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Posted on 03/02/2004 4:48:15 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle is the most powerful Democrat in Texas. No other Democrat is better positioned to launch vicious, vindictive partisan attacks against Republican leaders – and no one else does so with as much zeal as Ronnie Earle. It’s time to put a stop to the Earle of Injustice’s reign of partisanship.
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"It makes absolutely no sense for a local District Attorney to have such far-reaching authority, especially since it can clearly be abused for partisan purposes," said Benkiser. "No other District Attorney in the state is given such broad powers, and geography should not arbitrarily entitle one liberal prosecutor to a platform for launching vicious, partisan attacks."
Currently, state government allocates about $1 million in taxpayer money per biennium to the Travis County District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit, according to the Houston Chronicle (3/4/03).
"As the chief law enforcement officer for the State of Texas, the Attorney General is best positioned to carry out the duties of the Public Integrity Unit, whose main responsibility is to prosecute fraud cases on behalf of the state," said Benkiser. "Texas taxpayers would likely realize significant savings by transferring the Unit’s authority to the Office of the Attorney General."
"Additionally, the Attorney General is accountable to all the people of Texas, and not just the far-left wing of the Democrat Party that controls Travis County," said Benkiser.
Benkiser said she is also encouraging grassroots Republicans to submit similar resolutions to their precinct, county and senatorial district conventions so that the Party’s position may be incorporated into the 2004 State Platform.
The State Republican Executive Committee is comprised of one man and one woman from each of the state’s 31 senatorial districts, and is the governing body of the Republican Party of Texas. The SREC’s next meeting will be held March 19 – 20 in Austin. Resolutions passed by the SREC are statements of the Party’s beliefs and do not change state law.
Here is an article about Ronnie Earle, fyi:Inquiry by Travis DA irks state's Republicans (Ronnie Earle)
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