Your Friday Dose of Irony [UPDATED]
We've all had a good laugh at Gary Polland's hypocrisy in criticizing Republican candidates who take court appointments to do criminal defense when he brought in over $400,000 in appointments last year. Now, we can also have a laugh at Jared Woodfill who has joined the Juvenile or Family Court appointments list, as well.
Both Woodfill and Polland have violently opposed the creation and continued existence of the Public Defenders' Office, and now you know why.
They seem to be a little worried that the more cases the PD's Office gets, the less money there will be to go around for them. If the PD's Office continues to thrive, Woodfill might even be forced to sell his house in River Oaks.
[UPDATE: Several people (who are apparently in the know) have pointed out that Woodfill is not doing appointments through the juvenile courts, but as ad litem through the Family Courts. If the distinction of what type of appointments Mr. Woodfill is taking matters to you, this is my notice of that distinction. Either way, he's still taking appointments.]
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Jared Woodfill has never been on the juvenile appointments list. If anyone claimed he has, someone clearly 1) fell for it, and/or 2) gullibly or maliciously posted on this blog.
None of these appointments are cases the PD even handles.
Mr. Woodfill isn't on the juvenile appointments list. Never has been. Not qualified to be on the list.
Someone clearly either posted this displaying great gullibility or malice--or both.
Presumably, these refer to the CPS work Woodfill has been doing in the family courts. If so, they aren't even cases the PD handles or would any way infringe upon.
Meme busted.
They are apparently CPS cases in family--not juvenile--courts.
Murray, on the same vein, do you have nay idea why Ms. Lykos seems to collect a huge number of payments from the County?
I can answer the question about payments to Lykos. Most of all the mileage, travel expenses for witnesses, payments for office supplies (entire office), and contractors are coded as payments to Lykos, but they are actually sent to vendors, travel agents, ADAs, etc. This has been the practice under the last several administrations.
Type in Woodfill Jared (no comma) and see what pops up. That is, unless you believe Murray has the computer prowess to hack into the County mainframe and input these numbers (which we know isn't true because he can't even file a dba).
As to the "case numbers"... Harris County must make up a new "case number" for billing purposes, because none of Woodfill's or Polland's "case number's" come back to anything when searched on DEEDs (civil or criminal). Someone needs to do a open records request for the actual invoice.
And Pat doesn't pay for office supplies from extra funds, that's part of the budget, which she still hasn't figured out how to manage. All mileage and travel expenses are supposed to be pre-approved via the commissioner's court. AND...when a DA gets reimbursed for mileage or travel expenses, it's paid to that ADA - not Lykos. Type in Bridgwater to see the funds sent to him - most likely all those are for hotel/food/transportation to training trips.
It's classic Pay to Play.
Calvin A. Hartmann
They will probably have a tough call.
Calvin A. Hartmann