Oh, and by the way, Mr. Bernstein . . .
Apparently in your frenzy to blast Kelly Siegler for her use of the word "Jew" as a verb (um, 20 years ago), you seemed to have neglected this little tidbit from Judge Lykos' past. And I'm really shocked that you were unaware that this story was out there.
The New York Times certainly seemed aware of it, but our local Houston paper didn't?
Now, it seems to me that an incident where Kelly wasn't aware of the offensive nature of her words twenty years ago is much less offensive than Lykos willfully showing her true feelings in open court and on the record.
Kelly immediately apologized for her actions.
Lykos steadfastly stuck by her feelings.
Which one is more offensive?
And more importantly, Mr. Bernstein, how on earth did you miss this?
Or did you?
NOTE: The search for the articles that Alan Bernstein from the Chronicle missed took an incredible amount of effort and research to find. Not only did I have to plug in the term "Jewish" into google.com, I also had to plug in the term "Lykos". Obviously, this was waaaaaaaay too difficult for the Chronicle staff to look into. Thanks to my anonymous poster for pointing this incident out.
Hey, y'all don't think that the Chronicle intentionally ignored this story because they are biased, do you?
The New York Times certainly seemed aware of it, but our local Houston paper didn't?
Now, it seems to me that an incident where Kelly wasn't aware of the offensive nature of her words twenty years ago is much less offensive than Lykos willfully showing her true feelings in open court and on the record.
Kelly immediately apologized for her actions.
Lykos steadfastly stuck by her feelings.
Which one is more offensive?
And more importantly, Mr. Bernstein, how on earth did you miss this?
Or did you?
NOTE: The search for the articles that Alan Bernstein from the Chronicle missed took an incredible amount of effort and research to find. Not only did I have to plug in the term "Jewish" into google.com, I also had to plug in the term "Lykos". Obviously, this was waaaaaaaay too difficult for the Chronicle staff to look into. Thanks to my anonymous poster for pointing this incident out.
Hey, y'all don't think that the Chronicle intentionally ignored this story because they are biased, do you?
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Here's an article not in the Chron, this one is in the Texas Lawyer and not written by Al or Lisa.
http://www.law.com/jsp/tx/PubArticleTX.jsp?id=1201255541211
It's called "HLA calls for DA's resignation, questions Office's practices". Here is what McCann says:
Patrick McCann, president of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, isn't calling for Rosenthal's resignation, but he says, "Chuck's moral authority is completely gone. He is not doing any honor to the people he works with by staying."
McCann adds that the perception that "racism" is tolerated in Houston courts persists, in part because of Rosenthal's leadership. "If you tolerate that kind of stuff at the top, I can't believe it doesn't filter down to subordinates," McCann says about the e-mails on Rosenthal's office computer.
Pat's second statement is a little more up for interpretation, because he starts out by addressing the entire court system (not just the D.A.'s Office, but then seems to indicate that racism "filters down through his subordinates". I'm not really sure what he would cite as an example of that. Pat is a very logical attorney who chooses his words carefully.
I'd be very curious to know what he was trying to convey with that statement.