Nueces De La Parra

Anne Fernandez Case Survives Anti-Suit Injunction: In conclusion, we reverse the summary judgment and remand the case to the 105th district court

2008-05-25T20:24:00.000-12:00

NUMBER 13-06-00170-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

ANN M. FERNANDEZ, Appellant,

THE JOHN G. AND MARIE STELLA

KENEDY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, Appellee.

On appeal from the 105thDistrict Court of Nueces County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Yañez and Benavides

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Valdez

By petition for bill of review, Ann Fernandez, appellant, directly attacked an agreed judgment rendered in 1975. The John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation (the "Foundation"), appellee, moved for summary judgment and an anti-suit injunction. The district court granted the Foundation's motion for summary judgment and issued an anti-suit injunction. Fernandez, by six issues, complains that the district court (1) lacked jurisdiction to render a summary judgment; (2) erred by granting a permanent anti-suit injunction; (3) erred in not applying the discovery rule; (4) erred in applying the law governing bills of review; (5) misapplied this State's standing and ripeness doctrines; and (6) lacked sufficient evidence to grant summary judgment on adverse possession grounds. We reverse and remand the summary judgment with instructions to abate the case and reverse and render a denial of the anti-suit injunction.

I. Background⁽¹⁾

The judgment that Fernandez attacks is a settlement agreement entered by the district court in the estate of Sarita Kenedy East. Fernandez contends that she is the sole child of John G. Kenedy Jr., East's brother, and therefore, she is East's niece. In her petition for an equitable bill of review ("petition"), Fernandez asserts that she was a necessary party to the settlement agreement and seeks to overturn the district court judgment that incorporates the settlement agreement (the "Agreed Judgment Case").

Before petitioning the district court for an equitable bill of review, Fernandez filed an heirship application in East's probate court case in Kenedy County. Shortly after filing her petition in district court, Fernandez moved to abate her district court petition on grounds that the probate court held dominant jurisdiction over the probate issues in the case.⁽²⁾ The Foundation moved for both no-evidence and traditional summary judgments on various grounds, including laches and adverse possession. Fernandez amended her motion to abate and also moved to continue the case. The district court denied Fernandez's abatement and continuance motions and granted the Foundation a summary judgment without providing a rationale. The district court also issued an anti-suit injunction which prohibited Fernandez from proceeding with her probate matters in East's estate. This appeal ensued.

II. Discussion

In her first issue, Fernandez contends that the district court lacked jurisdiction to determine Fernandez's probate issues and should have abated its proceedings until the probate court disposed of Fernandez's heirship application.⁽³⁾ We review the trial court's action in granting or denying a plea in abatement using an abuse of discretion standard. See Wyatt v. Shaw Plumbing Co., 760 S.W.2d 245, 248 (Tex. 1988); Davis v. Guerrero, 64 S.W.3d 685, 691 (Tex. App.-Austin 2002, no pet.)

The record is clear. On May 9, 2002, Fernandez filed an application for heirship and suit for accounting and distribution in the probate court. On May 14, 2003, Fernandez filed the instant petition for an equitable bill of review. Fernandez moved to abate the district court proceeding on August 26, 2003 and amended her abatement motion on March 21, 2006.

To maintain her bill of review proceeding, Fernandez was required to show that she had a then-existing right or interest in the Agreed Judgment Case. See Rodriguez ex rel. Rodriguez v. EMC Mortgage Corp., 94 S.W.3d 795, 798 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 2002, no pet.) (providing that to maintain standing in a bill of review proceeding, the petitioner must have been a party to the underlying judgment or have had a then-existing right or interest in the district court's judgment). Fernandez sought abatement on the grounds that the probate court controlled the issue of whether she was one of East's heirs, which was central to her bill of review petition because an interest in East's estate would allow her to demonstrate standing in the Agreed Judgment Case.

We conclude Fernandez established a need to abate the proceeding because (1) her heirship application in the probate court was filed on May 9, 2002, which was nearly a year before she filed the equitable bill of review proceeding in district court; (2) her heirship application is currently pending; (3) the same parties are involved; and (4) the controversies are the same. See S. County Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ochoa, 19 S.W.3d 452, 468 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 2000, no pet.) (op. on reh'g) (detailing the four elements a party must show in requesting an abatement).

The Foundation opposed abatement because in its opinion, the probate court did not have jurisdiction to entertain Fernandez's heirship application. Therefore, it reasoned, the district court exerted dominant jurisdiction over the case. The Foundation, however, did not offer any probate court order that rejects Fernandez's heirship application. Additionally, it did not produce any evidence showing that the probate court had dismissed Fernandez's heirship application for want of jurisdiction. The Foundation also failed to present any evidence establishing one of the exceptions to the abatement rule. See Wyatt, 760 S.W.2d at 248.

In Fernandez v. Frost Nat'l Bank, et al., No. 13-06-149-CV, slip op. at 12, 2008 Tex. App. LEXIS _____, at *___ (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi May __, 2008, no pet. h.), we held that a district court should abate a petition for bill of review brought by an alleged heir until the probate court determines the heirship question at the heart of the petition for bill of review. Id. The same rule applies to this case. We conclude that the district court abused its discretion in denying Fernandez's motion to abate. We sustain Fernandez's first issue.⁽⁴⁾

By her second issue, Fernandez challenges the anti-suit injunction issued by the district court that enjoins her from:

taking any further action in the County Court of Kenedy County, Texas, inconsistent with the judgments of [the district court] which denied all claims and relief sought in Fernandez's "Application for Declaration of Heirship and Suit for Accounting and Distribution" filed in this cause, including, but not limited to, Fernandez's request seeking to reopen East's Estate, to establish an interest in property distributed from East's Estate to the Foundation, without further order from [the district court].

The decision to issue an anti-suit injunction rests within the sound discretion of the trial court. London Mkt. Ins. v. Am. Home Assurance Co., 95 S.W.3d 702, 705 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 2003, no pet.).

In reviewing the trial court's decision, we are to draw inferences from the evidence in the manner most favorable to the trial court's ruling. See id. "A trial court abuses its discretion when it acts arbitrarily and unreasonably, without reference to guiding rules or principles, or misapplies the law to the established facts of the case." Id. (quoting Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc., 701 S.W.2d 238, 241-42 (Tex. 1985)). A trial court is within its power to base a decision on conflicting evidence; however, that evidence must reasonably support the trial court's decision. Harbor Perfusion, Inc. v. Floyd, 45 S.W.3d 713, 717 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 2001, no pet.).

The Texas Supreme Court has determined that there are four instances in which an anti-suit injunction is appropriate: (1) to address a threat to the court's jurisdiction; (2) to prevent the evasion of important public policy; (3) to prevent a multiplicity of suits; or (4) to protect a party from vexatious or harassing litigation. Golden Rule Ins. Co. v. Harper, 925 S.W.2d 649, 651 (Tex. 1996) (per curiam); London Mkt., 95 S.W.3d at 705-06. There are no precise guidelines to determine the appropriateness of an anti-suit injunction, and the circumstances of each situation must be carefully examined. See Gannon v. Payne, 706 S.W.2d 304, 307 (Tex. 1986); London Mkt., 95 S.W.3d at 709.

Fernandez complains that the district court was could not issue the anti-suit injunction. We agree. We have held that a district court that lacks probate jurisdiction cannot enjoin a party from proceeding in probate court. See Fernandez, No. 13-06-149-CV, slip op. at 14, 2008 Tex. App. LEXIS _____, at *___. Additionally, we do not find any of the instances that would support an anti-suit injunction to be present in this case. See id.; see also Harper, 925 S.W.2d at 651 (Tex. 1996). Fernandez's second issue is sustained.

III. Conclusion

In conclusion, we reverse the summary judgment and remand the case to the district court so that it can abate the underlying petition until the probate court resolves Fernandez's heirship application. Finally, the anti-suit injunction is reversed and a denial of the Foundation's request for injunctive relief is rendered.

_______________________

ROGELIO VALDEZ,

Chief Justice

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed

this the 22nd day of May, 2008.

1. As this is a memorandum opinion and the parties are familiar with the facts and legal issues, we will not recite them here except as necessary to advise the parties of the Court's decision and the basic reasons for it. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

2. The probate court attempted to transfer Fernandez's district court petition to itself. We, however, held that the probate court did not have statutory authority to transfer Fernandez's petition and directed the probate court to vacate its transfer order. In re Kenedy Mem'l Found., 159 S.W.3d 133, 146 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 2004, orig. proceeding).

3. Fernandez's first issue challenges the district court's action on two jurisdictional grounds. Fernandez's first jurisdictional argument is that the bill of review was not properly before the district court. She notes that the probate court did not follow this Court's direction by failing to vacate its order transferring the Agreed Judgment Case from district court to probate court. In re Kenedy Mem'l Found., 159 S.W.3d 133, 146 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 2004, orig. proceeding). She argues that because the probate court's transfer order was never vacated, the case had "never been physically transferred back" to the district court and that, therefore, the district court lacked jurisdiction.

Fernandez's "never-transferred-back" argument fails because any order rendered by a trial court lacking in jurisdiction, other than granting a motion to dismiss, is void and should be regarded as if it never existed. See State ex rel. Latty v. Owens, 907 S.W.2d 484, 485 (Tex. 1995); Greathouse v. McConnell, 982 S.W.2d 165, 167 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1998, pet. denied). We previously held that the probate judge "had no authority under section 5B of the probate code to order the transfers and abused his discretion in doing so." In re Kenedy Mem'l Found., 159 S.W.3d at 146. Therefore, the probate court's transfer orders should be regarded as if they never existed. Fernandez's first jurisdictional argument fails.

We construe Fernandez's second jurisdictional argument as a challenge to the district court's denial of her abatement motion. Tex. R. App. P. 38.1(e) ("The statement of an issue or point will be treated as covering every subsidiary question that is fairly included."), 38.9.

4. This relieves us from having to address Fernandez's third, fourth, fifth, and sixth issues, for their resolution would not further affect the outcome of this appeal. Tex. R. App. P. 47.1. Thus, the legal questions surrounding Fernandez's third through sixth issues, including the Foundation's grounds for summary judgment, remain unanalyzed by this Court.

Hegemony: Power, Culture & Ideology: Danny Guerra is Congressman Solomon Ortiz's Second Staff Resignation in Two Months. Why Did Danny Resign?.

2008-01-16T21:12:00.000-12:00

Hegemony: Power, Culture & Ideology: Danny Guerra is Congressman Solomon Ortiz's Second Staff Resignation in Two Months. Why Did Danny Resign?.

Danny Guerra is Congressman Solomon Ortiz's Second Staff Resignation in Two Months. Why Did Danny Resign?.

Congressman Ortiz Selects Denise Blanchard as Chief of Staff

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Congressman Solomon Ortiz has selected Denise Blanchard as his chief of staff.

Blanchard was formerly deputy chief of staff and district director. She was promoted to replace Fernando Gomez who resigned.

Blanchard, a Brownsville native and Ortiz' long-time Director of District Operations, has worked for Ortiz for more than 16 years. Her experience includes constituent services, district office operations, and a political understanding of South Texas. She began service with Ortiz in 1991, becoming District Director in 1995. Previously, she worked with the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, the Brownsville Economic Development Council and the Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport.

This is Ortiz's second staff resignation in two months.

Ortiz’s long-time communications director, Cathy Travis, resigned Dec. 31 to continue her writing career. Ortiz hired Dallas-native Danny Guerra, 25, to replace Travis. Guerra wrote previously for political news magazine Congressional Quarterly. According to The Brownsville Herald, he also worked previously with several Texas legislators.

And Let us Not Forget

Representative Ortiz to replace his long-time chief of staff, 'Lencho' Rendon with 'Nando' Gomez.

Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, also announced the promotion of Denise Blanchard, director of district operations to deputy chief of staff, the post Gomez held.

Ortiz said that Gomez, “is very level-headed. He is not the type that gets angry. He always looks at the issue before he makes a decision and he always counsels with the staff.”

Ortiz said Gomez of Gregory worked in Washington, D.C., for eight years as legislative director for former U.S. Rep. Martin Frost, as Ortiz’s legislative director in 2005, followed by promotion to deputy chief of staff. Ortiz said Gomez handles military matters. Gomez also worked in Austin for the state Legislature.

and more

"These guys will be the bridge between legislation on Capitol Hill and my constituents in South Texas," Ortiz said. "They work well together and are universally respected on Capitol Hill and in South Texas. Both deeply understand and are committed to the needs of people in my congressional district."Did somebody say bridge?

Ortiz said both Gomez and Blanchard are also likely to follow in Rendon's footsteps, playing an active role in local politics.

Nueces Democrats: "These are not Democrat issues. These are not Republican issues." These are Nueces County issues" Somebody's Knockin on the Door."

2008-01-13T18:40:00.000-12:00

Nueces Democrats: "These are not Democrat issues. These are not Republican issues." These are Nueces County issues" Somebody's Knockin on the Door."

The only way we will be a factor is by interacting & through Natural Discussion.

Everybody welcome, the more the merrier. themericanprince, onamission, Homero, Nuts101, Mr Mikal Watts, Mr Filemon Vela, TJ Henry, Mr Attorney General come on guys why dont we air this thing out like Brett Favre? Just another walk in the park.

It's Too Late To Apologize. Unlike yous guys, We Dont Work for the President

Dear Lencho and the rest of the Political Crooks and Government Vendors / Contractors, Thank Dora for this COLD BLAST from the past.Somebody better start standing up and helping out. Heaven forbid should we start saying your names and your secrets. I am frickin pissed off at all of you. The day of reckoning or shall we say "wreckoning" is at hand. Speak up or get chewed up and spit out.

The best way to kick this party off is with some hard hitting; hard hitting on the one's who are not used to getting hit.

Lencho Rendon is the whipping boy he is the first one who gets hit.

If Great State of Texas can prosecute a little person for $45 then surely it should look into the allegations with the bridge to nowhere and the brown bag, back porch window treatments not to forget all that double standard malarchy.

Asian Human Trafficking or an Asian Employment Service? It all depends on who it is, how much lettuce they have, and who they got dirt on.

Why do we hand Lencho Rendon San Patricio Shores along our port

Why does the Brownsville Navigation District do the same?

And Solomon Grande, why do we keep on pulling the lever?

And Solly Junior why should we give him another chance? (He dont keep his promises).

The Nueces County Jail / Federal Prisoner Removal was a Political Smear and a total Sham directed at Larry Olivarez and Mikal Watts at the expense of Nueces County Taxpayers.

Here are a couple of brain teasers for those of you remain standing in that river (D Nile).

Is Randolph Delay a Republican or a Democrat?

Why did Kenneth and Ping Lee Cohen go to prison?

