Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Michael Davis’ Weekly Rant: Give DA Craig Watkins a shot and other thoughts from the past week

By Michael Davis of Dallas Progress

I learned a new definition of courage vs. cowardice of elected officials on my first trip to the Texas Legislature on Tuesday.

So... people may finally get indicted for DISD Credit Card Fraud. Only 18 months too late. But Allen Gwinn of Dallas.org discovers that the bill for using high-paid lawyers at an estimated $500 per hour to is approaching $1 million. Allen appropriately raised the question as to why costly lawyers are chasing down credit card receipts.

Tim Rogers at Frontburner reports than Gary Griffith (or at least the people that set up his website) may not know who is the police chief. Wasn't Ben Click like two Chiefs and 7 years ago? Even better is the warm, fuzzy, snippy reply he got from a guy working on GG's campaign. The rumor that this is a picture of said consultant in his campaign office is unconfirmed as of press time. Me...I would've said "somebody screwed up," gave TR a tip-o-the-hat and moved on.

My homie Blair at Pegasus appropriately turns up his BS meter when lamenting on the sad state of weather reporting in DFW.

While Tony Romo got 99.9% of the blame in Dallas' loss, this guy fumbled on Dallas' 1-yard line, causing a safety and cost the Cowboys the game as well. And who called that play anyway? To wit, my hometown squad looked like geniuses for this midweek move. Go Eagles!

Police stats are great, but where I live people are dropping and disappearing like flies.

Craig Watkins is our DA. And will be for the next four years. So at least give him a shot.

(Sidebar: Nobody is this dense, right?)

The sentences are coming down for the Aggtownz Fights DVDs case. Two guys are looking at life in jail. The lesson: don't mess with Tarrant County.

The Dallas County Jail system proves that getting locked up for minimal charges, spending four days in jail, and being scared for your life is an equal opportunity deal. 76-year olds get treated like everybody else. On KRLD's Ernie & Jay show, this poor woman detailed her jail stay which included (among other things) hiding under a blanket to escape the backflow that spewed out of the toilet.

My buddy Trey Garrison left DallasBlog to become a contributing editor at D Magazine. Trey was the first writer/blogger to do video blog interviews in Dallas, now everybody's doing it.

Thank you to all of the bloggers all over Texas who have supported me and linked to Dallas Progress. There's strength in numbers!

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Comments

Mike Orren Staff

Minor correction, Mike: Trey does great video interviews, no doubt, but we've been doing 'em since November 2005. 'Course ours were primarily music-oriented back then...

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Michael Davis Verified

I feel ya. I was referring more to the non-music stuff. I've seen them on DMN and other places, and they act like it's a new thing.

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