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DA Primaries">DA Primaries

Tomorrow—Tuesday—Harris County vot­ers will choose Demo­c­ra­tic and Repub­li­can can­di­dates for Dis­trict Attor­ney. The Demo­c­ra­tic can­di­dates are Zach Fer­titta and Lloyd Oliver; the Repub­li­can con­tenders are Mike Ander­son and incum­bent Pat Lykos.

I sat down to lunch with Fer­titta and Ander­son for short inter­views. I didn’t get to inter­view Lykos because she didn’t respond to requests, and I didn’t inter­view Oliver because I think his Rea­son­able Doubt inter­view said enough. 

Both Ander­son and Fer­titta said some inter­est­ing things. As a criminal-defense lawyer and res­i­dent of Har­ris County, I have mixed feel­ings about the Lykos DA’s Office. There is no fore­see­able out­come to this elec­tion that will hurt my feel­ings. I haven’t felt inspired to turn my inter­views into posts.

Depend­ing on who wins the pri­maries tomor­row, I prob­a­bly will.

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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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  1. Ric Moore says:

    How is your own polit­i­cal effort doing? Inquir­ing minds would like to know. I am root­ing for you, safely all the way up here in Virginia.

    I made a blow up of your like­ness into a 6ft by 6ft poster and put bicy­cle reflec­tors where your eyes are, so that approach­ing vehi­cles on route 138 can light you up with their head­lights. Just thought you’d want to know. I’m keep­ing it green. :) Ric

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