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"I remember Lencho telling me that his ideal dream team (to help BND) would be (lobbyist) Randy DeLay, (Monterrey consult-ant) Esther Rodriguez and 'Madam Ping,'" Lasseigne said.

A Dream Team of Randy Delay Lobbying in Washington, Solomon Sr. nicely positioned on the House Arms Services Committee and his influential "friends" such as Congressman Ike Skelton, the distract and the DELAY side JOB Lobby at the Federal Bureau of Prisons / CCA / Private Prison Profiteering CON. The Daytime JOB is the Defense Contractor Ocean Shipholdings.

Crooked politics, cattle rustlers, land fraud, warfare, and enough illicit sex to populate South Texas courtrooms for generations

2008-01-09T02:03:00.000-12:00

Kent Biffle: Rancher Kenedy's known as more than just a pretty face
09:24 AM CST on Sunday, January 6, 2008

As historic figures go, Petra's must have been terrific. Her looks stunned frontiersmen.

And after researching her for years, biographers Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick concluded that Petra (1825-1885) was beautiful not merely physically, but spiritually as well. Forever helping friends, kin and her Catholic church, she gave away a wagonload of money to charities way before such acts earned tax credits.

Historian John Henry Brown called her "a woman of superior accomplishments and great natural intelligence." He noted, "She was considered one of the handsomest women of her day."

Indian warriors killed her father, ex-governor of Spanish Texas, and carried off three of her sisters, one of whom was never rescued. After marrying a Mexican army colonel, Petra Vela de Vidal had six children. Widowed, she then married steamboat tycoon Mifflin Kenedy and had six more children. She helped the captain build a ranching empire whose tall bunchgrasses and mesquites adorned oil deposits unknown to them that today are worth untold millions.

A Pennsylvania Quaker who, as a boy, shipped before the mast, Captain Kenedy and another Yankee steamboat captain, Richard King, partnered as tight as bark on a Gulf Coast scrub oak. And, after profitably plying the Rio Grande with their fleet of steamboats, they amicably divvied up the proceeds in 1868.

Mifflin Kenedy had 400,000 acres (in present Kenedy County), next to the 900,000-acre King Ranch. Both captains were business majors of the buccaneer school. Unapologetic wartime profiteers, they got rich moving troops and munitions during the U.S. war with Mexico and running Confederate cotton during the Civil War.

If it weren't footnoted, Petra's Legacy: The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy (Texas A&M Press) might be mistaken for soaring fiction. It is chockablock with crooked politics, cattle rustlers, land fraud, warfare, and enough illicit sex to populate South Texas courtrooms for generations. There were once about 300 claimants to the Kenedy estate.

Mifflin and Petra's aggressive son, James "Spike" Kenedy, drove herds to railheads in Kansas, where he proved a poor loser at the gambling tables.

On July 20, 1872, in Ellsworth, Kan., a gambling dispute erupted into a gunfight between Spike and Print Olive, a Texas rancher and gunman. Both shot-up combatants recovered.

In August 1878, the quarrelsome cards set Spike at odds with Mayor Jim Kelley of Dodge City, Kan. Spike tried to murder him, shooting into his house. His Honor was out, but his sleeping roommate, Dora Hand, a popular singer at the Lady Gay Theater, caught a fatal slug. Maybe being the son of the second-richest cowman in Texas had something to do with Spike's beating the rap.

In April 1884, Spike shot to death a disagreeable, vagrant vaquero at the La Parra Ranch. It was ruled accidental.

Much earlier, Petra's son (Spike's half-brother), Adrian Vidal, who had deserted both the U.S. and Confederate armies, was executed by Imperialists in Mexico, where he had been captured while fighting Emperor Maximilian's troops. The Kenedys' firstborn son, Tom, 35, was killed from ambush in 1888 while campaigning for sheriff in Cameron County.

When the Texas State Historical Association gathers March 5 in Corpus Christi, Petra's biographers will talk about her and the problems facing researchers of women in her time and place. Fran Vick is the association's new president, and former Huntsville Mayor Jane Monday is on the executive board. Historians will find the Kenedys' old La Parra Ranch a short drive down U.S. 77 from Corpus Christi.

kbiffle@sbcglobal.net

Nueces Democrats: Robert Zamora:A Man of Strength & Stability ; Winning Back The Nueces County Democratic Party For All South Texas Democrats

2007-12-31T23:37:00.000-12:00

Nueces Democrats: Robert Zamora:A Man of Strength & Stability ; Winning Back The Nueces County Democratic Party For All South Texas Democrats

Zamora Announces for Party Chair

Updated: Jan 1, 2008 12:31 AM

A local attorney has announced he is running for chairman of the Nueces County Democratic Party.

There has been talk that several people might run. On Monday, attorney Robert Zamora officially announced that he has filed for the position, which is now held by Alex Garcia Jr.

"I have not only experience as a lawyer operating my own business for close to 30 years," Zamora said. "What I would like to do is lend the energy and the experience that I have to the operation of the Democratic Party here in Nueces County.

The race will be decided in the state presidential primary in March.

Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent

2007-12-27T23:00:00.000-12:00

Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent

With this precinct I have not a vote however, the County Commissioners are engaged towards progress for our community as a whole.

Dannoynted1:

"Our Large Family attended the "Annual Feast of Sharing" event held at the Bayfront Plaza.

Joe Benavides was one of our servers (i believe he was a soft drink server), and Mrs.Banales also was there with her husband.

I will not talk about the burnt tamale(only I got) but lets just say the mashed potatoes were the best my man says the rolls were the best.

Considering it is election time, I am surprised most politicians were absent. But with the way they rushed you out after you ate, You certainly did not have any time to "network".

The candidates that did attend, I apologize for not mentioning you as I was there only a small window of time..."

It was so different from the last time I went, which with regret, was not last year.

I must say the food was better at the events that cost money."

JK:

We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent but I do know Joe was working and he volunteered out of his commitment to the community. Joe has over the years volunteered and donated his services diligently. One might argue he is only volunteering his time and services because he wants to "get elected".

I dont believe this is the case. I have known Joe for a little over two years and I know his father. In the past, Joe Benavides has run a couple of times for office but, he volunteers regardless of whether he is running or not.

Will Joe Benavides continue to volunteer if he wins?

We can only know after we vote for him.

We do know his incumbent opponent was not volunteering at the Feast of Sharing.

We do know Joe Benavides' incumbent opponent was parading around with her hubby in tow. Was she making a statement? The message IMO was she is not worried about her challenger, she does not take him serious and she is not going to change her routine ways for her constituents. We do not know how she represents her constituency but we do know she is not going to change it.

All we can do is allow Joe Benavides to tell us how is going to represent his constituents.

We can ask him questions and hear his answers.

With Joe Benavides' incumbent opponent we dont have to ask her anything because we have her record to refer to.

The only thing I remember is that, "She could work harder" if she gave herself a pay raise.

I also know she was walking around when she should have been working.

As far as the Family name and integrity, we might should ask the ME about the trangressions.

Ask her about the real reason she decided to run.

Parkdale Bank: Ray Mc Murrey Is From Here, He Still Believes Like It Says In The Intro, "I'll be a straight-shooter & a square-dealer "& He Does "Reme

2007-12-27T21:05:00.000-12:00

Parkdale Bank: Ray Mc Murrey Is From Here, He Still Believes Like It Says In The Intro, "I'll be a straight-shooter & a square-dealer "& He Does "Remember The Alamo"

"I'll be as hardy of mind as I am of body. I'll be a straight-shooter and a square-dealer. My family name will be sacred My word will be as good as any contract. I'll remember the Alamo. I'll stick by my friends. And I'll eat more chicken-fried steak."

"We do not win by replacing a corporate Republican with a corporate Democrat," said Mr. McMurrey, speaking to about a dozen supporters at an East Austin residence.

Ray told me this before he spoke at his Official Announcement to run against the Corporate Democratic Military Industrial Complex Candidate for Texas US Senator.

A very passionate candidate who is anything other than a fake or what some like to call a politician.

Ray is not a Politician and this is a very very positive attribute.

Dont get me wrong he is very well suited for the Senate and the diplomacy is there but there is a sternness that demands his respect kind of like the respect and command he possesses in the classroom. I think we can all agree, if he can handle our youth in the classroom he will do well for us in Washington.

Two more things

Remember the Alamo

and

Stay tuned for Jan 2 next year.

"We do not win by replacing a corporate Republican with a corporate Democrat," said Mr. McMurrey, speaking to about a dozen supporters at an East Austin residence.

Ray Mc Murrey is from Corpus Christi.

He tells us upfront of his progressive leanings and his disappointment in both of the Hegemonic Parties.

Hegemony,.... Watch the Movie "Hot Fuzz".

Dancing Politicos: Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare, they d

2007-12-23T07:21:00.000-12:00

Dancing Politicos: Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare, they dont care about S TX

On the lamb........
Posted on December 23, 2007 at 07:27:59 AM by Borrego/Laurels Acres sold ....?title

Post 1 December 23, 2007 at 6:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What a superficial column! This is never about anything substantive- never discusses any real political issues. This lady is just a groupie at council and commissioner's meetings, reporting the stupid things they do or say.

The last week of the year is when people are making their final decisions to run for office. Something could have been written about attorneys thinking of challenging the rude Judge Longoria or what happened about possible opponents to Juan Garcia but no she'd rather talk about nonsense. If she wants to learn more about what commissioners are thinking when they dress the same perhaps she can do a series hiding out in each politician's closet and watching and listening to them dress- and the Caller - Times can get someone to deal with the more serious issues.

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Yes post 1 , it may be superficial , but is that earning the money we paid for them to "work harder"?

How much does faux "cleric" Tyne r Little earn? Enough for him to be elevated by the County Judge to "Reverend, are you all set?"

When did this happen? Dress rehearsal for another Loyd (Insurance) deal perhaps, but it was whatever "Kneel" wanted it to be.

What is 9/10th's of the law? Abandonment?
WACO?!?

This is criminal why does Jaime Powell not report "eminent domain" this crime fraud? Paul Jones & Ennis Joslin land giveaway?

Or the Pat rick Birmingham CCCC discrimination?

"A-B-C.....easy as 1-2-3.....it-is -free, it is wise to remember, no one rides for free.

We can always tell when you lie, your lips move.

Paid to fluff, all that is tough....

I'll take......
Posted on December 23, 2007 at 12:27:41 PM by Jaime Kenedeno

prime rib for 1000 Alex.

I mean, really..... we need to give Alex Garcia the boot and find somebody who will not only unite but to invigorate the State of the County Politics and engage the Citizenry of Nueces County Voters Voting.

We need to realize the one's who profit from division and it is not the average Nueces County Citizen.

We have State of the County events held with the publics money; yet the public was never invited.

We have the hyenas circling and making advances (but we do not see them). They are dressed in Lambs Clothing.

Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare

Fil Junior only seeks a Federal Bench for Rose

South Texas Chisme: Could it be true, Is Fil Vela involved with Connie Scott?

Treasurer?

TLR hates South Texas, does that include Connie and her Hubby?

WATTS his name? Mike Scott?

The Two Juniors represent not a mainstream Texas but they represent the Transplanted Texans (like Bush) and the Elite Texans (like K.C.Rove).

Junior John will say WATT ever it takes to get re elected.

>Why hasn't anyone gone after Filemon personally as a way to derail Rose?
>If you go to www.fec.gov and follow the instructions on finding out who
>gave to whom, how much, and when, then load up Filemon Vela as an
>Individual Search you'll see he's made significant contributions to two
>notorious politicians. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Senator Robert
>Menendez (D-NJ). Hunter is an undicted coconspirator in the very same mess
>that sent ex-rep "Duke" Cunningham's ass to prison recently, and Menendez
>is currently under federal investigation for shady real estate dealings by
>renting a building he owns to a non-profit and pocketing $300, 000.00 in
>taxpayer subsidies.

Junior John is working with Fil Vela Jr. & Federal Prosecutors (in the Valley, CC, SA & Houston) to Manufacture White Collar Crime and use it as a Political Strongarm when the Political Strongarm should be accomplishments and the actual construction of a VA Hospital in the Valley.

Junior John has got to figure in this mix and Fil is the inroads (for Cornyn) into South Texas. We need to put a Big Stop Sign up in Robstown and inform them about Connie Scott as I understand Fil Vela is her campaign manager or treasurer and Mike Scott is a TLR guy with a title

We dont need to speculate or debate how Junior John will vote

, who he will benefit and who he represents. No if ands or buts about it Junior John’s Record is who he is, how he votes, who he represents and it is not the average Texan

B.A.C.A.L.A.: Velacrat is making friends with the Federal Entrapment gang and sycophants up to the ones he believes will elevate his Rose

2007-12-08T23:57:00.000-12:00

B.A.C.A.L.A.: Abel Herrero has proven himself and his record is there for all to see; he is a fine representative

Abel Herrero has proven himself and his record is there for all to see. I am proud of Abel, he is a fine representative.

There is a natural law I always like to follow, "If it isnt broke , then it don't need fixin".

On the other hand,

Velacrat is making friends with the Federal Entrapment gang and sycophants up to the ones he believes will elevate his Rose to a Federal Judicial Bench.

Is Fil Vela going into the fraud abuse prosecution racket & the manufacturing of fraud abuse prosecutions?

Inroads (for GOP) into South Texas?

Hurt? Injured? Need a Lawyer? Too Bad!

TLR?? ..................................three little bitty letters;

nah, I wouldnt worry bout em.

South Texas Judicial Watch Dog Authority: A Bill for the Creation of a Robstown Nueces County Constitutional Judge?

2007-11-14T20:00:00.000-12:00

South Texas Judicial Watch Dog Authority: I submit the legislation to be illegal, unconstitutional and in violation of election codes, government codes and a circumvention of trickery to spite the failed legislation that attempted (and failed) to create a new Judicial district in Kleberg & Kenedy Counties.

Sen Bill 1951 of the 80th Leg: 1 District Court with 2 District Attorneys no where else but the 105
Posted on November 14, 2007 at 11:52:34 PM by Jaime Kenedeno

Isn't that like having 2 Attorney Generals for the same state.

Can a County elect 2 County Attorneys

Can a County have 2 County Attorneys for the same county.

ADA's & ACA's are not elected nor are they appointed to serve by the Governor.

I submit the legislation to be illegal, unconstitutional and in violation of election codes, government codes and a circumvention of trickery to spite the failed legislation that attempted to create a new district in Kleberg & Kenedy Counties.

The legislation that created the New District Attorney Position in Kleberg & Kenedy County must be challenged.

There is only one district.

There can only exist 1 District Attorney per District.

"Anything else, would be uncivilized"

Senate Bill 1951 of the 80th Legislature

Political Bigomy After All Karl Rove is From Utah
Posted on November 15, 2007 at 00:41:33 AM by Jaime Kenedeno

Is it not illegal for two to be espoused to one?

