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5 Aug 2014, 12:36 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
They have the authority but have only ever done one and have said they don't plan to do another any time soon. [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 7:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Chesterton to say, “Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 11:19 pm
Yet these are among the most commonly requested types of records, accounting for more than half of all open records appeals by government agencies to the Texas Attorney General.This week a piece of truly bad legislation, SB 740 by Whitmire/Driver has finally passed the Legislature and was sent to Governor Perry's desk for his quite-likely signature. [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 8:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire declaring a "zero tolerance" policy on contraband cell phones in Texas prisons, they're still smuggled in fairly routinely and inmates find ways to rent them if they want them. [read post]
13 Nov 2008, 6:23 am
Whitmire dismissed the plan's critics, saying, "Anyone who wants to protect the status quo is going to have a very difficult time justifying their position now. [read post]
1 May 2009, 1:22 am
It's not that special interests don't understand, at some level, that their enhancement bills don't work. [read post]
29 Sep 2007, 10:52 am
"If trial courts don't act, all of these inmates will file challenges probably in state court the way Carlton Turner did," he said. [read post]
23 Nov 2007, 10:12 pm
" He said Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston, has indicated he may support '09 legislation to limit probation for most offenses to five years. [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 12:55 pm
" It also happens to be one of the two units Chairman Whitmire has said he'd like to turn into an adult facility. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 12:44 am
John Whitmire declaring, "It's been nuts to take prisoners from 112 units and haul them all the way back to Huntsville from El Paso, then let them out and buy them a bus ticket back to El Paso. [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 7:46 am
This bill died on the House floor.HB 1678 by Madden: A primary piece of the Whitmire/Madden probation reform package to strengthen supervision, reduce probation officer caseloads and also lengths of probation terms. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 4:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
They should make for interesting reading.N.b.: Commenters should accept Griffiths challenge to "list the top three action steps to take [the agency] 'to the next higher level of achievement.'" Please don't turn this comment string into a series of screeds about who should be fired. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 12:04 am
SB 1828 by Whitmire would allow the same thing for alcohol purchases. [read post]
24 Jul 2010, 11:41 am by Walter Reaves
They are the State, and for many it's enough to say we don't believe it. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 8:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
He was willing to be the fifth or sixth R vote in the Senate for a justice-reform measure; Konni was willing to be the first.With Dan Patrick, John Whitmire, and Joan Huffman all returning, the senate will feel quite familiar on the #cjreform front. [read post]
5 Oct 2007, 5:28 am
Whitmire holds hearings on the Geo Group, I hope they also take testimony about the wisdom of using private prisons for young people in the first place. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 1:25 am
Whitmire's SB 823 was sent to the Senate's local and consent calendar, and Rep. [read post]