Liberty Hospital District spools up to start wasting tax dollars

KSHN:

"Hospital Upgrades: We have reported recently that many services unavailable for years will be returning to the Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center. That includes surgical procedures at the local hospital. Vickie Gates is Interim Administrator for the Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center.  She said work has already begun to renovate the long unused surgical facilities in preparation to scheduling those services early next year.  Ms. Gates said another change would be moving the 24-hour hospital emergency room back to its original location on the Travis St. side of the building."

Again the Liberty Hospital District and Bruce Stratton have found new and creative ways to steal more money from Liberty County Taxpayers.

As mentioned in the story, Liberty Hospital plans to offer surgical procedures.  Who in their right mind would ever have any surgical procedures done at that lean-to under a shade tree?

The consensus among Liberty County voters is that Liberty County only needs a Level 1 trauma center, a place to stabilize patients.  The Liberty County Hospital will always be a financial bottomless pit and never up to par for life saving treatment or long term care.

Removal from office

SUBCHAPTER B. REMOVAL BY PETITION AND TRIAL

 § 87.011. DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:                                 
  (1)  "District attorney" includes a criminal district 
attorney.             
  (2)  "Incompetency" means:                                                    
   (A)  gross ignorance of official duties;                                     
   (B)  gross carelessness in the discharge of those 
duties;  or              
   (C)  unfitness or inability to promptly and 
properly discharge official duties because of a serious physical or 
mental defect that did not exist at the time of the officer's 
election.
  (3)  "Official misconduct" means intentional, unlawful 
behavior relating to official duties by an officer entrusted with 
the administration of justice or the execution of the law.  The term 
includes an intentional or corrupt failure, refusal, or neglect of 
an officer to perform a duty imposed on the officer by law.

Dear Liberty Dispatch

Liberty County Texas, a lesson in corruption and injustice.

KSHN churns out stories about justice when it has to do with dogs, but people don’t always get the same consideration. Read this KSHN squib:

“In September Liberty County man, Shane Rushing, was accused of throwing a dog off the U.S. 90, Trinity River Bridge in Liberty.  On Monday, a jury in the Liberty County Court at Law found him guilty and sentenced him to 180 days in jail and the maximum fine of $4,000. City of Liberty Animal Control Officer Tammy Bishop testified in the case, with the rescued dog by her side.  The dog remains at the Liberty Animal Shelter awaiting adoption.”

I have no problem with this Rushing character getting punished for mistreating a dog, but I do have a problem with Rusty Hight and Mike Little giving a lighter sentence to convicted child molesters than someone who mistreats an animal.

Where has KSHN been when injustice occurs in these courtrooms? Little spends all kinds of money and time pursuing his own agenda and WE THE PEOPLE not only pay for it, we PAY FOR IT. Criminals are returned to the streets while fights with political enemies or what I call “make an example” cases go on to make Mike Little look bigger than life.

That office, the District Attorney’s office needs to be returned to the people. Liberty County has some very capable people that would act like a public servant as the head of that office. We need to elect one.

As for the man who threw the dog off the bridge, his sentence was handled by a lynch mob mentality.  Who is to know, anyone is the community could become a victim of this same lynch mob mentality which Bill Buchanan over at KSHN has so vehemently and disingenuously wrapped around himself like a flag on Veterans Day.

Do Buchanan and the lynch mob he promotes make Liberty County stronger, more fair, more judicial, more civilized, more respected or more Christian?  I think not…

Liberty County needs fair and open justice.  Judge Don Taylor should be ashamed for his excessive, knee jerk and lynch mob justice.

I believe Liberty County is soon to rid itself of the judicial corruption it has been plagued with for so many generations and come of age.

Results of the Liberty County 2010 elections

The following is a summary of the results of the Liberty County 2010 elections.

253^rd District Judge………….…Chap Cain………………………..Republican…..gain

75^th District Judge……………...Mark Morefied………………..Republican….gain

County Judge…………………....Craig McNair………………..…..Republican...gain

County Court at Law……………Tommy Chambers……………Republican...gain

District Clerk……………………..…Donna Brown……………….….Republican..gain

County Clerk………………………..Paulette Shivers Williams…Republican..gain

County Treasurer…………………Kim Harris…………………….....Republican..Incumbent

County Commissioner PCT4…Norman Brown……………..…Republican..gain

County Commissioner PCT2….Charlotte Key Warner…….Republican...gain

JP PCT1………………………………..Bobby Radar……………………Republican….Incumbent

JP PCT4…………………………….…..Barry Graves…………………..Republican…gain

JP PCT5…………………………………Wade Brown…………………..Republican…gain

JP PCT6…This was our only loss in the 2010 election process….Democrat….Incumbent Won

JP PCT2..Incumbent Democrat with no Republican challenger……………….

JP PCT4..Incumbent Democrat with no Republican challenger………………

Constable PCT2….Incumbent Democrat with no Republican Challenger……………..

County Surveyor..Incumbent Democrat with no Republican Challenger………………

OTHER Republican office holders:

Sheriff…………………………………..Henry Patterson………………Republican

County Attorney…………………..Wes Hinch………………………..Republican

Constable PCT4…………………….Chad Pafford……………..……..Republican

Central Appraisal District Chief Appraiser..Alan Conner…..Republican

Republican Totals:

Total offices on Ballot…….13

Gains………………..…………..10

Incumbent wins……………..2

Total Republican wins in 2010…………..12

TOTAL REPUBLICANS HOLDING LIBERTY COUNTY OFFICES: 16

DEMOCRAT HELD OFFICES IN LIBERTY COUNTY

Commissioner PCT1……………….Todd Fontenot

Commissioner PCT3………………..Melvin Hunt

District Attorney…………………….Mike Little

Tax Assessor/Collector…………..Mark McClelland

JP PCT2…………………………………..Ronnie Davis

JP PCT3…………………………………..Cody Parrish

JP PCT6…………………………………..Peggy Dunn

Constable PCT1……………………..Tim Allison

Constable PCT2………………………Les Hulsey

Constable PCT3………………………Danny Frankum

Constable PCT5………………………L.W. DeSpain

Constable PCT6……………………..Royce Wheeler

County Auditor……………………..Harold Seay

County Engineer……………………Louis W. Bergman

County Agent………………………..Ronald Holcomb

TOTAL DEMOCRAT: 15

TOTAL REPUBLICAN: 16

REPUBLICANS PRIOR TO 2010 ELECTION: 6

DEMOCRATS PRIOR TO 2010 ELECTIONS: 25

These totals include offices of District Attorney, 253^rd District Judge, and the 75^th District Judge.