| The Travis County District Attorney's office -- in addition to the traditional work all DA offices compelte -- is in charge with investigating the wrongdoings of elected officials in Texas. For the past six years or so, Texas Republicans have given the Travis County DA's office plenty to examine -- most prominently, Tom Delay's cyphering of corporate money into TX State House races. Now, Republican lawmakers want to limit the scope of power of the Travis County DA's office. From the website Texas Watchdog: State Rep. Wayne Christian has proposed legislation aimed at weakening the Travis County district attorney’s office, which became the pariah of Republicans everywhere after it indicted GOP stalwart Tom DeLay on charges of money laundering and violating election law. But this may not simply be partisan payback. Indeed, the Center Republican has ties to DeLay and his co-defendant and one-time associate John Colyandro. In addition, former District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who hastened the end of DeLay’s political career and indicted Colyandro, also named Christian in an indictment of the Texas Association of Business for violating campaign finance laws. Naturally, some of DeLay’s critics are now wary over Christian’s true motives: Does he want good government? Or does he want to get back at the lawyer who publicly embarrassed his friend?
Rep. Christian does not have a history of good government -- he has a history of partisan hackery. More on this legislation as it moves through the legislative process... |
