Posted on June 6, 2007 at 6:29 p.m.

Mike - Of course I could tell Whit(n)ey was talking about me. Heck - this whole dang thread was about me. That's why you started it - to figger out what to do about me. Right?

Interestingly - had I posted anonymously, this would never have been the problem that you've blown it up to be. Indeed, it likely would have caused you to do what you should have done all along - disallow anonymous posting.

I started out nice - and you liked it. I wrote about the news articles - and you liked it.

But then you let a few bad apples redirect your focus away from the news articles, and onto me personally.

Now, because I defended myself under my own name, you've got this lengthy Ban-Bucky thread going - which has nothing to do with what's in the news.

What's worse - now you've even censored out my perfectly ON-TOPIC post.

People of weak character often get sucked up into mass hysteria this way.

So, perhaps you're better off sticking to reviewing bad bands and pop restaurants and leaving the controversial hard-news discussions to those with the strength of character to handle difficult topics.

In your defense, this is how the Dallas Morning News reacted when their readers didn't like hosting discussions about the religious zealots, racists and White Separatists that plague our community.

So you're really no different from them, are you?

Harshness aside - I get your point. You're okay with me posting this stuff, and even posting a LOT of it. The only problem you really seem have is that I post UNDER MY OWN NAME.

But for that - this would never have been a problem.

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Posted on June 5, 2007 at 11:16 p.m.

re: The reason that Turner was fined was because they were moving dirt from that same construction site.

No - moving dirt is not an violation of any code, and it's not a crime for which he was charged.

He was charged with illegal dumping of garbage on other people's land. He plead guilty to the charge, and paid a fine.

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Posted on June 5, 2007 at 11:11 p.m.

re: Pull up the records dude. Show us all these criminal convictions.

That right there is what's called a non-denial denial - and it's kinda pathetic.

I mean - Leppert paid the fines; that's a matter of public record, and not even he denies it.

And since Pegasus has asked me to stop repeating myself, I'm done with you, "dude".

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Posted on June 5, 2007 at 1:06 p.m.

re: I'm one of the five people that signed the ordinance that gave people a petition to sign in the first place.

Good for you - but what does that have to do with the fact that Leppert was convicted of illegally dumping his business's garbage on other people's property?

I keep asking you about that but your answers are not responsive.

Is there a reason why you don't want to respond to questions about his criminal convictions?

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Posted on June 5, 2007 at 12:32 p.m.

Every time Leppert is asked about why he illegally dumped his company's garbage, he says "we" should stop with the attack ads.

Then he turns right around and attacks Oakley for trying to raise taxes - which Oakley has NOT done.

Leppert's trying to appeal to false Republican/Libertarian fears of increased taxes.

Oddly - Leppert goes on to say that he'll hire a whole bunch more cops, but doesn't say where the money will come from.

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Posted on June 5, 2007 at 12:24 p.m.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot...

It's also worth pointing out that the improvements in the city that Oakley pushed through - didn't even go to his own property. They just happened on public property NEAR his property.

Furthermore, they occurred in the TR basin - which I think we ALL can agree has not been improved upon enough.

Beyond that - the TR Basin is where Leppert illegally dumped his business's garbage.

So who do you want to be mayor - the guy who improves the TR Basin, or the guy who illegally dumps his business's garbage there?

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Posted on June 5, 2007 at 12:20 p.m.

That's a potential conflict of interest, not a realized one. Oakley does benefit from these improvements - but there's nothing wrong with that. We ALL benefit from them.

Leppert, the Abramoff Republican, has already been convicted of betraying the public trust twice.

All you've got against Oakley is that he benefits from making Dallas better.

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Posted on June 5, 2007 at 12:06 p.m.

re: You inject your political opinion into threads that don't even talk about politics.

Politics is relevant to every aspect of society the way math is relevant to every aspect of science.

If you don't like reading about that stuff - don't read it. Just skip to the next message.

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Posted on June 5, 2007 at 12:01 p.m.

Now that you've got the whole story... again... about how Leppert helped that company after they cheated the taxpayers, I'm curious about something.

Leppert was also fined several dozen thousand dollars for dumping construction waste on other people's property. In that case, he didn't even bother to defend himself. He just paid the fine.

How do you defend his actions in this matter?

I mean - this wasn't some far-off, federal thing and he wasn't hiding behind a corporate shield this time. This was right here at home, and while he was in charge.

And this isn't just some whiney, liberal crap about the environment. He just picked various parcel in Dallas and dumped tons of garbage there.

He could have just paid a small fee and taken it to the appropriate landfill - but he wanted to save a few bucks, so he dumped it on some folks property.

That's just skanky... and especially so for a man who wants to be MAYOR, of all things.

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