Cute. That’s what you’re going for?
Mark Bennett | September 16, 2009
Sad to say: If your political opponent fired his political consultants, and you hired them, you’d both be better off.
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HCDP Judicial Candidates: Who Are These People?
Mark Bennett | May 29, 2009
The Harris County Democratic Party has announced its slate of candidates for criminal courts for the 2010 elections. First the District Court (felony) benches: Darrell Jordan, opposing Debbie Mantooth-Stricklin (whose husband Don lost to Herb Ritchie last year) for the 180th District Court, is a lawyer with three years of experience in a general practice. [...]
New Judges and Reversal Rates
Mark Bennett | November 10, 2008
It will be interesting to see the changes in the next few years. With eight courts being led by judges on a “learning curve,” watch their dockets increase. Watch the appellate courts reverse decisions, the tax dollars wasted and the criminals who are set free. Last week I discussed the first part of this chicken-littling [...]
That Sharolyn Wood Is Such a Joker.
Mark Bennett | November 6, 2008
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 Historic Election
Mark Bennett | November 5, 2008
Sure, a Black man was elected president, but the big news in yesterday’s election comes from Harris County, Texas, which has a functioning 2-party political system for the first time since 1996. That year was the last in which a Democrat won a countywide race. Until last night. In this year’s countywide races there were [...]
Diana Moon Glampers for Vice President
Mark Bennett | October 16, 2008
Governor Palin’s relentless promotion of the idea that literally anybody can run this country got me thinking, but it was Senator McCain’s leveling plan to rescue the economy by spending my money bailing out those who weren’t savvy enough to avoid buying houses that they couldn’t afford (in some ways these Republicans are too liberal [...]
Be Afraid . . . But Not That Afraid
Mark Bennett | October 14, 2008
Last week John McCain found himself telling his scared supporters that they don’t have to be afraid of President Obama. Might “make people afraid” not be such a great idea?
Who Are These People?
Mark Bennett | October 12, 2008
Thanks to a reader, I downloaded the Houston Bar Association’s 2008 Judicial Preference Poll, an incumbent lovefest. I’m guessing that among the 1300 attorneys who rated the criminal district court judges, half have never set foot in the criminal courthouse, except possibly as defendants because of a serious crack problem. How is it that more [...]
Dialing for Defense Dollars
Mark Bennett | August 7, 2008
I just got a telephone call at the office from someone asking me for a campaign contribution for the judge of a Harris County district (felony) court, before whom I occasionally practice and before whom I have a case right now. This has never happened to me before. I don’t know if it’s happening now [...]
Judge Caprice Cosper
Mark Bennett | May 21, 2008
In November there are seven incumbent “Republican” felony court judges up for reelection in Harris County. I put the party affiliation in quotes because (A) judges should not be elected in partisan elections; and (B) the best of these judges don’t act as though their party affiliation has anything to do with their judging. All [...]
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