These domains and several others are all commingled into one account owned by Murrie Gene Kinney.

Of all the thousands of domain providers in the US, Mr. Kinney’s illegal domains come back to the above SAME domain provider. We contacted the abuse department at 1&1 and they verified the domain www.louistaylorguthrie.com and other offensive websites were being hosted there and "paid for" by Murrie Gene Kinney.

Next, we contacted the Harris County District Attorney's office and asked them what laws if any were broken by Mr. Kinney, they gave us the following information:

Law: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 503, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Sec. 33.07. ONLINE IMPERSONATION.

"September 1, 2009, several laws went into effect in Texas, including a law which makes online harassment a third-degree felony.

This new law specifies that a person can be charged with online harassment if he or she uses the name of another person to create a Web page or to post one or more messages on a commercial social networking site without obtaining the other person’s consent with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten any person. Online harassment is a felony punishable by 2-10 years in prison and a fine not to exceed $10,000."

The DA's office said that given the evidence and information... they felt there "would be no problem indicting" someone who had committed the mentioned acts.

Clearly Murrie Jean Kinney has broken the above law/s. After Kinney’s loss in a run for Liberty County Democrat Chair (in some say the most embarrassing upset in Liberty County history) against the incumbent Democrat Chair Nancy Archer... he has intentionally acted breaking the law to exercise his vindictiveness.

It is unknown at this time whether the people who Mr. Kinney has harmed plan to file civil and/or criminal charges including Louis Guthrie and others.

Subject offender information:

Murrie Gene Kinney
DOB: 03/27/1951
TDL: 5939982
38CR 4531
Dayton, TX 775353
Email: gene@genekinney.com

Contributor's note: Murrie Gene Kinney has also posted www.sheriffhenrypatterson.com according to his internet provider 1and1. According to 1and1 internet host Murrie Kinney has also bought www.henrypatterson.com another one of his "online impersonations" illegal acts/counts.

Below are domain names Murrie Gene Kinney has hijacked- there are more.

Amazon Legal Department threatened to sue him and file criminal charges unless he gave up their domains after trying to shake them down via extortion.

Amazon-Sales.net
AmazonSales.net
CityofLibertyTexas.com
Cleveland-Texas.net
Dayton-Texas.com
Dayton-Texas.net
Dayton-Texas.org
Dayton-Texas.us
DaytonTexas.org
DaytonTexas.us
DaytonTx.net
DaytonTx.us
Domains-4-You.com
eBay-Sales.net
Elvis-Presley.us
Garth--Brooks.com
Garth-Brooks.name
GarthBrooks.name
GarthBrooksCD.com
GeorgeStrait.us
HullStateBank.com
Liberty-County.com
Liberty-Dayton.com
Liberty-Texas.com
Liberty-Texas.net
LibertyTexas.net
LibertyTexas.us
LynyrdSkynyrd.us
Pace-StancilFuneralHome.com
PeoplesBuildingCenter.com
Selling-Your_domain.com
Thrif-TeeFoodCenter.com
Town-CountryRealEstate.com
Worldwidepants.net
Your-Domain-Sales.com
parthenis.com

Although some of these domains come back as no webpage, the whois information comes back to Murrie Gene Kinney or one of his fronts.

Its obvious by the domains Murrie Gene Kinney owns that his plan is to extort money from celebrities, local government and corporations.

There is a obvious criminal mind at work in Murrie Jean Kinney to hijack, extort and harass people with his domain ownership.

EXPERIENCE STATEMENTS HAUNT PICKETT'S CAMPAIGN

Here is what we have posted in our new “Liberty County did you know?” area: 

DA Candidate- Logan Pickett law license: 11/2006

DA Candidate- Karen McNair law license: 08/1982

The facts are... Pickett is just getting started. Even the sixty-something months since he graduated were not all dedicated to anything near like what he would do as district attorney. Only since Michael Mark resigned a few months ago did Pickett begin to get a little practice at trying criminal cases in the prosecutor’s office. He is as green as it gets. DA Candidate Karen McNair has been practicing law since about the same year Logan Pickett was born.

