This seems to be a typical Perry stunt;
he asked for Denton County GOP advice on a judicial appointment here a couple years ago, then completely ignored it, nominating instead the least-qualified candidate - who happens to be an Hispanic woman.
She's a fine person, active (up until then) in local GOP politics, but she was NOT the best-qualified, by a long shot, and we DO owe it to the public to name qualified judges.
OK: her name is Carmen "something-hyphen-"Whorley
We have many Perry "stars" on the Harris County judiciary who were appointed over substantially more qualified alternatives. A couple years ago he gave a major criminal bench appointment to the inexperienced son of the county sheriff and then pressured more-qualified candidates out of the race. He's given several nods to junior partner wannabes from major law firms that give him cash, the attorney of the Houston Astros owner and stuff like that.
Rondon was installed in a group of three nearly simultaneous picks last year - David "Jorge" Bernal and Marc Carter were the other two. Carter was picked as a replacement to Ted Poe on the most prominent criminal bench in the county after Poe resigned to run for Congress. Carter was a Democrat primary voter up until two years ago and had only minor low level criminal law experience. His in with Perry: he officed his law firm with the GOP county chairman! Bernal seems to have been picked for no other reason than being hispanic. Before getting the nod he had never lifted so much as a finger for the Republican Party and had never even voted in our primary.
Shoddy picks like these are par for the course for RINO Rick all the way up to the state level. Last month he promoted RINO state rep. Elizabeth Ames-Jones, aka Railroad Commissioner Barbie, to that office even though she has no energy credentials and was an "interior designer" before her wealthy donor husband (who incidentally helps out a lot of Rick's favorite causes) bought her a state rep seat.