Think we can legislate another Congressional Rep for the 27th Cong Dist to help Solomon with the "backlog" of legislation in the applicable counties.

The precedent has been created get busy and start exploiting it.

A Robstown Nueces County Constitutional Judge?

Create a County Constitutional Judge's office for both Robstown & Calallen/Annavile, and get Gov. Rick Perry to give the nod to Patti or Randolph Boothe or Sam Keech as first County Constitutional Judge of Robstown & Calallen/Annaville.

Political Bigomy After All Karl Rove is From Utah
Posted on November 15, 2007 at 00:41:33 AM by Jaime Kenedeno

Is it not illegal for two to be espoused to one?

Think we can legislate another Congressional Rep for the 27th Cong Dist to help Solomon with the "backlog" of legislation in the applicable counties.

The precedent has been created get busy and start exploiting it.

A Robstown Nueces County Constitutional Judge?

Create a County Constitutional Judge's office for both Robstown & Calallen/Annavile, and get Gov. Rick Perry to give the nod to Patti or Randolph Boothe or Sam Keech as first County Constitutional Judge of Robstown & Calallen/Annaville.

Potential Juror 26........
Posted on November 15, 2007 at 00:59:29 AM by d1

was told "Just trying to stay out of trouble"....LIAR...because If you were "you lied"!

Go back to Iraq where they need your kind of prosecution......I forgot your Farsi/Arabic sucks.

"Your Honor, I'm gonna have to spend the rest of the summer in the library"

More like the rest of your life......Your hate is well documented as you can READ English, do you understand/comprehend English?

TLR/Totally Live Recognition........Now, Dick Cheney can shoot who he pleases and whenever he choices to.

With you in his pocket....no need to utilize Jaime Powell.

WATT is the Number of the Judicial District for this so called District Attorney
Posted on November 15, 2007 at 01:21:39 AM by Jaime Kenedeno

Sec. 43.182. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR KLEBERG AND KENEDY
COUNTIES. (a) The voters of Kleberg and Kenedy Counties elect a
district attorney. The district attorney has the same powers and
duties as other district attorneys and serves the district courts
of Kleberg and Kenedy Counties.
(b) The district attorney shall attend each term and session
of the district courts of Kleberg and Kenedy Counties and shall
represent the state in criminal cases pending in those courts. The
district attorney has control of any case heard on petition of writ
of habeas corpus before any district or inferior court in the
district.
(c) The commissioners courts of the counties comprising the
district may supplement the state salary of the district attorney.
The amount of the supplement may not exceed $12,000 a year. The
supplemental salary must be paid proportionately by the
commissioners court of each county according to the population of
the county. The supplemental salary may be paid from the officers'
salary fund of a county. If that fund is inadequate, the
commissioners court may transfer the necessary funds from the
general fund of the county.

The Legislation Failed but if you notice the language is the same
Posted on November 15, 2007 at 01:26:39 AM by Jaime Kenedeno

Sec.i24.567.ii423RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (KENEDY AND KLEBERG COUNTIES). (a) The 423rd Judicial District is composed of Kenedy and Kleberg Counties.

(b)iiThe 423rd District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.

(c)iiIn addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 423rd District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county courts in Kenedy and Kleberg Counties and the statutory county court in Kleberg County over all matters of civil and criminal

3832 79th Legislature — Regular Session 79th Day

jurisdiction, original and appellate, in cases over which a county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state. Matters and proceedings in the concurrent jurisdiction of the 423rd District Court and the county court or county court at law may be filed in either court and all cases of concurrent jurisdiction may be transferred between the 423rd District Court, the county court, and the county court at law. However, a case may not be transferred from one court to another without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred, and a case may not be transferred unless it is within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred.

(b)iiSection 24.207, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec.i24.207.ii105TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ([KENEDY, KLEBERG, AND] NUECES COUNTY [COUNTIES]). (a) The 105th Judicial District is composed of [Kenedy, Kleberg, and] Nueces County [counties]. The court shall give preference to criminal cases.

(b)iiThe terms of the 105th District Court begin[:

[(1)iiin Kenedy County on the first Mondays in June and December;

[(2)iiin Kleberg County on the first Mondays in April and October; and

[(3)iiin Nueces County] on the first Mondays in February and August.

(c)iiThe judge, with the approval of the commissioners court, may appoint an official interpreter of the court [in Nueces County] who serves at the will of the judge. The official interpreter shall take both the constitutional oath of office and an oath that he will faithfully interpret all testimony in the district court as official interpreter. The oath is sufficient for his service as official interpreter in all cases in the court [in Nueces County] during the interpreter's term of office. The judge may also assign the official interpreter to assist the court's probation officer in the discharge of the probation officer's duties.

(c)iiThe heading to Section 43.148, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec.i43.148.iiKENEDY, KLEBERG, AND NUECES COUNTIES [105TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT].

(d)iiSubsections (a) and (c), Section 43.148, Government Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)iiThe voters of Kenedy, Kleberg, and Nueces counties [the 105th Judicial District] elect a district attorney. The district attorney has the same powers and duties as other district attorneys and serves all the district, county, and justice courts of Nueces County and the district courts of Kleberg and Kenedy counties.

(c)iiThe commissioners courts of Kenedy, Kleberg, and Nueces [the] counties [comprising the district] may supplement the state salary of the district attorney. The amount of the supplement may not exceed $12,000 a year. The supplemental salary must be paid proportionately by the commissioners court of each county according to the population of the county. The supplemental salary may be paid from the officers' salary fund of a county. If that fund is inadequate, the commissioners court may transfer the necessary funds from the general fund of the county.

(e)iiThe local administrative district judge shall transfer all cases from Kenedy and Kleberg Counties that are pending in the 105th District Court on September 1, 2005, to the 423rd District Court.

Thursday, May 26, 2005 SENATE JOURNAL 3833

(f)iiWhen a case is transferred as provided by Subsection (e) of this section, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or other obligations issued from the 105th District Court are returnable to the 423rd District Court as if originally issued by that court. The obligees on all bonds and recognizances taken in and for the 105th District Court and all witnesses summoned to appear in the 105th District Court are required to appear before the 423rd District Court as if originally required to appear before that court.

(g)iiThe 423rd Judicial District is created September 1, 2005.

SECTIONi7.ii(a)iiEffective January 1, 2007, Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 24.569 to read as follows:

Failed Creation of the 423rd District

Why did they try to create the 423rd Judcial District?
Posted on November 15, 2007 at 01:36:58 AM by Jaime Kenedeno

Sounds like how Hitler thought

Did they think they needed a new Judicial District to create the new District Attorney position?

We have here in this situation a District Attorney without a Judicial District.

Tell me I am wrong and back it up, any takers?

Texas Public Education Watchdog Authority: Why would Texas re elect a loser who ALWAYS votes against education and Texas children?

2007-09-11T15:30:00.000-12:00

Texas Public Education Watchdog Authority: Why would Texas re elect a loser who ALWAYS votes against education and Texas children?

Why would Texas re elect a loser who ALWAYS votes against education and Texas children?

Cornyn poised in re-election fight to stick by Bush on taxes, Iraq
Republican seeking second U.S. Senate term next year is banking that voters will back him on stands he's taken.
Listen to this article or download audio file.Click-2-Listen

By W. Gardner Selby
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

For someone who proclaims his independence from the White House, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas can still sound like a cheerleader for President Bush.

Speaking to fellow Republicans in Fort Worth at a presidential straw poll recently, Cornyn staked a claim to re-election next year as a pro-war, anti-tax candidate who expects to match up with voter sentiments in his home state.

Ralph Barrera
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John Cornyn says he has differed with Bush some.

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He stressed his support for the course Bush has set in Iraq and suggested that voters can rely only on Republicans to extend the tax cuts Bush made in his first term.

Two Democratic Senate hopefuls, San Antonio lawyer Mikal Watts and state Rep. Rick Noriega of Houston, are counting on voters to hold Cornyn accountable for Republican stewardship of Congress in the first four years of his six-year term.

"People will not rehire someone who has had bad plans replaced by more bad plans," Noriega said.

Watts called Cornyn a senator "who parrots exactly what he's told to say by this administration and Karl Rove," the former White House counselor.

Cornyn, who ran in 2002 as part of "Team Bush," said in an August interview that he has been a Bush ally on judicial appointments and the war on terrorism but that he has also parted with his friend on a few issues.

A Cornyn proposal to allow greater access to federal records has cleared the Senate without White House backing. Cornyn also is among senators at odds with the president by proposing to give states alternative ways of complying with the federal education accountability system that Bush started.

Also, he and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., are seeking to grant the Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority over tobacco and ingredients including nicotine, a step yet to be endorsed by Bush.

This summer, Cornyn opposed the Bush-favored compromise on changes to immigration policy. The senator unsuccessfully offered an amendment barring felons and other offenders from legal residency.

He later called Bush tone-deaf on the issue. "I don't think he had any real concept of the public engagement on that issue," he said.

In Fort Worth, though, Cornyn said Bush was absolutely right to raise the specter of Vietnam when discussing Democrats' calls for a timed withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

If American forces leave prematurely, Cornyn said, the region will plunge into a humanitarian crisis, and unwatched terrorists will plot attacks. "Unless we get the job done, they will follow us here," he said. "And we've got to make sure that never ever happens again. Not another 9/11, not ever."

His Democratic opponents each noted that as young men, Cornyn and Bush didn't serve in Vietnam.

Noriega, a lieutenant colonel in the Texas National Guard, said, "Comparing Vietnam to the Middle East is like comparing apples to wheat; they are not in the same food group. Differences include geography, terrain, cultures, religion, technology, history of region, just to name a few. This is just another example of the unfortunate circumstance we face when we have leaders who have not walked the walk."

Watts said, "I don't think there is a plan for victory in Iraq. ... We have to stay in the region, but I don't think we should be standing around on street corners getting shot at while we observe someone else's civil war."

On the domestic front, Cornyn charged Democrats with planning not to extend tax cuts enacted at Bush's request starting in 2001. Barring congressional action, cuts of income, capital gains, dividends and other taxes will expire in 2011.

On Capitol Hill, the cuts are rated either Bush's keystone domestic achievement or a gift to the nation's wealthiest residents.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that extending the tax cuts would cost the government more than $1.8 trillion through 2017.

Tax-cut advocates say such money rightly belongs to taxpayers.

Cornyn's take: Democrats will let into law the biggest tax increase in history.

"They're going to do it without a single vote unless we get the majority back," he said. "They're going to do it because the tax relief that we passed under President Bush back in 2003 will expire unless we make it permanent. And we have to get the majority back and keep taxes low and keep America growing."

Watts said he would review each tax cut one by one but opposes extending cuts for the wealthy as long as government runs a deficit.

Noriega called it "blatantly false" to forecast all the cuts vanishing.

Nationally, 52 percent of voters favored making the tax cuts permanent in a poll conducted this year by Moore Information, an Oregon-based research firm. Thirty-eight percent preferred to let the cuts expire, and 10 percent had no opinion.

Republicans and a plurality of independents supported making the cuts permanent. A majority of Democrats wished to see them expire.

About half of respondents agreed that the cuts should be extended only for households with annual incomes of less than $150,000. About a third of voters favored making the cuts permanent for everyone.

Jason Furman, an economist and senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, an independent research outfit, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee last week that extending the cuts would widen after-tax income gaps between Americans.

Furman said a best-case U.S. Treasury projection suggests an extremely slight impact on the economy, with extended cuts more likely increasing the national debt and reducing government savings.

An eventual need to repay the cuts, he said, would drive down disposable income as taxpayers see cuts in government programs or bumps in taxes to bankroll the cuts, leaving at least three in four households with lower after-tax incomes.

"There is no free lunch because, ultimately, the government faces a budget constraint," Furman said.

wgselby@statesman.com, 445-3644

Ain't Bobby so cool?..."We must recognize that this short life can neither be ennobled or enriched by hatred or revenge."

2007-08-18T02:21:00.000-12:00

On the Mindless Menace of Violence

City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
April 5, 1968

This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics. I have saved this one opportunity, my only event of today, to speak briefly to you about the mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and every one of our lives.

It is not the concern of any one race. The victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are, most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed. No one - no matter where he lives or what he does - can be certain who will suffer from some senseless act of bloodshed. And yet it goes on and on and on in this country of ours.

Why? What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr's cause has ever been stilled by an assassin's bullet.

No wrongs have ever been righted by riots and civil disorders. A sniper is only a coward, not a hero; and an uncontrolled, uncontrollable mob is only the voice of madness, not the voice of reason.

Whenever any American's life is taken by another American unnecessarily - whether it is done in the name of the law or in the defiance of the law, by one man or a gang, in cold blood or in passion, in an attack of violence or in response to violence - whenever we tear at the fabric of the life which another man has painfully and clumsily woven for himself and his children, the whole nation is degraded.

"Among free men," said Abraham Lincoln, "there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet; and those who take such appeal are sure to lose their cause and pay the costs."

Yet we seemingly tolerate a rising level of violence that ignores our common humanity and our claims to civilization alike. We calmly accept newspaper reports of civilian slaughter in far-off lands. We glorify killing on movie and television screens and call it entertainment. We make it easy for men of all shades of sanity to acquire whatever weapons and ammunition they desire.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others. Some Americans who preach non-violence abroad fail to practice it here at home. Some who accuse others of inciting riots have by their own conduct invited them.

Some look for scapegoats, others look for conspiracies, but this much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.

For there is another kind of violence, slower but just as deadly destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions; indifference and inaction and slow decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. This is the slow destruction of a child by hunger, and schools without books and homes without heat in the winter.

This is the breaking of a man's spirit by denying him the chance to stand as a father and as a man among other men. And this too afflicts us all.

I have not come here to propose a set of specific remedies nor is there a single set. For a broad and adequate outline we know what must be done. When you teach a man to hate and fear his brother, when you teach that he is a lesser man because of his color or his beliefs or the policies he pursues, when you teach that those who differ from you threaten your freedom or your job or your family, then you also learn to confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies, to be met not with cooperation but with conquest; to be subjugated and mastered.

We learn, at the last, to look at our brothers as aliens, men with whom we share a city, but not a community; men bound to us in common dwelling, but not in common effort. We learn to share only a common fear, only a common desire to retreat from each other, only a common impulse to meet disagreement with force. For all this, there are no final answers.

Yet we know what we must do. It is to achieve true justice among our fellow citizens. The question is not what programs we should seek to enact. The question is whether we can find in our own midst and in our own hearts that leadership of humane purpose that will recognize the terrible truths of our existence.

We must admit the vanity of our false distinctions among men and learn to find our own advancement in the search for the advancement of others. We must admit in ourselves that our own children's future cannot be built on the misfortunes of others. We must recognize that this short life can neither be ennobled or enriched by hatred or revenge.