Almost four years ago, Democrat voters decided to ignore the facts and give Barack Obama a chance to be President. Many of us believe he was the least qualified and least likely politician to be successful in our lifetime (and maybe in history), but he was elected nevertheless. And this country has suffered because they elected someone the Democratic establishment packaged and made look irresistible. Most Liberty County voters voted against Obama because of his lack of experience and there is great hope that these same voters will go to the primary and do the same thing and help elect Karen McNair. She is ready and he is not. But whoever gets the most votes wins the position. So please vote Tuesday May 29th.

LIFE IS FULL OF POLITICS

Schools, Churches, Political Parties, Etc.

When I was young my Father explained to me what people meant when they used the word “politics”. According to him, politics was the art or science of guiding or influencing people. He told me politics was not a positive word or a negative word, it was just a fact of life. Politics, according to him, was everywhere people are trying to get something done.

Liberty Dispatch periodically will get comments sent in that are never posted because of how different the politics of institutions like school and church are than the politics LD’s main focus concentrates on. Some of the comments about schools or people running the schools in either the administration or on the school board are very worthwhile and legitimate topics for community conversation, but the politics surrounding “art or science of guiding or influencing” the education of our young people is usually an entirely different world from the politics involving full time paid elected officials.

The realization of the importance of educating young people and the current data on how it is done most effectively has caused LD to shy away from posting people’s critical analysis or most anything else about our schools. Current professional development in the area of mid management and superintendent level training tends to point to the “synergetic” leadership style as the one that is most likely to transform a community into the most it can be. That recommended style of leadership, synergism in public education, is something LD wants to promote, not hinder. Synergism’s effectiveness is undeniable when it is truly achieved. A school system that is truly practicing synergy is working together so well that it squeezes more out of all of those involved than it would seem possible. It promotes maximum participation by all and it can yield results that sometimes make social scientist compare it to making 1 + 1 = 3. It requires strong leaders that are professionals at listening and who are experts at diplomacy. Synergy is not a top down dictatorial method of leadership. In a school setting, it is an inclusive dynamic way of bringing in all of the resources and ideas of a community to make the school the best it can be.

Times are particularly tough for those who have made the personal sacrifice of giving up their time to serve on a school board and those who are leading a school or a school system. LD recognizes these tough economic times for public education in Texas should be treated by all of us as a time to show extra patience and understanding toward the people trying to “guide and influence” the schools. It is a time when we should all get on board when leadership tries something. We can disagree and recommend something else before a decision is made, but when our leaders commit to trying something, we should do all we can to make it work. If we want our schools to work, we will guard against the more traditional reaction of hoping to remove leaders who are making decisions we don’t agree with. In times like these, leaders may not have the options their critics think they do. The politics surrounding schools should be more of a collaborative effort than party politics.

Church politics are different also. Some would say, “There should be no politics in the church” but I am using that term like I defined above – the art of guiding or influencing people. Churches should have goals and standards or to use the rhetoric of the Bible, “dream and visions”. Churches that do not are likely to fail.

LD has occasional messages sent to us that have people wanting to air out a disagreement in a church. Again, we are unlikely to ever post such comments. The church has God as its head and He has an Under-shepherd or Pastor in charge at each church. Churches need to be in unity to be effective. They need to undergird, support, and pray for their Pastor. There may be some degree of democracy or even synergism. But ultimately the Pastor is called by God and the congregation should simply recognize his calling and yield to his leadership. Traditional “politicking” and building and forming coalitions to gain a majority to do something “your way”, can easily undermine the structure God has set up. The “government” He has set up in His church teaches us all how to submit to authority, etc. and most times when we fail to yield simply because we had a “better way of doing something”, we also fail to receive the fullness of His blessing (part of His blessing is the transformation that occurs through obedience). “Obedience is better than sacrifice”, is a scripture that applies here but not to our democracy.

Political party politics is a different matter however. Those who say they wish we could all just get along simply have no understanding of how democracy has worked in this country since George Washington’s cabinet splintered off and formed political parties. Our representative republic functions best with a system where both sides (and even multiple sides) are aggressively trying to achieve their goals. Almost like a prosecutor and a defense lawyer. Both have a role to play to make the system work. The price of them “getting along” too much would be justice. Political parties and campaigns identify the positives and negatives about people who are running for elective office. That is not the problem with this country. There may have never been a campaign any more negative than when John Adams ran against Thomas Jefferson at the turn of the 19^th century. And this country thrived in a system where politics was ultra competitive.

