Bill Buchanan, the part owner of the local radio station (KSHN) is unfair and deceptive in his presentation of much of the things that are political in this area. He is willing to lie and even welsh on a deal if it serves his purpose.
Case in point: In the early part of 2010 someone familiar with KSHN and familiar with the way Buchanan does business, told Mark Morefield to go down to the station and to purchase advertising for the month of October and the first week in November. Part of the reason for the suggestion was simply to reserve the prime advertising spots before the local news. Morefield is the Republican nominee for District Judge of the 75th District Court and he heeded that advice and. Lucky for him, he wrote a check and completed a deal with KSHN for the ads he would be airing in the weeks leading up to the election.
The second reason Morefield was told to go buy the ads early may have been because Buchanan is notorious for helping Democrats and hurting Republicans. So when the deal was done, not much more thought was given to having to worry about dirty politics and unprofessional media behavior (concerning radio ads anyway). Until the end of September that is... By the time Mark Morefield prepared to record his political ads, it was obvious he was not going to be an exception to Bill Buchanan’s attempts to help Democrats and hurt Republicans.
Morefield’s campaign was told that running ads in October at the time slot he had requested was not going to be possible. More of the type of psychobabble that accompanies the rhetoric a liar spews to someone who knows he is lying filled the air until an attempt to deliver the final blow. Morefield’s campaign was told he might even be too late to even buy ads at all! And that KSHN never had a contract or any kind of deal anyway!!
Mark Morefield probably won’t like this article. As an attorney, he is use to dealing with all sorts of people and he is not a whiner. He has not whined about the lies and rumors his opponent’s supporters have leaked and he has not complained about the moral superiority his opponent has repeatedly claimed. Morefield has just presented his credentials, an impressive bio with a reputation as one of the best, most knowledgeable attorneys in this part of Texas. But some of us are sick of Buchanan’s self righteous tirades. We are sick of how he tries to get the public to believe people he doesn’t like are bad people and the people he does like are good people. He is clearly a liar. He deceives the public and he is as selective in his “prosecution of the news via the public airwaves” as the worst of those who do it through the courts.
In Morefield’s campaign, fortunately for them, they saved the $1700 check and Buchanan knew his gig was up. Buchanan knew any help he could count on from his friends in the courthouse was (DOA) dead on arrival when that canceled check showed up and no services had been provided. Buchanan now only had one more shot at impressing his Democratic friends.
There may have been a check and it may have been the first money to come in for political ads but the veteran viper of deceitfulness, was quick to say the times Morefield wanted before the news were not available. Yep. Guess who has the prime time space. Morefield’s opponent, Judge Rusty Hight? Well of course…
Anonymous Concerned Citizen
