Robert Francis for Court of Criminal Appeals
By Karl-Thomas Musselman
Getting in on the action that Rep. Terry Keel has already stated an interest in, Republican Robert Francis, a former Dallas Judge is making the race for Republican incumbant Charles Holcomb's seat a threesome. Why the big interest in this particular spot when there are so many statewide goodies to go around? The Statesman says...
“Being a politician is different from being a judge,” Francis said. “If we hold a press conference, the only people who show up are our parents.”
Francis joins a Republican Party field consisting of Terry Keel, the Austin state representative who announced his judicial bid last week, and the incumbent, Judge Charles Holcomb of Wimberley.
Francis said his experience as a judge will matter to voters. Keel has never served as a judge. Francis said he also expects “temperament” to be an issue.
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Holcomb, a former member of the 12th Court of Appeals in Tyler, said his challengers likely are aware he cannot legally serve a full six-year term if he wins re-election. Holcomb, 71, would be required by law not to serve as an active judge after he turns 75 in September 2008.
Posted by Karl-Thomas Musselman at July 1, 2005 01:56 AM
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Charles R. Holcomb, former Cherokee County District Attorney has lived in small town of Alto, 15 miles south of the county seat of Rusk,Tx. His wife taught 1st grade at Alto Elementary School for 25+years. Charles Holcomb's family still live in Alto, TX, the phone tapping capital of East Texas. For decades Holcomb and his cronies have eavesdrop, lied about and framed innocent people in a fashion seen in third world countries. He portrays himself as a native "privacy advocated" in Austin while his kith and kin back in Rusk and Alto continue a smear campaign on those who speak out against him. God help the citizens of Cherokee county if returns back to home, to phone tapping roots.