Our lives on this planet are too short and the work to be done too great to let this spirit flourish any longer in our land. Of course we cannot vanquish it with a program, nor with a resolution.

But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek, as do we, nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.

Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal, can begin to teach us something. Surely, we can learn, at least, to look at those around us as fellow men, and surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again.

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South Texas Chisme: Solomon Ortiz Jr. on Corpus Christi water problem

2007-08-14T14:18:00.000-12:00

South Texas Verdad: Solomon Ortiz Jr. on Corpus Christi water problem

"Solomon Ortiz Jr. on Corpus Christi water problem"

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From a Solomon Ortiz Jr. press release:"As you know by now, the City of Corpus Christi has issued a mandatory water boil notice for the entire city, due to the presence of possibly harmful organisms, including fecal coliform/E. coli bacteria. I urge all citizens to comply with the water boil notice and take extra precautions.

An official with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has informed me that positive tests for E. coli were reported at the city's water laboratories on both Saturday and Sunday, and that the city may have violated the state rule which requires it to notify the public of possible contamination within 24 hours. TCEQ has already initiated an investigation into the city's actions. I would find it highly troubling if city staff knew of the dangerous bacteria and failed to notify the public in a timely manner. I will be monitoring this situation closely in the coming days and will keep the public informed of any action TCEQ takes."

Jaime Kenedeño said...: Solly'

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, it is appreciated.

We need to save a few gallons and take it to the next city council meeting and watch them drink the water, furthermore we should all turn our faucets on and just let em run until we refresh the whole system. Also, maybe the city council should forgo billing us for this month in light of the product quality (poor). This has put a big dent in the economy of many merchants and the employees who were sent home due to closing.

Once again thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.

Telemundo South Texas: Senatorial Prevarication: Will Texas Allow Junior John to Poke Our Eyes?,.... He hope so!

2007-08-11T22:25:00.000-12:00

However, we do diverge slightly. A few intangibles most of you guys probably don't know. I support the candidate whose Law Firm employs Attorneys who passionately fight for and support marriage equality. I support the candidate whose Law Firm employs Attorneys whose ideology does not align with his ideology. I support the candidate whose Law Firm employs some Attorneys with very strong progressive ideologies. I support the candidate whose Law Firm employs Attorneys of various ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. I dont think you can say this of Junior John?

"IN THE KNOW": "Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all ships at sea," "Let’s go to press!

2007-08-05T23:56:00.000-12:00

"IN THE KNOW": "Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all ships at sea," "Let’s go to press!

Just got back from hooking some Big Reds at the Mother Lagoon. Now, that's WATT I'm talkin bout invoking a FIGHT. I had not had an opportunity to read the Caller Times and Jamie Powell's Political Pulse and one of the guys came up and starting telling us how Junior John attacked the internet community and Mikal WATTSFORSENATE Campaign amateur. He said, "They are talking about you all over the Newspaper today". I asked him, "What do you mean? Who is "they"?

He said that Senator guy Cornyn, he is saying that the blogs and the internet message are an amateur way for WATTS to Campaign. He is saying Mikal Watts but he is talking about you.

Well, I am not with the WATTSFORSENATE Campaign but I am going against Junior John.

The said to me, you must be starting to irritate them, getting to them with things they cannot defend or else he wouldn't say anything.

I told him, "I am a fly, and I am going a Junior John, I am now in his ear, He will scratch and scratch at his ear trying to get me out, he will scratch until he is bleeding, he will himself to death trying to get me out of his ear."

Rothenberg Report, calling Watts' campaign Web site video, "the silliest, most transparent attempt to deliver a message I have ever seen."

Who is Rothenberg and why should we care WATT he says? It is enough to know he is trying to get Junior John re-elected. His writing is meaningless rhetoric. Transparent? Transparency is a good thing, but obviously transparency is a negative attribute of Government according to the GOP?

"If this is Mikal Watts' first attempt to draw attention to his campaign via the Internet he may ought to use another medium," said Texas GOP spokesman Hans Klingler. "Watts invoking the word 'fight' without the slightest idea or experience in any elected or leadership arena is comical."

We (Los Kenedenos) were going after Junior John prior to any Watts intentions to challenge the Junior Senator. Besides, why would a GOP Spokesman advise us? We are definitely in a good medium current or else ole Hans would not be advising us to "use another medium". We are definitely connecting with the "sweet spot" and they keep on changing pitchers. As far as fight, come and get it BOYS. Amateur, we take that as a compliment and it is a true statement, in our case.

WATT are you scared of Junior John?

Bring it now and may we dance everyday until the day when Texas will make their choice.

Invoking the word Fight?
"without the slightest idea or experience in any elected or leadership arena"

We know WATT Junior John's idea of leadership is, it is a sycophantic relationship with the GOP.

Junior John's Experience is his record and there is nothing there for the average Texan, there is nothing in his record for the South Texan or for the hispanic.

We got him building a border fence that was appropriated for, as a Concrete WAll.

Invoke the word FIGHT Mr Hans exclaims?

We will take our chances.

We stand waiting in the ring or in the alley whichever you choose Mr Hans Klingler.

As far as leadership and elected arenas, we got Junior John's record vs the hope that somebody has the balls to run his A$$ out of office.

We are here and the hope begins to grow.

The snowball now, only needs a little downward slope and then we just jump on for the ride.
We wont need to support it anymore and you guys cant stop it, it will just keep rolling and rolling and rolling.

You GOP guys, doncha you got a little better punch than that to throw? Where is all that salty dog experience of the "Professional Politician / Carpet Bagger"?

You know WATT I mean by Professional Carpetbagger?

come around only at election time
say and do WATT ever it takes to get re elected.
Quiet up about the Craddick transgressions even though you should denounce him,
mums the word on building a wall but let the racist haters know you still support it
and charm the Humanities and let them know you are for them and have always supported them
like you tried to you act like you are for the American GI Forum and have always supported the Hispanic culture in that plagiarized article in some East Texas Publication; where you were trying to use the image and spirit of DR Hector P Garcia.

Junior John is now officially a comedian.

Well he must be?
Isn't he trying to make us laugh?

Surely Junior John does not think we are stupid enough to believe his Cotton Eyed Joe song and Dance?

WATTS that word?

B U L L S H / T ! ! !

GOP suggests Watts' campaign is amateur

The Texas Republican Party went on the offensive Friday against lawyer Mikal Watts, who is making a run at Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.

The state GOP cited a recent article by Stuart Rothenberg, author of the national political publication Rothenberg Report, calling Watts' campaign Web site video, "the silliest, most transparent attempt to deliver a message I have ever seen."

"If this is Mikal Watts' first attempt to draw attention to his campaign via the Internet he may ought to use another medium," said Texas GOP spokesman Hans Klingler. "Watts invoking the word 'fight' without the slightest idea or experience in any elected or leadership arena is comical."

Corpus Christi Caller Times: After we finish with (this issue), Mr Mike Hummel will always remember to read the local internet and to give credit wher

2007-08-05T17:50:00.000-12:00

Corpus Christi Caller Times: After we finish with (this issue), Mr Mike Hummel will always remember to read the local internet and to give credit where credit is due.

This morning I got a call that took me out on the streets. I needed a little punch so I put it on a Classic Rock Station expecting maybe some Hair of the Dog or War Pigs or maybe even Lovin You Sunday Morning or Proud Mary but it wasn't to be. I hear the end of a discussion with our Corpus Christi City Council Member stuck smack dab in the middle of that damn river.

WATT River?...........

Some begin to ponder, while there are others who know exactly where I am going with this River issue; after we finish with (this issue), Mr Mike Hummel will always remember to read the local internet and to give credit where credit is due.

You know with the Memorial Coliseum I have not the sentimentality or passion like many of you guys possess and concurrently I dont believe it needs to be torn down. I was against anything that TRT wanted to bring to this town in light of what they left us upon departure.

Some events and it might even be many events; cannot afford to use ABC Center; so it is not really a public arena like the Memorial Coliseum operated. Heck, many of us cannot afford to attend an event that is held in the ABC Center. So, tell us Mr. Hummel, Mr Burns and Mr Solis, will you make it affordable at least for our Local Goodwill Organizations like the Shriners to hold an event?

Currently, the ABC Center is out of our Local Goodwill Organizations reach because of price?

Now the Point at hand,

The discussion was about the Memorial Coliseum and specifically about the hiring of a consultant and if the City of Corpus Christi is going to follow WATT ever the Consultant recommended.

Corpus Christi City Councilman Hummel answered that the people have been included in the rounds of community input and public meetings.

The host asked if the Corpus Christi City Council was going to ask the consultant to include the input or if it will factor in.

Corpus Christi City Councilman Hummel quickly affirmed that the community's input has already been included.

The host then connected like Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and the Great Bambino Himself; he asked Hummel if the Corpus Christi City Council is considering the input from all of the people at the Caller Times on the Coliseum issue?

Mike Hummel answers "I don't know anything about whats going on at the Caller Times".

The host says you dont know, you haven't read the article at the Caller Times about the Memorial Coliseum and the internet input and suggestions from the public, you arent going to consider that input?

Hummel studdered 3 or 4 times and then a couple more times and then he said we got, we got people, we got other people on that, I think, I'm not a computer guy , but I think they are calling them something like blogs, Im not a computer guy, or something like that. Then continued the D NILE of the POWER OF THE INTERNET and the reality that the People are beginning to Engage themselves in the Formulation of Public Policy. Since you cant hear us Mr Hummel, let me yell a little louder and maybe everyone else will as well.

Mr Hummel, that River's name; we call it D Nile, get out of it. In fact a big part of your electability came from the web community. Power of the Pen Mr Hummel. When coupled with facts only an idiot would be so ignorant to be unaware of what some people are calling blogs. The credibility (or not) is right there in black and white for everyone to read. Do you still want to claim that you havent tread the input at the Caller Times Community Input Forum? Although censored slightly it can give there are many souls participating. They are already pissed off and to think that our City Council is trying to act like they are unaware of our presence. That is unbelievable Mr Hummel.

Nothing Personal MR Hummel, but I do believe you have a little bit of homework to do.

"Engaging the average citizen in the formulation of Public Policy" is our mission @ Kenedeno & Associates. "The Net is a powerful force for change -- and a dynamic tool for citizen education and action. Read the latest research on citizen participation (ENGAGEMENT) online, the stories and experiences of coalitions, corporate clients, and others working in the cyber trenches, and discover the potential to become an active participant in online democracy.

"IN THE KNOW": Anybody need 5 Brand New Faulty Firestone Tires for their Family Vehicle? Hurry while vacation season is still here!

2007-08-04T20:36:00.000-12:00

"IN THE KNOW": Anybody need 5 Brand New Faulty Firestone Tires for their Family Vehicle? Hurry while vacation season is still here!

Google Yourself Corpus Christi: setexasrec: If you disagree, I got 4 brand spankin new ones to put on your family vehicle; oh yeah & one spare just in case you survive the blow out.

So WATT does this mean for Texas?

Who is the author?

After reading this article i got to believe the author is not familiar with the adversarial process or the article is pure prevarication. Who wants to buy a vehicle without laminated windows. I don't, but in Mikal's argument it was just mental re-enforcement for the jury and he is representing his client with zeal. .In layman terms Laminated glass, which is two layers of plate glass with plastic laminate in between, is used on automotive windshields. It has been used for decades to keep objects from easily getting through the windshield and entering the vehicle. The negative is it prevent easy exit should one need to break the glass in order to escape in a submerged situation or something of that nature.

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KENEDENO: "I say hot damn we got ourselves a fighter, and advocate. Now there's an attribute money cant buy, a game mentality moving unencumbered through legal birds nests and over hurdles to accomplish results.

"Like a Pitbull in the Middle of a Bunch of Poodles upon Capitol Hill.

The bottom line is the tire is faulty but it is cheaper to pay the injured and dead than it is to replace all of the tires on all of the brand new vehicles. Well, at least that was the word according bean counters (Actuarial Analysts). I bet they dont work there anymore, eh? When an automaker knows there is a faulty product that will "cause a death or two" and they acquiesce, or continue to produce the vehicle with the defective product and they dont recall the defective product for WATT ever reason they need to pay.

Watt if you or your family member purchased a brand new Explorer or Expedition or Excursion. You plan a vacation and plot out your trip planning to stop for the young ones at the rest areas and to stretch the legs and maybe even swap drivers. Everybody has their pillow and their reading material or headphones and music, for the kids you had the video screen and dvd systenm installed and you even went the extra mile and installed a Playstation III for the kids and the kids at heart.

So we are cruising and everyone is commenting on the comfort, the neat features, the enhanced entertainment, and the overall "On The Road" experience the new vehicle provides.

The last thing on their mind is breaking down, needing to check the fluids every few miles, or rolling down the window because the air conditioning dont work. The passengers and the driver feel secure and safe; maybe they dont even buckle up.

The next thing we know the vehicle has become impaired and unstable. The resulting tumbling, sliding, shattering of glass, screaming, and bending of metal that happens in less than a minute (but feels like a lifetime) comes to a rest and there is a eerie silence for a moment. Then the lucky ones can moan in their pain and the silent ones Vaya Con DIOS. How long before the Halo FLight? How long before rescue?

And you come to find out you have lost 1 or 2 or 5 of your loved ones because of something that makes no sense at all.

I am not talking about the Blowout people, I am talking about the decision made by the automaker that your loved ones were just another number, a casualty in the name of profits.

Would you want an advocate fighting for your interests like Mikal Watts fights the giant automakers?

If you disagree, I got 4 brand spankin new ones to put on your family vehicle; oh yeah and one spare just in case you survive the blow out.

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Mikal Watts' arguments
http://www.setexasrecord.com/arguments/198814-mikal-watts-arguments

8/4/2007 10:58 AM

Three college girls are driving cross-country pulling a U-Haul trailer while simultaneously sharing a bag of marijuana. About 20 hours into the voyage, the driver brakes hard on a hill and loses control, sending the car off the side of the road.

They weren't wearing seat belts.

Was she high? Fatigued? Did she forget that breaking hard on a downslope while pulling a fully-stuffed U-Haul is a big no-no?

Whatever. Represented by Corpus Christi plaintiff's lawyer Mikal Watts in a suburban Houston courtroom, she demanded millions in damages over the accident-- from a tire maker.

No matter that Texas state investigators blamed the wreck on driver error and speeding, concluding the tires remained intact after the crash and worked just fine. Still, Watts argued they were wrong, that it wasn't her fault. He even demanded the judge declare a mistrial when the defense had the nerve to raise the girl's driving-while-pot smoking in court.

Is this the kind of guy-- one who would make such a specious, if self-serving, argument with a straight face-- that we want representing Texas in the U.S. Senate?