Partisan party politics involves deciding who WE THE PEOPLE will hire to do a public service job. It is not about synergism, but it is about who is going to lead from the position being voted on. It is not about unity and trying to accomplish the same goals, but it is usually about two different visions of what government should and should not do. We should look at the candidates and their plans for the future and we should be thankful we live in a country that has a second amendment that protects the freedom of speech in political contest.  People should not be turned off by tough campaigning. Instead they should tune in. We are choosing our leaders and serious open conversations help to make the choices clearer.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN LIBERTY COUNTY’S FUTURE

A new era dawning in Liberty County?

MAY 29, 2012 PRIMARY ELECTION

MAIN EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS - DATE & TIMES:

Liberty County Courthouse
Ground Floor
1923 Sam Houston
Liberty, TX 77575

Monday. May 14 - Friday. May 18 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Monday. May 21 - Friday. May 25 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

PERMANENT BRANCH VOTING PLACES - DATES & TIMES:

County Clerks Office
Cleveland Annex
304 Campbell
Cleveland, TX 77327

Cleveland Annex

Monday, May 14 - Friday. May 18 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Monday, May 21 - Friday. May 25 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

TEMPORARY BRANCH VOTING PLACES - DATES & TIMES:

Dayton Annex
1300 West Clayton
Dayton, TX 77535

Monday, May 14 - Friday. May 18 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Monday, May 21 - Friday. May 25 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m

Hardin Community Center
414 CR 2010
Hardin, TX 77561

Monday, May 14 - Friday. May 18 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Monday, May 21 - Friday. May 25 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m

Early Voting By Mail

Application may be accepted in person beginning March 30,2012 through May 13,2012. After this date applications must be mailed.

FARMER HIDING BECAUSE PATTERSON IS ATTACKING FAMILIES?

At The Cleveland Advocate political forum at the end of March County Attorney Wes Hinch had the line of the night. The gist of Wes Hinch’s comment went like this, “I just hope I get to meet my opponent before the primary election is over”.

James Farmer is the other candidate that will appear on the ballot running for County Attorney. Complete with pictures of his vacant apartment, Liberty Dispatch reported weeks ago on the bizarre circumstances surrounding this Houston attorneys attempt to establish residency without actually living here. We have also reported that Farmer continues to fail to file the necessary campaign finance reports for candidates running for public office. But the mystery goes deeper than that. No one we have talked to in Liberty County has seen or heard from Farmer since he signed up. His “missing in action” includes the absence of any political signs and the lack of appearance at even one public event. That is strange behavior for someone who is running for office.

But is it any stranger than what we have already seen? Our knowledge of James Farmer’s ties to Liberty County start with his circle of associates Sheriff Henry Patterson, Eddie Shauberger, and other campaign advisers. In the light of who is in his political circle, is the deception in establishing residency any stranger than some of their other behavior. Is breaking campaign laws by not filing mandatory reports seem anymore weird than the rest of their sneaky manipulative moves?

James Farmer was recruited to run an actual campaign to help Patterson’s effort to dominate the courthouse. It is possible after all of the initial deception that Farmer spent enough time and heard enough of Shauberger’s plans that he became uncomfortable and refused to appear publicly with these men or even run his race. It could be that Shauberger plans to attack Bobby Rader’s and others' wives and kids was more than Farmer was willing to do. twenty year old divorces and old records of their enemies kids when they were teenagers probably seemed beyond the pale to the struggling Houston attorney. Making up stories about sexual favors paying judges off probably set off an alarm in the attorney's head as his fear of huge defamation lawsuits kept him awake.It could be that after Farmer signed up for office he started feeling like the Patterson campaign was being derailed by some perverted vindictive secret agenda by Shauberger.

Who knows? We do know Patterson seems perfectly comfortable with it. It is not like he was not warned. There is still over four weeks until Election Day and Shauberger has done almost ever despicable and deceptive thing Liberty Dispatch predicted. If you have missed it, count it a blessing. But we all know Patterson got a heads up ahead of time and now has concrete evidence if he wants to say he “knows nothing”. He can’t say he has no probable cause to publicly distance himself from Farmer or from Shauberger or from Shauberger’s comments about kids (of Rader and others) who have not said one word about this race or him.

