tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post1177047885362247817..comments2024-03-28T00:50:16.901-05:00Comments on Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center: The 2016 D.A. DebateMurray Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-83730299561143622702016-10-16T12:09:34.565-05:002016-10-16T12:09:34.565-05:00"If Kim would stick to her principles instead..."If Kim would stick to her principles instead of manipulating statistics..."<br /><br />It's hard to stick to "principles" when she has NONE.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-29017100148665559282016-09-28T13:50:26.775-05:002016-09-28T13:50:26.775-05:00Murray, I agree with you here, perhaps the local m...Murray, I agree with you here, perhaps the local media didn't cover it since they know the bulk for votes locally will be straight ticket for both sides. Independent voters are then faced with the inevitable choice between Ogg, a politician who really does seem to promise far more than she can deliver, or Anderson who has made incremental changes based on input from direct stakeholders but few sweeping reforms. Neither candidate is nearly as bad as the national top of the party ticket jokers up for election but neither candidate is as good as their frothing at the mouth supporters would suggest either, the debate pushing me into Anderson's camp.<br /><br />If Ogg has some special power with the state legislature, local police agencies, or Harris County Commissioner's Court to install some of the very expensive reforms she suggests she can force of them, by all means she needs to pony up and let us know about it now. As it stands, her campaign rhetoric describing all the reforms she wants to push through are meaningless given the lack of authority the position currently has. So while she makes some good points about what is needed, without the basis to make them, she falls well short of the mark needed to convince me she is a worthy candidate. A toothless reformer is no good to us and a democrat in a state/county controlled by republican's holding the purse strings just means she would be a placeholder for four years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-55065619745120022602016-09-28T00:02:41.159-05:002016-09-28T00:02:41.159-05:00Excellent blog Murray!Excellent blog Murray!MCMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997175807494430320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-68049010368998353692016-09-27T13:06:04.031-05:002016-09-27T13:06:04.031-05:00Well it changed my mind...#officallyteamoggWell it changed my mind...#officallyteamoggAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com