Mr. Watts, a 39-year-old mega-millionaire and judge's son who flies private, is traveling the state this summer, raising money and straining to re-define himself as a populist "everyman" in preparation for the Spring 2008 Democrat primary election.

He made his bones making arguments like the aforementioned, suing automakers and other businesses. But suffice to say, he won't be bragging on the campaign trail about the "marijuana mistrial" or his lawsuit blaming Ford for an accident in which the driver was speeding, had been drinking and wasn't wearing a seat belt.

The automaker was at fault because, according to Watts, it didn't laminate its side windows.

Watts will also remain mum about the embarrassing hiccup in that Ford case-- when it was revealed mid-trial that one of his associate lawyers was dating one of the jurors. She had even helped him "recruit" two of the plaintiffs for Watts, evidence showed.

Apparently under no ethical obligation to tell the court about this, Watts remained quiet and steadfast. It paid off-- he won a $31 million verdict.

"Mikal Watts has spent his entire career fighting on behalf of average, working Texans," promised his spokesman in a recent interview.

Don't believe it just because he says so.

Corpus Christi Caller Times: Corpus Christi Daily Digital: Linda was the first person in a Corpus Christi Public Housing Dev. to successfully run 4 pu

2007-08-02T19:01:00.000-12:00

Corpus Christi Caller Times: Corpus Christi Daily Digital: Linda was the first person in a Corpus Christi Public Housing Dev. to successfully run 4 pub office: a person who picked

Corpus Christi Daily Digital: Linda was the first person in a Corpus Christi Public Housing Dev. to successfully run 4 pub office: a person who picked herself up by her bootstraps

by hkarsh

August 2, 2007

I was a candidate for the Del Mar Board of Regents. I picked up the package to run for office. I am College Educated. I have several degrees. I'm pretty good at reading and writing contracts and such. I'm not a lawyer and believe me I could have used a lawyer to explain all the stuff I was responsible for and had to do. Del Mar wasn't going to explain it to me and the local party bosses wouldn’t have anything to do with me. Del Mar certainly wasn't going to help Linda whose brother they had railroaded out of a job. Now Linda was the first person in a Corpus Christi Public Housing development to successfully run for a public office and her neighbors were very proud of her. So here we have a person who picked herself up by her bootstraps with out the aid of the local democratic or republican bosses and won her election. So what do the local politicos do and that includes our slimy DA

there's more at the link above

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: Fwd: [Bay of Pigs] Judge Westergren h

2007-07-31T20:00:00.000-12:00

Actionable?

Well dont just stand there!!

Get To Work!!!

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: Judge Westergren has been given the opportunity to produce the ...

CCISD: policy was instead an attorney general's opinion that had not been adopted locally. hear that?

2007-07-29T15:50:00.000-12:00

CCISD: In his audit, Carroll indicated such purchases were against policy. But in testimony last week he said he made a mistake in his audit by citing a board policy prohibiting the district from paying non-members' expenses. Carroll said the apparent policy was instead an attorney general's opinion that had not been adopted locally.

Ortiz: "Time is running out.". <> Lobo: "As far as Rendon's fee-you know it will be a pretty penny."

2007-07-28T01:43:00.000-12:00

Rendon to help in the transition at NS Ingleside

By Mary Ann Cavazos (Contact), Jaime Powell (Contact)
Originally published 12:00 a.m., July 26, 2007
Updated 05:04 a.m., July 26, 2007

U.S. Congressman Solomon Ortiz, for mug

The city of Ingleside is primed to hire Florencio "Lencho" Rendon, former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, as a consultant in implementing the city's Local Redevelopment Authority, which would oversee 155 acres of surplus property at Naval Station Ingleside.

The Ingleside plan drafted in Washington, D.C., includes a nine-member board -- two appointees each from Nueces and San Patricio counties, the city of Ingleside, the city of Corpus Christi and one from the Port of Corpus Christi.

That plan came about after a July 9 meeting in Ingleside that included Rendon, Ortiz and his brother, Nueces County Commissioner Oscar Ortiz, San Patricio County Commissioner Jim Price and Ingleside City Councilwoman Stella Hermann, Price said.

Ingleside council members on Tuesday tentatively scheduled an Aug. 1 meeting with Rendon, said Ingleside Councilman Willie Vaden. Rendon was out of the country Wednesday and could not be reached.

Vaden said he approached Rendon and Ortiz to help devise a Local Redevelopment Authority, a local board that would oversee about $1 million in federal funds slated for the Coastal Bend to help lessen the impact of military cutbacks.

"We were just discussing among the parties what our opinion was of the possibility, of what it would take in structure, for an (Local Redevelopment Authority) to be acceptable to all the parties," Price said of the July 9 meeting.

An 18-month dispute among local entities over the makeup of such a group has kept each from successfully forming and receiving official Local Redevelopment Authority status from the Defense Department's Office of Economic Adjustment.

Closures and realignments of military installations must occur by Sept. 15, 2011. Naval Station Ingleside is expected to close by Sept. 30, 2010.

Of the more than 1,000 acres of base property, about 912 acres will revert to the Port of Corpus Christi when the base closes. The 155 acres of surplus property, which includes about 100 acres of submerged land, will not revert to the port.

In 2006, the port established its advisory redevelopment group, which includes elected officials from Ingleside, Corpus Christi and both counties to oversee the main property.

Congressman Ortiz said he became involved because about $1 million in federal funding is in flux while a Local Redevelopment Authority is established.

"It impacted Ingleside, Corpus Christi, and it impacted South Texas because a lot of people were employed by the installation," Ortiz said. "Time is running out."

Timing could impact the types of developers a Local Redevelopment Authority could bring to the property and could impact funding from the government.

"Once we get started and some of the studies bring out the potential prospects, all the BRAC money comes through my committee" said Ortiz, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee for readiness and military construction.

Ingleside passed its plan last week. Nueces County Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to support it.

San Patricio County Judge Terry Simpson said the county will vote on Ingleside's proposal Monday.

Corpus Christi Mayor Henry Garrett said he is unsure when or if the city will vote on the proposal.

Port of Corpus Christi Chairman Ruben Bonilla said the port commissioners will consider an endorsement in August but that the port retains the reversionary rights to Naval Station Ingleside.

"The port will work with Ingleside, but we will continue to exercise all of our energy in protecting and enhancing the port's reversionary rights," he said.

What it means

The City of Ingleside voted last week to establish a Local Redevelopment Authority, which would oversee about $1 million in federal funding for the redevelopment of 155 acres of surplus property at Naval Station Ingleside, which is expected to close in 2010.

The players

Two members appointed by the Nueces County Commissioners Court

Two members appointed by the San Patricio County Commissioners Court

Two members appointed by the city of Ingleside

Two members appointed by the city of Corpus Christi

One member appointed by the Port of Corpus Christi

The next steps

All entities must be on board with the Local Redevelopment Authority for it to be approved for federal funding.

The Nueces County Commissioners Court approved the plan unanimously Wednesday.

San Patricio County Commissioners will vote on the plan Monday.

The Port of Corpus Christi will vote on the plan in August.

The city of Corpus Christi has not scheduled a vote.

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Posted by sgran77482 on July 26, 2007 at 7:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Check what Rendons fee will be!

Posted by intheknow on July 26, 2007 at 8:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I thought that willie vaden has ran against Ortiz for the last 3-4 electons for congress?

Posted by hbunce on July 26, 2007 at 8:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Naucrates ductor

The pilot fish is known for following large vessels and sharks, where it apparently feeds on parasites and leftovers. Its relationship with sharks is a mutualist one; the pilot fish gains protection from predators, while the shark gains freedom from parasites.

Posted by dannoynted1 on July 26, 2007 at 9:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Reminds me of that sham "spector/Clarkson" psyche autopsy 45k absentia spitztacular that is not provided to the poor....

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Like a big Money tree.....a solid bunch of Grapes

Posted by petcav on July 26, 2007 at 7:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm surprised that Vaden would ask the self serving Oritz machine for anything. Have we not learned our lessons already when dealing with the Ortiz-Rendon, self-imposed, I'm a dynasty attitude. I too want to find out what Rendon's fee will be, and anxious to also find out what the Ortiz's will gain. A security contract?

Posted by stff on July 26, 2007 at 8:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The sooner the Ortiz machine is put out of business in Nueces County, the better things will be.

Posted by ellobo_blue on July 27, 2007 at 5:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

stff-

The ortiz machine or some other political machine-don't be naive and think things would be better. Ortiz just happens to be holding the reins at this point in time. Far as Rendon's fee-you know it will be a pretty penny.

The Serpent IN the Garden January 14, 1996 Houston: Inaction Allowed Abuser To Roam For 10 Years.

2007-07-17T21:40:00.000-12:00

If this was leaked to the media did the Corpus Christi Caller Times tell us about this pedophile?

Did the Caller publish any stories on this matter?

And the CCISD Board did they inform the community?

The Serpent IN the Garden January 14, 1996 Houston: CCISD board President Henry Nuss AQUIESCED. CCISD eagerly supplied pedophile with young patients - even after he had been publicly charged.

CORPUS CHRISTI - James Plaisted was a respected child psychologist, a deacon in one of the city's largest Baptist congregations and the father of four.

He also was a child molester so brazen he escorted little girls into church and fondled them under his coat while listening to the sermon.

Parents knew. So did church pastors, school officials and state regulators. But few did anything to stop him, and those who tried were remarkably unsuccessful.

It took 10 years to get Plaisted behind bars. Only he knows how many children he molested during that time.

Last month, Plaisted - already serving a two-year federal prison term for luring a Texas patient to Boston to continue molesting her -was brought back to Corpus Christi in chains.

He pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four girls and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

State regulators have yet to revoke his license to practice psychology.

""I think the Plaisted case is the model of what happens when the system fights with itself," said Susan Snyder, a Kingsville attorney and former prosecutor who tried to lock up Plaisted in 1992.

""Obviously, there have been safeguards in place to prevent this man all along, but either (state officials) were too lazy or too busy, or too scared of the politics of going and yanking this man's license," Snyder said. ""It's not the legal system failing. It's the people within the legal system that refuse to let the legal system work."

It's not as if no one tried.

Carmen Alvarado, the mother of the first child to accuse Plaisted more than 10 years ago, sought criminal charges against the therapist and filed an ethics complaint with the Texas Board of Examiners of Psychologists. She alleged that Plaisted had fondled her son's penis during a late-night counseling session.

Alvarado called the Parkdale Baptist Church, where Plaisted, 46, was a deacon.

""They said they were leaving it in God's hands," she recalled.

""I don't think they were thinking straight at the time."

She went to other parents. She got no help.

In the end, it was just her son's word against Plaisted, who told a Corpus Christi jury in 1986 that the 6-year-old child was a habitual liar and a pyromaniac who derived sexual excitement from setting fires. It didn't help that a new prosecutor was assigned to the case just before trial.

The jury acquitted Plaisted; his practice continued.

""It made me mad because when I went for help, all I asked was for them to testify," Alvarado recalled. ""We lost because my son was the only witness we had."

""It was a very tough call to make," said another victim's mother. ""And looking back, I really should have crucified him, but I didn't. I chose not to after talking to my attorney. He told me it would just really traumatize my daughter."

The Corpus Christi woman, who asked not to be identified, said she did confront Plaisted and his wife, who were neighbors in 1984, when her daughter was allegedly molested while spending the night with one of Plaisted's daughters.

""He did not deny it," she said. ""He said he could have done it

in his sleep."

Plaisted's wife laughingly added that she and her husband often made love at night, and he would not remember the next morning, the woman said.

The woman, who was also a member of the Parkdale Baptist Church, recalled telling church officials later about Plaisted's molestations.

""But it didn't seem to make any difference," she said. ""The church really backed him up, and a lot of people left the church after that."

Plaisted's attorney, Doug Tinker, refused to allow the Chronicle to interview his client. The criminal defense lawyer, who earlier this year represented Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of murdering Tejano star Selena, declined to discuss the Plaisted case.

The victims' families have since sued the church for negligence, but Parkdale's lawyer argues the congregation should not be held responsible for Plaisted's actions.

""It would be the church's wish to get this thing resolved without causing any additional hurt to anyone," said attorney Van Huseman. But he added, ""If a child gets molested in the middle of the service, how does that get to be the pastor's fault?"

Plaisted - a Nebraska native who served in the Army in Vietnam -came to Corpus Christi in 1982 with impeccable credentials, having earned his doctorate in clinical and child psychology from Auburn University in Alabama in 1981.

He quickly built a private practice, and over the years, developed a good reputation as an expert on brain dysfunction.

The Corpus Christi school district, along with local pediatricians, eagerly supplied him with young patients - even after he had been publicly charged. Members of the church also sought his help, and he had hospital privileges at the prestigious Driscoll Children's Hospital, a South Texas institution known both for quality care and charity.

Neighbors described Plaisted as pleasant, reserved, well-spoken. He was methodical, they said, and liked to work on projects around the house.

Plaisted recruited some of his victims from broken homes, showering the children with gifts, inviting them and their parents to Thanksgiving dinners. One 9-year-old girl who spent the night with Plaisted's daughter told prosecutors the psychologist molested her on the sofa in his living room while he and the children watched the movie "Home Alone"

on video.

He curried favor with his victims' parents by lending them money and refusing repayment, or by buying them air conditioners and other gifts. One mother even acted as a character witness for the therapist during the Alvarado trial, unaware that her own child was being molested.

""The bottom line is this guy had complaints filed against him at the psychology board - and they are serious - and the board doesn't notify the school about the complaints," said Jerry Boswell, director of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a group funded by the Church of Scientology (SEE CORRECTION) that documents cases such as Plaisted's. ""And the school is still referring children to this guy."

Corpus Christi school administrators said they used Plaisted infrequently for psychological testing of students, although school records and correspondence indicate he was a consultant from 1983 until he was indicted for child sexual assault in late 1992.

School administrators have identified records of five students referred to him for psychological testing between 1985 and 1992. There are no records prior to 1985.

School board President Henry Nuss, who has served on the board for seven years, said he first heard of the Plaisted case when he was contacted by the Houston Chronicle last week.

""We certainly should be more selective in who we're using," he said.

After Plaisted was charged in the Alvarado case in April 1986, Robert J. Garcia, the school district's special education director, wrote to the state psychology board to ask about the psychologist's record. The agency's executive director replied that Plaisted's license had been suspended, but because the psychologist was in the process of suing to get it back, he remained licensed to practice. The letter gave no details about the nature of the complaints.

""He was given a clean bill of health by the only agency that had anything to say about it," said Dr. Adrian Haston, a psychologist who coordinates the school district's psychological services, and who, years ago, shared an office with Plaisted.

Haston emphasized that none of the schoolchildren referred to Plaisted were molested. ""And we never had anything untoward, any problems of that sort," he said.

