And the Leadership Team is . . .
Mike Anderson held a press conference today announcing who would be filling the positions in his Leadership Team starting on January 1st. I know that most of you have already heard them, but in case you haven't, here they are.
Judge Belinda Hill -- First Assistant
Bert Graham -- Of Counsel
Dick Bax -- General Counsel
Connie Spence -- Chief of Special Crimes Bureau
Roe Wilson -- Chief of the Legal Services Bureau
Karen Morris -- Chief of the Public Service Bureau
Maria McAnulty -- Chief of the Trial Bureau
Jane Waters -- Chief of the Special Victims Bureau (NOTE: This seems to be a new Bureau that will incorporate both Family Violence, Child Abuse, and Child Pornography)
Richard Holland -- Chief Investigator
Julian Ramirez -- Division Chief of the Civil Rights Division
Terese Buess -- Division Chief of the Public Integrity Division
There are still some things that need to be ironed out, most notably who the individual Trial Bureau Division Chiefs are, as well as the ones over Misdemeanor and Juvenile. I understand that is still in the works.
Judge Belinda Hill -- First Assistant
Bert Graham -- Of Counsel
Dick Bax -- General Counsel
Connie Spence -- Chief of Special Crimes Bureau
Roe Wilson -- Chief of the Legal Services Bureau
Karen Morris -- Chief of the Public Service Bureau
Maria McAnulty -- Chief of the Trial Bureau
Jane Waters -- Chief of the Special Victims Bureau (NOTE: This seems to be a new Bureau that will incorporate both Family Violence, Child Abuse, and Child Pornography)
Richard Holland -- Chief Investigator
Julian Ramirez -- Division Chief of the Civil Rights Division
Terese Buess -- Division Chief of the Public Integrity Division
There are still some things that need to be ironed out, most notably who the individual Trial Bureau Division Chiefs are, as well as the ones over Misdemeanor and Juvenile. I understand that is still in the works.
Comments
E-mails went out today for contract renewals?
This is just the start. Let's hold off on the "arm-chair quarter backing" until it all shakes out.
From a Channel 13 interview on May 30, 2012
Apparently he is a politician after all.
RP is now in a position of strength and the office weakened.
So the new administration comes in not with a bang but a whimper. Yippie kye yay!
I'm very disappointed in Anderson and his first real test of being a manager.
However, there were several members of Lykos' staff who did not ask to be considered for a contract under the new Administration. Rachel, as always, was the exception. And not in a good way.
I highly doubt that Rachel has any desire to work for the Anderson Administration. It is my opinion that she only listed herself as seeking contract renewal so that she could potential sue if that contract was not renewed.
Screen capture that, Don.
Sue
Calvin A. Hartmann
Calvin A. Hartmann
I really wonder how much of an award a jury would give her, if she were to somehow prevail. Could it be more than a years salary? Got me, but the price paid by failing to keep the promise is probably higher.
I had to put on Beethoven's Ninth, I have lost faith and I am searching for hope.
This isn't over.
I also do not believe Mike is afraid of Rachel as I am sure she and Hooper would like to believe. Rachel Palmer had better remember that Mike Anderson will be in no less a position on Jan. 1 and at anytime he chooses thereafter to rid himself of her than he was last Friday when several people were informed their contracts will not be renewed. For purposes of wrongful termination litigation, failing to renew a contract is the same thing as firing a person. I don't know when or if he will choose to do that, but if I were Rachel, I might consider not unpacking my boxes in my newly assigned office.
I also don't think Mike is as eaten up with Hooper's blog contents as some are. Unlike his predecessor, Mike actually has thick skin and isn't easily dragged into a pissing match with a no-count illiterate nut.
He wasn't afraid of taking on Pat Lykos, I certain he can handle the likes of Rachel Palmer. Is the State ready, Rachel? (lol)
-Spunk
I am sure that Mike will hire, promote, appoint those individuals who will work for the people of Harris County and the State. Those who seek justice and those who care only about the victims.
So its the Holiday season and we should just sit back and enjoy our families and each other while we can and let the course of history to come travel its own path.
In district court, you get 10 peremptory strikes. .
Lie detectors have been deemed unreliable and, thus, inadmissible. Also, any mentIon of them is a no-no.
Victims are the people who have suffered some crime and need a voice to speak for them in a court at law.
Secretaries pulling the next day's docket would appreciate you not keeping office door closed all day.
If I, or one of my family members, happen to be a victim of a crime over the next few months, I pray "God is good" enough for it not to land in whatever court you are assigned.
I still have a copy of your offense report wherein your husband flashed your badge. Please sue. I'd be happy to file an original answer on behalf of our taxpayers. . Please know that Exhibit A to my Original Answer will be a Notice to take your deposition, along with the longest duces tecum your ass has ever seen - and that, my dear, is saying something.
On the topic of Texas Employment 101 and the notion that "since she won't to begin working for this administration until Jan. 1, it is legally impossible for her to have experienced a hostile work environment," I won't insult the word asinine by using it here. Rachel doesn't work for Lykos and wouldn't be working for Anderson if she stayed around. She works under the DA in the DA's office; who is in the driver's seat at any given moment doesn't preclude filing a claim alleging a hostile work environment, even if it means filing a claim during Anderson's tenure for events that occurred under Lykos' reign.
Since she pretty much ran the show under the Lykos administration, I'm sure the reasonable assumption is that she would not complain of a hostile work environment relating to her tenure under the Lykos administration. She is obviously not a friend of Anderson and Co. So the point is that it is more dangerous to let her stay than to show her the door. She does not have a viable wrongful termination claim and there isn't a jury in Texas who would say otherwise.
We are hearing the Tammy Thomas will take over for Steve in Major Offenders. Wonder where he goes....
Also hearing that Hawkins was never doing anything for Mike, and that was just Hawkins imagination at work.
Mike won. Mike gets to do what he wants to do. It is not a democracy. It was never a democracy under previous DA's. It was never even a benevolent dictatorship. We elected Mike because we wanted a new DA. We got that. Nothing else was promised. If you expected some paradise, you should go see Santa. Maybe he can help you out.
And y'all should leave the employment law to the employment lawyers.
Rage
What would Johnny do?
I see names like Belinda Hill, Bert Graham, Jane Waters and Julian Ramirez and I am encouraged that integrity will be restored to the DAs Office.
I am your adversary in court, but I am also a citizen. The people of Harris County deserve an honorable DAs Office.
Lincoln said if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Lykos flunked that test. I believe Mike Anderson will pass the test. Our community deserves an honorable DA. It's been a while since we had one.
Robb Fickman