Just another "Bush league" South Texas Sheriff

[man4allcats]

From San Diego, Texas | Thursday, March 13,2008

File this under "Freedom of the What?":

For 20 years, Sheriff Santiago Barrera Jr. had done what he pleased with no challenges to his reign. He decided who sat in his jail and when they were released. Sometimes it was before a judge got involved and other times it was after.

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Christopher Maher wrote a front-page story about the arrest of the sheriff’s 42-year-old son Miguel Barrera on charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest. According to the newspaper, when Maher called the sheriff about another story, Barrera said, “If you guys keep interfering with my business, I’m going to have you arrested.” (emphasis added)

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Even the sheriff’s threat to local reporters was mild compared with the actions of a Jim Wells deputy sheriff in 1949, who shot and killed radio reporter W.H. “Bill” Mason.

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Asked how Barrera had managed to stay in office for 20 years, the county attorney cited the lawman’s friendliness and charisma.

Friendliness and charisma?!

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[WolverineDG]

1. Well that's Duval County

where the folks are so smart, they show up to vote in alphabetical order....

dg

[Manifestor_of_Light]

2. And they stand in line when they are DEAD!!!!!

The famous Duval County. Lyndon Johnson used a ballot box that appeared magically there to win his Senate Race against Pappy O'Daniel, I believe.


Talk about absentee voting...........:wtf:

[WolverineDG]

3. That's what I was referring to

the infamous Box 13, where the voters all showed up to vote in alphabetical order AND give Lyndon enough votes to win the election.

Granted, Lyndon did go on to do great things (passing the Civil Rights Act) but I still don't like the way he got himself to be Senator.

dg

[Ishoutandscream2]

4. Yep, "Landslide Lyndon"

If it wasn't for his work on the Great Society, I would absolutely loathe him.