Asked why the district would risk using a psychologist once accused of being a child molester, Haston replied, ""This is something the district did, and you can ask the director of special education why."

Garcia said in a recent telephone interview that he could not remember whether he knew about the child molestation charges at the time he wrote to the psychology board.

""All I know is we asked for what his status was and they said he could still practice," he said. ""We knew he was under review, but we didn't know what for.

""Look, the state board of psychologists, they're the ones that allowed him to continue to practice," Garcia added angrily.

""If anyone should be asked as to why this guy was allowed to continue, it should be the state board of psychology."

Pressed for further details, Garcia abruptly ended the interview and hung up the phone.

Although Plaisted was acquitted in August 1986 in the Alvarado case, the psychology board continued its investigation and ruled in November of that year that Plaisted had violated professional standards.

The board officially suspended his license for two years, but said he would be allowed to resume his practice in three months.

Meanwhile, Plaisted challenged the suspension in state district court in Austin, arguing the psychology board had unfairly considered allegations that had not been introduced during his hearing, denying him the opportunity to defend himself against them. The judge agreed, and in January 1987 reversed Plaisted's suspension.

While the board was investigating Plaisted's case, they were contacted by Corpus Christi psychologist George Kramer.

Kramer, who had hired Plaisted in 1982 before Plaisted was licensed, told the board to subpoena records of the state Department of Human Resources. It did, and found other instances of alleged molestation by Plaisted.

In April 1989, the board reached an agreement with the psychologist that allowed him to keep his license if he agreed to be supervised for 11/2years. Plaisted was to treat children only in the presence of an associate or in a location where he could be observed by a television monitor. He also was to pay to have Corpus Christi psychologist Joseph Horvat supervise his casework.

Horvat met with Plaisted weekly, but after a year - convinced that Plaisted was doing nothing wrong - he recommended the supervision be terminated six months early. The board decided to continue the supervision.

""I have found no evidence in any way, shape or form of any behavior on his part which could be in any way construed as unprofessional or unethical," Horvat wrote to the board.

Included in one of his reports to the board was a review of Plaisted's treatment of an 8-year-old girl - a child Plaisted was later charged with molesting.

The board's general counsel, Barbara Holthaus, acknowledged past actions taken by the agency were inadequate.

""With hindsight, of course it wasn't appropriate, because look at what happened," Holthaus said. But she said the board has since added lay people to its ranks and has a new, tougher state law giving it better enforcement powers.

""Now, if we get a report that a psychologist is molesting a client, we can go before a judge and say we want to temporarily suspend the license," she said.

Holthaus said the board has filed a motion to revoke Plaisted's license, but Plaisted is fighting it.

""It's all kind of moot, because he's incarcerated," she said.

Soon after Plaisted completed his board-ordered supervision, Corpus Christi police received new information from state child welfare workers that Plaisted had been molesting girls at his office, in church and at home in his hot tub.

Former detective Eric Michalak, who now works in Colorado, remembered taking the Plaisted case to a Nueces County assistant district attorney for prosecution.

""He wanted to get a warrant for the doctor and arrest him, because we had very strong evidence against him," Michalak said. ""We had multiple victims and you had a guy in the position he was in, where he had access to all these victims.

You would want to take quick action rather than let it go on for so long."

The prosecutor was overruled by then-District Attorney Grant Jones, Michalak said. ""(Jones) just said, `We're not getting a warrant. We're taking our time.' He wanted the kids reinterviewed by one of the prosecutors.

""Any time you go after someone like that, there's a lot of politics that come into play," Michalak added. ""Instead of stepping in right then, and bringing it out in the open and taking it to a grand jury (for indictment), they delayed."

Jones contends that any delay in prosecution was an effort ""to tie the case down tight. We didn't want to lose him twice,"

said Jones, on whose watch Plaisted was acquitted in the Alvarado case.

Jones called it ""outrageous" the psychology board still hasn't revoked Plaisted's license.

""They should have done it in 1986," he said. ""What they want to do is wait around until you go to trial and you convict him, and then they come in behind your conviction and revoke his license. Well, what's he doing in the meantime? He could be out in the community molesting kids for two years."

Michalak said the case was finally taken to the grand jury several months later after he leaked the information about Plaisted's investigation to the local media.

""It was taking too long, and it wasn't being handled like another case," he said. ""And it was because he was so prominent in the community."

Plaisted was finally indicted in Corpus Christi in October 1992. He posted bond, closed his practice in Corpus Christi, and negotiated an agreement with the psychology board to place his license on inactive status until he could prove his innocence.

He then moved to Boston, where he enrolled in Boston University Law School and successfully completed his first year of studies by May 1994.

While in law school, Plaisted began calling a former patient - the girl whose treatment Horvat had reviewed in Corpus Christi. Plaisted convinced the girl's mother - who was also a patient of his - to bring the girl to Boston for additional therapy.

Plaisted's plans were foiled when a policeman setting up a speed trap in his neighborhood accidentally intercepted on his police radio a sexually explicit telephone call between the girl and Plaisted, who was using a cordless phone.

FBI agents were called in, six other calls were taped, and Plaisted was arrested on June 3, 1994, after he met the girl, then 13, and her mother at the train station and took them to a budget motel.

""The mother wasn't aware" of the molestations, said Adolfo Aguilo, an assistant Nueces County district attorney. ""The mother had a borderline personality disorder - she developed dependency on people -and unfortunately for her the person she developed a dependency on was Dr. Plaisted."

Sgt. Michael Harpster, a police detective from suburban Boston who helped arrest Plaisted, described him as ""very congenial, almost shy."

""He'd answer questions very courteously, but he didn't show any outward signs of knowing the seriousness of the situation," Harpster said.

Last January, Plaisted was sentenced by a federal judge in Boston to a two-year prison term after he pleaded guilty to transporting a minor across state lines to engage in illegal sexual activity.

The Corpus Christi conviction and sentence came almost a year later.

In the end, Plaisted admitted molesting four victims. But prosecutors say no one will ever know how many others failed to come forward.

""I imagine there could be several other victims. Through his practice and the church he probably had access over the years to thousands of children," said Aguilo, the Corpus Christi prosecutor who eventually secured Plaisted's guilty plea.

""To me, any kid that came in contact with this guy was a victim in some way or another," added Michalak.

When Plaisted was sentenced last month, it was a bitter emotional meeting for many of his young victims and their parents, who had been called as witnesses in case Plaisted decided against the plea bargain.

Parents said Plaisted stood up straight, held his head high and looked the judge in the eye. And when he saw the relatives of his former victims, he acted as if he were attending a reunion of old friends, they said. One parent said Plaisted looked as if he thought they were there as supporters or character witnesses.

""He turned around and gave the families a big smile," Alvarado said. ""I couldn't believe it."

Alvarado, who sued Plaisted in civil court, has received a settlement for an undisclosed amount. Her son, now a teen-ager, is still struggling with his past abuse, she said, and she continues to feel betrayed by those who would not join her in speaking out years ago.

""I told them if they had helped me in the beginning, none of this would have happened," she said.

Plaisted timeline

Key dates in the career of Dr. James R. Plaisted:

January 1983: Licensed to practice psychology in Texas.

October 1984: Investigated by Texas Department of Human Resources for allegedly molesting a neighbor's child.

April 1986: Charged in criminal case for allegedly fondling a boy during therapy.

August 1986: Acquitted by jury in Corpus Christi.

October 1992: Indicted for sexual abuse of three Corpus Christi girls.

December 1992: Closed Corpus Christi office; moved to Boston to begin law school.

June 1994: Arrested by FBI agents for luring a 13-year-old former Corpus Christi patient to Boston.

January 1995: Indicted by Corpus Christi grand jury on three counts of aggravated sexual assault for incidents years earlier involving the same girl.

January 1995: Sentenced to two years in federal prison in Boston case.

Dec. 7, 1995: Sentenced to 40 years in state prison by a Corpus Christi judge after pleading guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Junior John voted against a plan for legalizing millions of undocumented

2007-07-14T20:45:00.000-12:00

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Junior John voted against a plan for legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants who are already here. Is that a pro hispanic vote?.

Senator votes against Amnesty for undocumented workers who are already living in the country.

By Associated Press

Thursday, June 28, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republican senators and a handful of Democrats are trying to put a final knife in President Bush's plan for legalizing millions of unlawful immigrants.

A broad immigration bill, embracing what critics call amnesty, survived a series of unfriendly amendments Wednesday.

Supporters must gain 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to limit debate and clear the way for a roll call on final passage, perhaps by Friday. Anything less will likely doom the legislation until a new president and Congress take office in 2009.

Junior John voted against the immigration measure that could grant legalization to the estimated 12 million unlawful immigrants if they pass background checks and pay fines and fees. It also would toughen border security and institute a new system for weeding out illegal immigrants from workplaces.

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was among those disappointed Wednesday. The Senate voted 55-40 to reject his amendment that would have made it easier for some immigrants to obtain visas for family members left behind in their home countries.

