In “Straus Facts #7“, the Texas Scorecard reminds us of some of the more egregious behavior of the Texas House Speaker Joe Straus to whom some House primary candidates profess loyalty.
“UT Regent Wallace Hall discovered that legislators had been abusing the admissions system at UT Austin to get under-qualified children of family friends and donors admitted. In one egregious case, a student scoring in the bottom 1% of test takers was nonetheless admitted to UT’s prestigious law school.
“Instead of a reward, Joe Straus attacked Hall. First, he handpicked a committee to investigate Hall and attempted to impeach him. Then he threatened to refer Hall’s case to the corrupt Democratic Travis County District Attorney’s office.
“Straus told Gov. Rick Perry that he would drop the impeachment and would not make the criminal referral if Perry would force Hall to resign. When Perry refused, Straus instructed House staff to send the case to the DA.
“The charge? Straus asked the DA to indict Hall for giving one of the emails he had uncovered to his attorneys as part of his defense in the impeachment.
“Straus denied his offer to Perry was made, but Perry exposed the truth. The grand jury ultimately refused to indict Hall on the absurd charge, and the House dropped its impeachment efforts. The entire ordeal cost taxpayers millions of dollars,” the report reminded us.
We don’t need more state reps who are enthusiastic to support Straus as Speaker. Ask the candidates about their support for Straus in primary.
Another reason to defeat Speaker Straus’ enthusiastic supporters
Robert Pratt
In “Straus Facts #7“, the Texas Scorecard reminds us of some of the more egregious behavior of the Texas House Speaker Joe Straus to whom some House primary candidates profess loyalty.
“UT Regent Wallace Hall discovered that legislators had been abusing the admissions system at UT Austin to get under-qualified children of family friends and donors admitted. In one egregious case, a student scoring in the bottom 1% of test takers was nonetheless admitted to UT’s prestigious law school.
“Instead of a reward, Joe Straus attacked Hall. First, he handpicked a committee to investigate Hall and attempted to impeach him. Then he threatened to refer Hall’s case to the corrupt Democratic Travis County District Attorney’s office.
“Straus told Gov. Rick Perry that he would drop the impeachment and would not make the criminal referral if Perry would force Hall to resign. When Perry refused, Straus instructed House staff to send the case to the DA.
“The charge? Straus asked the DA to indict Hall for giving one of the emails he had uncovered to his attorneys as part of his defense in the impeachment.
“Straus denied his offer to Perry was made, but Perry exposed the truth. The grand jury ultimately refused to indict Hall on the absurd charge, and the House dropped its impeachment efforts. The entire ordeal cost taxpayers millions of dollars,” the report reminded us.
We don’t need more state reps who are enthusiastic to support Straus as Speaker. Ask the candidates about their support for Straus in primary.