The Ogg Administration [Minor Edit]
After many (mostly accurate) rumors, incoming Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced the personnel for her upper administration today. With some glaring exceptions, for the most part the choices are pretty good. From the comments that are already coming in (before I had the opportunity to write this particular post), it is clear that there will be some criticisms, but the following are my personal opinions of the individual hires: Vivian King -- Chief of Staff To begin with, Chief of Staff is a relatively new position within the Harris County District Attorney's Office, but it makes sense to have one. It wasn't there when I was there, but it has been brought to my attention that the position was created under the Anderson Administration. Kathy Braddock has held the position since it was created, which also makes sense because Kathy is awesome. The First Assistant position has traditionally been a de facto Chief of Staff position, but given the logistical