Senate Roll #247	Jul 13, 2007 9:29 AM	No Vote	Dorgan Amdt. No. 2135, as Amended, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 87-1, 12 not voting
Senate Roll #246	Jul 12, 2007 4:55 PM	Aye	Levin Amdt. No. 2019, As Amended, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 94-0, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #245	Jul 12, 2007 4:10 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 2024, as Modified, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 90-5, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #244	Jul 11, 2007 6:48 PM	Aye	Graham Amdt. No. 2078, as Modified, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 41-55, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #243	Jul 11, 2007 6:20 PM	Nay	Hagel Amdt. No. 2032, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 52-45, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #242	Jul 11, 2007 4:13 PM	Aye	Lieberman Amdt. No. 2073, as Modified, H.R. 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #241	Jul 11, 2007 11:38 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Webb Amdt. No. 2012 Cloture Motion Rejected 56-41, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #240	Jul 9, 2007 6:12 PM	Aye	Confirming Janet T. Neff, of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 83-4, 13 not voting
Senate Roll #239	Jul 9, 2007 5:43 PM	Aye	Confirming Liam O'Grady, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 88-0, 12 not voting
Senate Roll #238	Jun 28, 2007 5:00 PM	Aye	Confirming Richard Sullivan, of New York, to be US District Judge Nomination Confirmed 99-0, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #237	Jun 28, 2007 4:45 PM	Aye	Confirming Benjamin Hale Settle, of Washington, to be US District Judge Nomination Confirmed 99-0, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #236	Jun 28, 2007 4:11 PM	Aye	Confirming Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, to be Lt. Gen. US Army under title 10, U.S.C., section 601 Nomination Confirmed 94-4, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #235	Jun 28, 2007 11:04 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 1639: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Cloture Motion Rejected 46-53, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #234	Jun 27, 2007 5:34 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. VII, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Failed 45-52, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #233	Jun 27, 2007 4:14 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. VI of Amdt. No.1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 55-40, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #232	Jun 27, 2007 3:45 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. IV, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 56-41, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #231	Jun 27, 2007 3:05 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. III of Amdt. No.1934, as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 57-40, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #230	Jun 27, 2007 12:47 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. II, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 79-18, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #229	Jun 27, 2007 12:03 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Div. I Amdt. No. 1934 as Modified ) Motion to Table Agreed to 53-45, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #228	Jun 26, 2007 12:16 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 1639: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Cloture Motion Agreed to 64-35, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #227	Jun 26, 2007 11:51 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 800: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 51-48, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #225	Jun 21, 2007 11:03 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 62-32, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #224	Jun 21, 2007 1:35 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 1502 Cloture Motion Agreed to 61-32, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #223	Jun 21, 2007 12:22 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 1704 Cloture Motion Rejected 57-36, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #222	Jun 21, 2007 11:53 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Kyl Amdt. No. 1733 as Modified (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 38-55, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #226	Jun 21, 2007 11:25 AM	Nay	H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 65-27, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #219	Jun 20, 2007 5:33 PM	Nay	Bingaman Amdt. No. 1693, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 58-34, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #221	Jun 20, 2007 4:19 PM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 1800, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 45-49, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #220	Jun 20, 2007 4:00 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Inhofe Amdt. No. 1666 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 31-63, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #218	Jun 20, 2007 11:24 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Gregg Amdt. No. 1718 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 36-56, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #217	Jun 20, 2007 10:11 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: DeMint Amdt. No. 1546 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 37-55, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #216	Jun 19, 2007 5:53 PM	Nay	Cardin Amdt. No. 1610, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 37-56, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #215	Jun 19, 2007 5:25 PM	Nay	Kohl Amdt. No. 1519, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 70-23, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #214	Jun 19, 2007 3:47 PM	Nay	Tester Amdt. No. 1614, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 33-61, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #213	Jun 19, 2007 3:21 PM	Aye	Bunning Amdt. No. 1628, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 39-55, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #212	Jun 14, 2007 5:30 PM	Aye	Warner Amdt. No. 1566, As Modified, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 43-44, 12 not voting
Senate Roll #211	Jun 14, 2007 11:58 AM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Domenici Amdt. No. 1538 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 56-39, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #210	Jun 13, 2007 11:55 AM	Aye	Inhofe Amdt. No. 1505, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 43-52, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #209	Jun 12, 2007 5:46 PM	Nay	Bayh Amdt. No. 1508, H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 63-30, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #208	Jun 11, 2007 6:16 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6: CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 91-0, 8 not voting
Senate Roll #207	Jun 11, 2007 5:55 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S.J.Res.14 Cloture Motion Rejected 53-38, 8 not voting
Senate Roll #206	Jun 7, 2007 8:24 PM	Nay	Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Kennedy Amdt. No. 1150, As Amended Cloture Motion Rejected 45-50, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #205	Jun 7, 2007 8:02 PM	No Vote	Motion to Instruct Sgt. at Arms (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 72-13, 14 not voting
Senate Roll #204	Jun 7, 2007 11:59 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Cloture Motion Rejected 34-61, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #203	Jun 7, 2007 11:41 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Kennedy Amdt. No. 1150, As Amended Cloture Motion Rejected 33-63, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #202	Jun 7, 2007 11:05 AM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 1311, As Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 42-54, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #201	Jun 6, 2007 11:59 PM	Nay	Dorgan Amdt. No. 1316, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 49-48, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #200	Jun 6, 2007 11:41 PM	Nay	Obama Amdt. No. 1202, As Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 42-55, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #199	Jun 6, 2007 11:22 PM	Aye	Vitter Amdt. No. 1339, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-49, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #198	Jun 6, 2007 11:02 PM	Aye	Inhofe Amdt. No. 1151, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 64-33, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #197	Jun 6, 2007 10:46 PM	Nay	Salazar Amdt. No. 1384, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 58-39, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #196	Jun 6, 2007 10:27 PM	Aye	Ensign Amdt. No. 1374, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 42-55, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #195	Jun 6, 2007 10:00 PM	Nay	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Clinton Amdt. No. 1183, As Further Modified (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 44-53, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #194	Jun 6, 2007 8:10 PM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 1460, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 51-45, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #193	Jun 6, 2007 7:54 PM	Nay	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Menendez Amdt. No 1194 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 53-44, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #192	Jun 6, 2007 7:37 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 1234, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 56-41, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #191	Jun 6, 2007 7:19 PM	Nay	Reid Amdt. No. 1331, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 57-40, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #190	Jun 6, 2007 6:50 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 1250, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 57-39, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #189	Jun 6, 2007 2:30 PM	Nay	Bingaman Amdt. No. 1267 As Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 41-57, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #188	Jun 6, 2007 2:04 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 1197, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 43-55, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #187	Jun 6, 2007 12:25 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 1184, As Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-51, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #186	Jun 6, 2007 11:56 AM	Nay	Kennedy Amdt. No. 1333, as Modified, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 66-32, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #185	Jun 5, 2007 7:46 PM	Nay	Feingold Amdt. No. 1176, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 67-26, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #184	Jun 5, 2007 7:20 PM	Aye	McConnell Amdt. No. 1170, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 41-52, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #183	Jun 5, 2007 3:58 PM	Nay	Durbin Amdt. No. 1231, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 71-22, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #182	Jun 5, 2007 3:29 PM	Aye	Allard Amdt. No. 1189, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 31-62, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #181	May 24, 2007 8:26 PM	Aye	Motion to Concur in House Amdt. to Senate Amdt to H.R.2206 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 80-14, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #180	May 24, 2007 5:59 PM	Nay	Vitter Amdt. No. 1157, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 29-66, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #179	May 24, 2007 5:27 PM	Nay	Sanders Amdt. No. 1223, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 59-35, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #178	May 24, 2007 2:15 PM	Nay	Dorgan Amdt. No. 1181, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-49, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #177	May 24, 2007 12:46 PM	Aye	Coleman Amdt. No. 1158, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-49, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #176	May 24, 2007 12:19 PM	Aye	Akaka Amdt. No. 1186, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 87-9, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #175	May 23, 2007 2:29 PM	Nay	Bingaman Amdt. No. 1169, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 74-24, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #174	May 22, 2007 5:47 PM	Nay	Dorgan Amdt. No. 1153, S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 31-64, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #173	May 21, 2007 5:43 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Cloture Motion Agreed to 69-23, 8 not voting
Senate Roll #172	May 17, 2007 4:03 PM	Nay	S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. (On the Conference Report) Conference Report Agreed to 52-40, 8 not voting
Senate Roll #171	May 17, 2007 10:31 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 1123 Cloture Motion Agreed to 94-1, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #170	May 16, 2007 5:15 PM	Aye	H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 91-4, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #169	May 16, 2007 11:35 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Cochran Amdt. No. 1135 Cloture Motion Agreed to 87-9, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #168	May 16, 2007 11:12 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Warner Amdt. No. 1134 Cloture Motion Rejected 52-44, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #167	May 16, 2007 10:44 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Feingold Amdt. No. 1098 Cloture Motion Rejected 29-67, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #166	May 15, 2007 6:11 PM	Nay	Kerry Amdt. No. 1094, H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 51-42, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #165	May 15, 2007 2:55 PM	Nay	Feingold Amdt. No. 1086, H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 22-69, 9 not voting
Senate Roll #164	May 15, 2007 2:23 PM	Nay	Coburn Amdt. No. 1089, H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 11-79, 10 not voting
Senate Roll #163	May 15, 2007 11:43 AM	Nay	Coburn Amdt. No. 1090, H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 12-77, 11 not voting
Senate Roll #162	May 10, 2007 9:59 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 1495: Water Resources Development Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 89-7, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #161	May 9, 2007 8:14 PM	Aye	Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 21 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 44-51, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #160	May 9, 2007 7:58 PM	Nay	Conrad Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res.21 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 51-44, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #159	May 9, 2007 7:34 PM	Aye	Kyl Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 21 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 54-41, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #158	May 9, 2007 2:41 PM	Aye	Confirming Debra Ann Livingston to be U.S. Circuit Judge Nomination Confirmed 91-0, 9 not voting
Senate Roll #157	May 9, 2007 12:54 PM	Aye	S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 93-1, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #156	May 9, 2007 12:37 PM	Nay	Durbin Amdt. No. 1034, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-47, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #155	May 9, 2007 12:18 PM	Aye	Grassley Amdt. No. 998, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 64-30, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #154	May 9, 2007 11:49 AM	Nay	Grassley Amdt. No. 1039, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-47, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #153	May 8, 2007 12:09 PM	Aye	Confirming Frederick J. Kapala, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 91-0, 9 not voting
Senate Roll #152	May 7, 2007 5:09 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Committee Substitute as Modified and Amended to S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 82-8, 10 not voting
Senate Roll #151	May 7, 2007 4:05 PM	Aye	Cochran Amdt. No. 1010, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 49-40, 11 not voting
Senate Roll #150	May 3, 2007 10:36 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Dorgan Amdt. No. 990 Cloture Motion Agreed to 63-28, 9 not voting
Senate Roll #149	May 2, 2007 5:08 PM	Aye	Durbin Amdt. No. 1022, as Modified, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 94-0, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #148	May 2, 2007 12:26 PM	Aye	Allard Amdt. No. 982, S. 1082: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 41-53, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #147	Apr 26, 2007 12:56 PM	Nay	H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. (On the Conference Report) Conference Report Agreed to 51-46, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #146	Apr 25, 2007 6:24 PM	Aye	S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 88-8, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #145	Apr 25, 2007 5:58 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 922, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 82-14, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #144	Apr 25, 2007 5:33 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 921, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 39-57, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #143	Apr 25, 2007 3:49 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 918, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 27-67, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #142	Apr 25, 2007 3:21 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 930, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 22-71, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #141	Apr 25, 2007 11:10 AM	Aye	Sununu Amdt. No. 938, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 24-74, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #140	Apr 24, 2007 6:23 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 917 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 54-43, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #139	Apr 24, 2007 6:02 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 928 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 62-35, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #138	Apr 24, 2007 5:38 PM	Aye	Dodd Amdt. No. 947, As Modified, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #137	Apr 24, 2007 2:16 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 929, S. 761: America COMPETES Act (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 96-0, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #136	Apr 24, 2007 12:12 PM	Aye	Confirming Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 95-0, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #135	Apr 19, 2007 2:05 PM	Aye	S. 378: Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #134	Apr 18, 2007 6:02 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 891 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 59-38, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #133	Apr 18, 2007 10:17 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 378: Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 93-3, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #132	Apr 18, 2007 9:48 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 55-42, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #131	Apr 17, 2007 5:46 PM	Nay	Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 372: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 50-45, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #130	Apr 16, 2007 5:32 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 372: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 41-40, 19 not voting
Senate Roll #129	Apr 12, 2007 11:33 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 372: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 94-3, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #128	Apr 11, 2007 6:20 PM	Aye	S. 30: HOPE Act (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 70-28, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #127	Apr 11, 2007 5:53 PM	Nay	S. 5: Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 63-34, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #125	Mar 29, 2007 10:48 AM	Nay	Whether the Amendment is Germane (Is Section 431 of the Senate Language to H.R. 1591 Germane? ) Amendment Germane 57-41, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #126	Mar 29, 2007 10:36 AM	Nay	H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 51-47, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #124	Mar 29, 2007 9:59 AM	Aye	Biden Amdt. No. 739, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #123	Mar 29, 2007 9:38 AM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 704, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #122	Mar 29, 2007 9:10 AM	Aye	Ensign Amdt. No. 752, As Modified, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 93-0, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #121	Mar 28, 2007 3:50 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 648, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 45-51, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #120	Mar 28, 2007 3:29 PM	Aye	Coburn Amdt. No. 657, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 23-74, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #119	Mar 28, 2007 3:12 PM	Nay	Burr Amdt. No. 716, As Modified, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 8-89, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #118	Mar 28, 2007 2:44 PM	Nay	Wyden Amdt. No. 709, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 74-23, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #117	Mar 28, 2007 12:02 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... Cloture Motion Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #116	Mar 27, 2007 5:06 PM	Aye	Cochran Amd. No. 643, H.R. 1591: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-50, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #115	Mar 27, 2007 12:12 PM	Aye	Confirming George H. Wu, of California, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 95-0, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #114	Mar 23, 2007 2:52 PM	Nay	S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. (On the Resolution) Resolution Agreed to 52-47, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #113	Mar 23, 2007 2:26 PM	Aye	Lott Amdt. No. 606, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 49-50, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #112	Mar 23, 2007 2:07 PM	Aye	Chambliss Amendment No. 536, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-55, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #111	Mar 23, 2007 1:52 PM	Aye	Bunning Amdt. No. 594 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-55, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #110	Mar 23, 2007 1:32 PM	Nay	Biden Amdt. No. 529, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 65-33, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #109	Mar 23, 2007 1:13 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 578, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-55, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #108	Mar 23, 2007 12:54 PM	Aye	Grassley Amdt. No. 471, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-53, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #107	Mar 23, 2007 12:37 PM	Aye	Graham Amdt. No. 478, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-52, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #106	Mar 23, 2007 12:17 PM	Aye	Thomas Amendment No. 515, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 39-59, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #105	Mar 23, 2007 11:59 AM	Nay	Smith Amdt. No. 510 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 59-40, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #104	Mar 23, 2007 11:43 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Allard Amendment No. 521 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 39-60, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #103	Mar 23, 2007 11:26 AM	Aye	Hatch Amdt. No. 508, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 49-50, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #102	Mar 23, 2007 11:05 AM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 583, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 48-51, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #101	Mar 23, 2007 10:45 AM	Nay	Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 626, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 25-74, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #100	Mar 23, 2007 10:24 AM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 473, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-53, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #99	Mar 23, 2007 9:50 AM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 513, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 38-61, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #98	Mar 22, 2007 6:03 PM	Aye	Coleman Amdt. No. 577, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 42-53, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #97	Mar 22, 2007 5:48 PM	Nay	Conrad Amdt. No. 598, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 54-42, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #96	Mar 22, 2007 5:24 PM	Nay	Thomas Amdt. No. 498, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 29-67, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #95	Mar 22, 2007 5:03 PM	Aye	Enzi Amendment No. 497, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-49, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #94	Mar 22, 2007 4:44 PM	Nay	Sanders Amdt. No. 545 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 38-58, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #93	Mar 22, 2007 4:17 PM	Aye	Ensign Amdt. No. 472, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 44-52, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #92	Mar 22, 2007 12:38 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 525 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 23-74, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #91	Mar 22, 2007 12:19 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 511, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 38-59, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #90	Mar 22, 2007 12:00 PM	Aye	Allard Amdt. No. 491, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 33-64, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #89	Mar 22, 2007 11:33 AM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 489, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 45-52, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #88	Mar 21, 2007 6:45 PM	Aye	Bingaman Amdt. No. 486, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-1, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #87	Mar 21, 2007 6:31 PM	Aye	Bunning Amdt. No. 483, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #86	Mar 21, 2007 6:16 PM	Aye	Ensign Amdt. No. 476, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-51, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #85	Mar 21, 2007 6:01 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. 466 as Modified, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 46-52, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #84	Mar 21, 2007 5:44 PM	Aye	Cornyn Amdt. No. 477, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 63-35, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #83	Mar 21, 2007 5:28 PM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 507, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-51, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #82	Mar 21, 2007 5:02 PM	Aye	Baucus Amdt. No. 492, S.Con.Res. 21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government... (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 97-1, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #81	Mar 20, 2007 12:16 PM	Aye	S. 214: Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 94-2, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #80	Mar 20, 2007 12:01 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 460, S. 214: Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-50, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #79	Mar 20, 2007 11:33 AM	Aye	Kyl Amdt. No. 459, S. 214: Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 40-56, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #78	Mar 15, 2007 5:01 PM	Aye	Confirming Thomas M. Hardiman, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge Nomination Confirmed 95-0, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #77	Mar 15, 2007 4:40 PM	Aye	S.Con.Res. 20: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that no funds should be cut off or reduced for American Troops in the field which would result in undermining their safety or their ability to complete their assigned mission. (On the Concurrent Resolution) Concurrent Resolution Agreed to 82-16, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #76	Mar 15, 2007 4:18 PM	Aye	S.Res. 107: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions. (On the Resolution) Resolution Agreed to 96-2, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #75	Mar 15, 2007 3:51 PM	Nay	S.J.Res. 9: A joint resolution to revise United States policy on Iraq. (On the Joint Resolution) Joint Resolution Defeated 48-50, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #74	Mar 14, 2007 11:17 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. J. Res. 9 Cloture Motion Agreed to 89-9, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #73	Mar 13, 2007 5:11 PM	Nay	S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 60-38, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #72	Mar 13, 2007 4:20 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Biden Amdt. No. 383 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 73-25, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #71	Mar 13, 2007 12:34 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 325 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 66-31, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #70	Mar 13, 2007 11:47 AM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 294 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 60-38, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #69	Mar 9, 2007 9:56 AM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on Reid Amdt. No. 275, As Amended Cloture Motion Agreed to 69-26, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #68	Mar 9, 2007 9:30 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on Cornyn Amdt. No. 312, As Modified Cloture Motion Rejected 46-49, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #67	Mar 8, 2007 6:36 PM	Aye	On the Nomination (John Alfred Jarvey, of Iowa, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa ) Nomination Confirmed 95-0, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #66	Mar 7, 2007 6:16 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 345 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 71-25, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #65	Mar 7, 2007 2:12 PM	Aye	Collins Amdt. No. 342, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 47-52, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #64	Mar 7, 2007 1:22 PM	Nay	McCaskill Amdt. No. 316 As Modified, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 51-48, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #63	Mar 6, 2007 6:17 PM	Nay	Leahy Amdt. No. 333, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 49-50, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #62	Mar 6, 2007 6:00 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Obama Amdt. No. 338 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 59-40, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #61	Mar 6, 2007 5:34 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 335 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 56-43, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #60	Mar 6, 2007 12:00 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 314 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 51-46, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #59	Mar 5, 2007 5:49 PM	Aye	Confirming Carl J. Artman, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior Nomination Confirmed 87-1, 12 not voting
Senate Roll #58	Mar 2, 2007 10:26 AM	Aye	Salazar Amdt. No. 280, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 82-1, 17 not voting
Senate Roll #57	Mar 2, 2007 10:02 AM	Aye	Sununu Amdt. No. 292, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 82-0, 18 not voting
Senate Roll #56	Mar 1, 2007 4:48 PM	Aye	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 298 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 58-38, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #55	Feb 28, 2007 5:54 PM	Aye	DeMint Amdt. No. 279 As Modified, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 94-2, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #54	Feb 28, 2007 5:29 PM	Nay	Inouye Amdt. No. 285, S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 58-37, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #53	Feb 27, 2007 2:29 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 4: Improving America's Security Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #52	Feb 17, 2007 2:18 PM	Nay	H.Con.Res. 67: Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 47-33, 20 not voting
Senate Roll #51	Feb 17, 2007 1:45 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 574: A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq. Cloture Motion Rejected 56-34, 10 not voting
Senate Roll #50	Feb 15, 2007 10:58 AM	Aye	Confirming Marcia Morales Howard, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 93-0, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #49	Feb 15, 2007 10:29 AM	Aye	Confirming Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Nomination Confirmed 94-0, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #47	Feb 14, 2007 4:46 PM	Aye	Confirming Nora Barry Fischer, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 96-0, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #48	Feb 14, 2007 7:10 AM	Aye	H.J.Res. 20: Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (On the Joint Resolution) Joint Resolution Passed 81-15, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #46	Feb 13, 2007 2:30 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.J.Res. 20 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 71-26, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #45	Feb 8, 2007 11:51 AM	Aye	Confirming Gen. George W. Casey to be Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Nomination Confirmed 83-14, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #44	Feb 5, 2007 5:44 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 470: A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq. Cloture Motion Rejected 49-47, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #43	Feb 1, 2007 5:25 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.Con.Res.2 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 0-97, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #42	Feb 1, 2007 5:00 PM	Aye	H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 94-3, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #41	Feb 1, 2007 12:19 PM	Aye	Confirming Gregory Kent Frizzell, of Oklahoma, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 99-0, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #40	Feb 1, 2007 11:54 AM	Aye	Confirming Lawrence Joseph O' Neill, of California, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #39	Jan 31, 2007 4:33 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R.2, As Amended (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 88-8, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #38	Jan 31, 2007 4:02 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive C.B.A. Re: Kyl Amdt. No. 115 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 46-50, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #37	Jan 31, 2007 2:32 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Kyl Amdt. No. 209 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 49-48, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #36	Jan 30, 2007 4:39 PM	Aye	Confirming Philip S. Gutierrez, of California, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #35	Jan 30, 2007 4:13 PM	Aye	Confirming Lisa Godbey Wood, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge Nomination Confirmed 97-0, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #34	Jan 30, 2007 12:15 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 100 (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 87-10, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #33	Jan 26, 2007 9:45 AM	Aye	Confirming Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army, to be General Nomination Confirmed 81-0, 19 not voting
Senate Roll #31	Jan 25, 2007 5:42 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 148, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 94-0, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #30	Jan 25, 2007 4:14 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA, Smith Amdt. No. 113, As Amended (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 43-50, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #29	Jan 25, 2007 3:48 PM	Aye	Baucus Amdt. No. 206, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 90-0, 10 not voting
Senate Roll #28	Jan 25, 2007 2:59 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA, Bunning Amdt. No. 19 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 42-51, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #27	Jan 25, 2007 2:05 PM	Aye	Baucus Amdt. No. 207, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 93-0, 7 not voting
Senate Roll #26	Jan 25, 2007 12:17 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA, Ensign Amdt. No. 154 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 47-48, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #25	Jan 25, 2007 10:32 AM	Aye	Motion to Waive Re: DeMint Amdt. No. 158 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 18-76, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #24	Jan 24, 2007 5:11 PM	Aye	Allard Amdt. No. 116, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 28-69, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #23	Jan 24, 2007 12:01 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 54-43, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #22	Jan 24, 2007 11:34 AM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Gregg Amdt. No. 1012 Cloture Motion Rejected 49-48, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #21	Jan 23, 2007 4:46 PM	Aye	Sessions Amdt. No. 106 As Modified, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #20	Jan 23, 2007 2:45 PM	Aye	Snowe Amdt. No. 103 As Modified, H.R. 2: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 99-0, 1 not voting
Senate Roll #18	Jan 18, 2007 9:22 PM	Nay	Lieberman Amdt No. 30, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Rejected 27-71, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #19	Jan 18, 2007 9:04 PM	Aye	S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On Passage of the Bill) Bill Passed 96-2, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #17	Jan 18, 2007 8:21 PM	Aye	Bennett Amdt No. 20, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 55-43, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #16	Jan 17, 2007 9:58 PM	Nay	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt No. 3 To S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Rejected 51-46, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #15	Jan 17, 2007 9:41 PM	Aye	Reid Amdt No. 4, As Modified and Amended, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 88-9, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #14	Jan 17, 2007 9:24 PM	Aye	Bennett Amdt. No. 81, As amended, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 51-46, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #13	Jan 17, 2007 8:59 PM	Aye	Feingold Amdt. No. 65, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 89-5, 6 not voting
Senate Roll #12	Jan 16, 2007 6:17 PM	Aye	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 4 to S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 Cloture Motion Agreed to 95-2, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #11	Jan 16, 2007 5:57 PM	Aye	Demint Amdt. No. 11, As amended, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #10	Jan 16, 2007 5:35 PM	Aye	Durbin Amdt. No. 44 As Modified, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 98-0, 2 not voting
Senate Roll #9	Jan 12, 2007 10:17 AM	Aye	Vitter Amdt. No. 10, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 81-6, 13 not voting
Senate Roll #8	Jan 12, 2007 9:50 AM	Aye	Kerry Amdt. No. 1, As Modified, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 87-0, 13 not voting
Senate Roll #7	Jan 11, 2007 4:10 PM	Aye	Motion to Instruct Sgt. at Arms (On the Motion) Motion Agreed to 90-6, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #6	Jan 11, 2007 2:32 PM	Aye	Motion to Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 13 (On the Motion) Motion Rejected 25-72, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #5	Jan 11, 2007 2:03 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 11 ) Motion to Table Failed 46-51, 3 not voting
Senate Roll #4	Jan 10, 2007 5:28 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 6 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 54-41, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #3	Jan 10, 2007 5:02 PM	Nay	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 5 ) Motion to Table Agreed to 56-40, 4 not voting
Senate Roll #2	Jan 10, 2007 12:00 PM	Aye	Vitter Amdt No. 7, S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 (On the Amendment) Amendment Agreed to 93-2, 5 not voting
Senate Roll #1	Jan 8, 2007 12:01 PM	Aye	S.Res. 19: A resolution honoring President Gerald Rudolph Ford. (On the Resolution) Resolution Agreed to 88-0, 12 not voting