Patterson won’t do that though. He will play the same kind of blame game he has in so much of what we have reported. He may say Liberty Dispatch started all of this. What a great defense, except that what Liberty Dispatch “started” was posting what Eddie Shauberger told us Patterson’s campaign was going to do to Bobby Rader. We got to hear about all of their “research”. And we got to hear Shauberger say he didn’t care about the truth, he just cared about gathering information that could be used to make his enemies look bad. He said “We are taking the little political things Liberty Dispatch does and taking it to another level. Liberty Dispatch never gets results. This is big boy politics.”

Okay big boy Eddie, get your explanation out and explain Farmer. And while you are at it explain why you went from wanting to embarrass and defeat Mike Little, to wanting to embarrass and defeat Logan Pickett to… now, wanting Logan Pickett to get elected the next District Attorney. Explain it. You keep wanting to make our consistent efforts to elect conservatives something unusual (when we have worked on this for nearly twenty years), but explain to us why you and your creepy associates are so interested in a county you do not live in. Perhaps if you spend a little time answering the questions many in the county are asking, you will have less time to talk about our wives and children. Right Sheriff!

Liberty Dispatch would like readers to please let us know if you see James Farmer. The most likely place to see him we are told would be at breakfast in Cleveland.

Liberty Dispatch is offering a reward for information leading to any sightings of James Farmer in Liberty County.

DA CANDIDATE PICKETT AND ADA WARREN BROKE ELECTIONEERING LAWS

One of the worst things about good ole boy politics is the “passing of the torch” that goes on in a system dominated by people covering each others rear ends. In Liberty County over 100 years of Democrats winning every public office made it easy for some of the shady Democrats to hand pick their replacement when they grew tired of holding office. It made it easy for them to use their office and its power to defeat their opponent. In the history of Liberty County Democrats, Republicans did not have a chance. The power of incumbency and the Democrats relationship to the liberal media left no cracks for Republicans to break through; they could not win – until Bobby Rader won his JP race over a decade ago.

In fact, there is only one countywide office left that has a continuous uninterrupted string of “torch passing”. That is the District Attorney’s office. And Mike Little is doing all he can to coerce the voters to choose the least experienced District Attorney in Liberty County history. He has even got Logan Pickett running as a Republican.

Two Assistant District Attorneys under Little have even had to officially been told to “cool it” as far as illegally campaigning in the courthouse. After numerous complaints by jurors, a courthouse wide letter went out to specifically address that campaigning in the courthouse would not be tolerated. The assistant district attorneys are Logan Pickett and Joe Warren. They were told to either cease or desist their electioneering to juries or they would risk facing the consequences.

Rather than honor the intent of the law, Pickett and Warren when confronted simply changed their modus operandi. Instead of openly campaigning to their near captive audiences, they now take the when the largest number of citizens/voters are compelled to be in court to recite their resume’s. There can be anywhere from 80 to 200 people sitting through the process of jury selection… and Pickett and Joe Warren have recently started taking up those people’s time with personal speeches about their qualifications and their family etc. – effectively campaigning to potential jurors.

Originally it was surmised that Joe Warren must feel a desperate need to help Pickett win to insure his position in the D.A.’s office to be doing this kind of thing. Recently however, Liberty Dispatch has been informed that Warren may have twice as much reason to risk a citation for illegal electioneering as originally thought. Sources indicate Warren intends to run against County Court-at-Law Judge Tommy Chambers in 2014.

As for Mike Little’s oversight of the behavior of his men, Liberty Dispatch has found no evidence that he has disciplined, or even disapproved of either Logan Picket or Joe Warren for their behavior. In fact, Little has engaged in his own deceptive and some say illegal practices. He is inflating Pickett’s resume’ by sending out press releases that and try make the least experienced and least successful prosecutor in his office sound like a world champion lawyer.

The good ole boy system is on its last leg. This community should not have to endure ambitious misguided lawyers abusing their privileges and breaking campaigning laws.

This community should not have to suffer through campaign spin to read about what is happening in our courts. This county does not belong to the “torch passers”, we are not stupid. Our opportunity has arrived and we will vote for the most experienced candidate with the most integrity in order to insure our courts are purged from the political games we have seen in the past.

Editor’s note: In one of his campaign speeches to potential jurors, Joe Warren revealed his intentions to file a lawsuit against the county related to Sheriff Patterson arresting him earlier in the year. A grand jury passed on indicting Joe Warren for charges brought by Sheriff Henry Patterson. Any judgment won by Warren in court against the county would be paid for with taxpayer money.