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That Sharolyn Wood Is Such a Joker.

From this morning’s Chron­i­cle story (by Mary Flood and Brian Rogers) on the ouster of the Repub­li­can judges:

Civil Dis­trict Judge Sharolyn Wood, who lost the seat she’s had since 1985, lamented that vot­ers have lost “about 250 years of judi­cial expe­ri­ence” in this sweep. She said Har­ris County’s judi­ciary has been kept sta­ble by an under­stand­ing that expe­ri­enced judges weren’t chal­lenged, but that unspo­ken agree­ment was tossed out this year.

An under­stand­ing? You under­stood that all you had to do to have life tenure was last a term or two? And this was by unspo­ken agreement?

Really?

Wasn’t it more that, until 2008, the Democ­rats so despaired of win­ning under the Har­ris County One-Party sys­tem that nobody could be stirred to run, even against the most dis­mal incompetents?

Alter­nate Titles I con­sid­ered for this post:

  1. Well, Why Didn’t You Just Say So Earlier?
  2. This is Why I’m Leery of Talk­ing to Brian Rogers.
  3. She’s Learned a A Lot as a Judge — Before 1985 She Couldn’t Even Spell “Entitled”.

(This makes Sharolyn Wood the first sit­ting judge to win an Ass­hat Lawyer of the Day Award, by the way.)

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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3 Responses to “That Sharolyn Wood Is Such a Joker.”

  1. john gibson says:

    she shows some breath­tak­ing arro­gance.
    Regards John Gibson

  2. Robert Guest says:

    Did the whole blog tem­plate just change? It’s a lot cleaner, but I was just get­ting used to the old layout.

  3. shg says:

    Seems like the good old girls like things the way they are just like the good old boys used to. What a shame that that she won’t be around to keep things “stable”.

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