essenceofpinocchio: Sonias makes PRO CHOICE Statement to Censor instead of Admitting her wrong and Apologizing

2007-07-14T14:26:00.000-12:00

Why was the sub-thread deleted?

Sonias: You have earned the Pinocchio Award for your prevarication and cheating!

This sub thread was deleted at the Democratic Underground because SONIAS found herself in checkmate. In poor taste she chose to flip the board over in the interest of Censoring her defeat.

23. I would normally say welcome to DU dannoynted1

But seeing that you have disabled your profile, i.e. hiding like a coward, combined with your support of republicans on a Democratic board makes you stick out like the troll you probably are. Go back to freeperville dannoynted1!

Sonia

36. How is it.......

you call my Lioness names from behind a keyboard and of all things; because her profile is disabled?

We are here with our real identities acknowledged, our good name precedes us. Support of republicans? Maybe you mistake us for our elected Democrats who support the Delay Brothers and are frequently absent when it is time to vote on bartered legislation trade outs. Now back to the ad hominem attack, your reasoning is fallacial as it implies we are hiding our identities as if we have something to fear. Ridicule and attempts to discredit are only last resort attempts of futility. Sonia, you are wrong and you should apologize.
"For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage; for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it."

"IN THE KNOW": For those of you who are "In the Know"

2007-07-01T23:56:00.000-12:00

"IN THE KNOW": For those of you who are "In the Know"

Quantum meruit: Ask no more and give no less than honesty, courage, loyalty, generosity, and fairness

Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: "nobody knows Mikal Watts better than Corpus Christi." But does Mikal Watts know us (the people of Corpus Christi)?

The Kenedy Pasture Company: A Civil Action in the Making?

2007-07-02

A Civil Action in the Making?

Why must we flex our muscles?

Nueces County, CCISD, 105th Judicial District Attorney; how many kids were locked up without an attorney?

There is no excuse for violating the basic human rights afforded under the United States Constitution.
How many kids were locked up by a court of nonrecord?
Not even with a parent's consent unless the parent has been given the opportunity to consult with counsel.
How many children taken into custody were advised of their Miranda Rights?
Oh yeah, Plaisted and every CCISD kid for whom, he provided service

.

What do we want?

Go do some homework, we want responsive representation with transparent operation.

We want to not be railroaded for tardies or for absences when the District does not practice due diligence in interdicting but is very diligent in recording the events and adamantly prosecutes and collects half of the fine. When the people cant pay the kids are picked up from class and taken in handcuffs to the court of nonrecord. The Parent is contacted and ordered to appear immediately. When the Parent arrives he or she is told to pay or your kid goes to jail and sometimes the parent is threatened and / or locked up as well. I have never seen a kid who has been provided counsel but I have witnessed many a kid go to jail.

And this from non responsive legislators who have enabled the School Administration to blame the parent when they allow children in their custody to roam at large unaccounted for and the District in coordination with the Courts of non record get paid (profit) from it.

2007-07-01

"Court Appointed Rolodex's". Nanotechnology and "Confessing Error" in a dog and pony show who operate like they are in a Kangaroo Court.

Nanotechnology at work right before our eyes finally an acknowledgment of what has been going on for quite a while now. The information in those "Court Appointed Rolodex's", there is gold in them hills. And this is going to start becoming available when? and for who? We have came to a narrowing of the road here in this alligning of energy fields. I can see it now we got Mikal who who is the adversary of my adversary John Cornyn. We also have the Honorable Judge Manuel Banales who needs to align with Mr Watts and vice versa. Does he want to run for mayor unopposed? I would rather see him correct the errors and run for Governor or Ascend to the Texas Supreme Court. Now, John Cornyn has "Confessed Error" and I assure you it wasn't out of fairness but in the essence of knocking the checkers off of the Table because he was going to lose. And Carlos Valdez & John Hubert "Confess Error" on appeal from the 105th. Hubert & Valdez "confess error" so they can conceal Mary Cano. And that is as painless as it gets.
Anton

CCCT Political Pulse
Mikal Watts seeks to round up list of Democrats for self, others
By Jaime Powell
A Monday noontime fundraiser at Vietnam restaurant for U.S. Senate hopeful Mikal Watts was a who's who of the local bar association and judiciary, including five district judges. Watts, who is living in San Antonio, told the crowd that "nobody knows Mikal Watts better than Corpus Christi."

Watts, a Democrat, who is seeking the seat held by Republican Sen. John Cornyn, asked the gathering to dig through their Rolodexes and e-mail address lists because he hopes to compile a statewide database to reach Democratic voters that can be used by all Texas Democrats.

"That way, when Judge (J. Manuel) Bañales runs for mayor he can use it," Watts joked, to uproarious laughter from the crowd and a big grin from Bañales, who was sitting on the front row.

Nueces De La Parra

Anne Fernandez Case Survives Anti-Suit Injunction: In conclusion, we reverse the summary judgment and remand the case to the 105th district court

Hegemony: Power, Culture & Ideology: Danny Guerra is Congressman Solomon Ortiz's Second Staff Resignation in Two Months. Why Did Danny Resign?.

Danny Guerra is Congressman Solomon Ortiz's Second Staff Resignation in Two Months. Why Did Danny Resign?.

Nueces Democrats: "These are not Democrat issues. These are not Republican issues." These are Nueces County issues" Somebody's Knockin on the Door."

Crooked politics, cattle rustlers, land fraud, warfare, and enough illicit sex to populate South Texas courtrooms for generations

Kent Biffle: Rancher Kenedy's known as more than just a pretty face

09:24 AM CST on Sunday, January 6, 2008

Nueces Democrats: Robert Zamora:A Man of Strength & Stability ; Winning Back The Nueces County Democratic Party For All South Texas Democrats

Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent

Parkdale Bank: Ray Mc Murrey Is From Here, He Still Believes Like It Says In The Intro, "I'll be a straight-shooter & a square-dealer "& He Does "Reme

Dancing Politicos: Texas Monthly Web Press: Fil & Junior John ( the Two Juniors) dont give a hoot about a VA Hospital or Children’s Healthcare, they d

B.A.C.A.L.A.: Velacrat is making friends with the Federal Entrapment gang and sycophants up to the ones he believes will elevate his Rose

South Texas Judicial Watch Dog Authority: A Bill for the Creation of a Robstown Nueces County Constitutional Judge?

Texas Public Education Watchdog Authority: Why would Texas re elect a loser who ALWAYS votes against education and Texas children?

Why would Texas re elect a loser who ALWAYS votes against education and Texas children?

Ain't Bobby so cool?..."We must recognize that this short life can neither be ennobled or enriched by hatred or revenge."

South Texas Chisme: Solomon Ortiz Jr. on Corpus Christi water problem

"Solomon Ortiz Jr. on Corpus Christi water problem"

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Telemundo South Texas: Senatorial Prevarication: Will Texas Allow Junior John to Poke Our Eyes?,.... He hope so!

"IN THE KNOW": "Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all ships at sea," "Let’s go to press!

Corpus Christi Caller Times: After we finish with (this issue), Mr Mike Hummel will always remember to read the local internet and to give credit wher

"IN THE KNOW": Anybody need 5 Brand New Faulty Firestone Tires for their Family Vehicle? Hurry while vacation season is still here!

Corpus Christi Caller Times: Corpus Christi Daily Digital: Linda was the first person in a Corpus Christi Public Housing Dev. to successfully run 4 pu

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: Fwd: [Bay of Pigs] Judge Westergren h

CCISD: policy was instead an attorney general's opinion that had not been adopted locally. hear that?

Ortiz: "Time is running out.". <> Lobo: "As far as Rendon's fee-you know it will be a pretty penny."

Rendon to help in the transition at NS Ingleside

U.S. Congressman Solomon Ortiz, for mug

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The Serpent IN the Garden January 14, 1996 Houston: Inaction Allowed Abuser To Roam For 10 Years.

Hector P Garcia Institute of Education, Integrity, Culture and Public Policy: Junior John voted against a plan for legalizing millions of undocumented

essenceofpinocchio: Sonias makes PRO CHOICE Statement to Censor instead of Admitting her wrong and Apologizing

"IN THE KNOW": For those of you who are "In the Know"

The Kenedy Pasture Company: A Civil Action in the Making?

2007-07-02

A Civil Action in the Making?

2007-07-01

"Court Appointed Rolodex's". Nanotechnology and "Confessing Error" in a dog and pony show who operate like they are in a Kangaroo Court.

2007-06-30

If you need an attorney.....if he is any good he will tell you watt an "Ander's Appeal" is? If he tells you not to worry about it.........FIRE HIM !!!

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