In defense of Bowen
I received Paul Johnson’s flier in the mail today urging me to re-elect him as district attorney.
I am astounded at the hypocrisy of the statements against Brent [Bowen], but apparently Johnson’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. He attacks Brent, saying that Brent defended those accused of crimes.
Let me remind you, the voters — and you, Paul Johnson — that Johnson fired 25 career prosecutors (including me) and replaced them with a plethora of defense attorneys, namely Tom Whitlock, Hardy Burke, Jamie Beck, Cary Piel and Susan Piel.
People of Denton County, in case you didn’t know it, your district attorney has always been in the pocket of the local defense bar. That is why your crime rates have risen. If Johnson is pointing a finger at Brent for being a defense attorney, he should point at his own staff first.
Kevin Henry,
Denton
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
My letter coming up
I wrote a letter Sunday night. The paper called to verify it. It will print this week.
Letter from Dennis Cox on the Denton County DA Race.
Brent Bowen is better candidate
Written by Dennis Cox
Friday, 12 February 2010 18:42
I have attended several political forums and received mailers from Paul Johnson. I must say his ranting and raving about how many hundreds of felony cases he has tried makes me want to add stilts to my already chin deep waders. I guess he doesn't remember why the previous administration let him go. It was because he was not trying cases and pleading them too cheap. His nickname was "2D Paul" which means he gave better plea bargains that you could ever get a Canton's First Monday. But that is not all that makes you want to ask: “How deep is the water momma?” He proclaims to have collected $3,359,600.00 in bond forfeitures since taking office, an 80% increase. I made and open records request from the auditor's office and guess what! Put your waders on because he has only collected $2,072,478.49 a negative 22.5% from what the previous administration collected. OH! And, about trying cases; he promised to try 20 cases a year when he took office- never happened. He stated at one forum that he almost tried one case. Yes, that right, ALMOST, but never did. You won’t need waders with Brent Bowen. He doesn't inflate or make promises he can't keep.
Dennis Cox
Written by Dennis Cox
Friday, 12 February 2010 18:42
I have attended several political forums and received mailers from Paul Johnson. I must say his ranting and raving about how many hundreds of felony cases he has tried makes me want to add stilts to my already chin deep waders. I guess he doesn't remember why the previous administration let him go. It was because he was not trying cases and pleading them too cheap. His nickname was "2D Paul" which means he gave better plea bargains that you could ever get a Canton's First Monday. But that is not all that makes you want to ask: “How deep is the water momma?” He proclaims to have collected $3,359,600.00 in bond forfeitures since taking office, an 80% increase. I made and open records request from the auditor's office and guess what! Put your waders on because he has only collected $2,072,478.49 a negative 22.5% from what the previous administration collected. OH! And, about trying cases; he promised to try 20 cases a year when he took office- never happened. He stated at one forum that he almost tried one case. Yes, that right, ALMOST, but never did. You won’t need waders with Brent Bowen. He doesn't inflate or make promises he can't keep.
Dennis Cox
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