Mike Anderson, the Harris County
District Attorney, has died.
My prayers go out to his family; it
seems like he had a lot of roots in the community, and a reputation as a good
man; I believe he will be missed.
Since there will be no letter this
week, here are a few things I’ve been mulling over since I heard the news. I’d
love to know your thoughts:
Pat Lykos, the incumbent, was a
republican. She had made inroads into the ‘good’ol boy’ culture at the DA’s office,
and seemed to have been cleaning it up.
Mike Anderson was also a
republican.
My question is, why would the
Harris County Republican Party run a deathly ill man to oust a sitting
republican? I don’t believe Pat Lykos was polling particularly badly, so why
take the risk? I don’t get it...
Now granted, Anderson’s cancer wasn’t
made public until May of 2013; it may be that it was only discovered after the
election; however, the articles below mention that he was in hospice care when
he died. They knew it was coming, but nobody made a peep.
Anyway; Gov. Perry is expected to
appoint an interim DA soon, The DA’s seat will be back up for grabs in 2014.
3 comments:
Incandesio, Ariel Castro passed away too. I think I'm going to create a support blog for him. You in?
Anon 11:06:
Nope; that kind of thing seems like it would be right up your alley, though. Have fun with it.
fuck a mike anderson
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