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Letters for Nov. 3, 2009
Published November 3, 2009
Clute police chief broke the law
In response to Detective Scotty Harris’ letter (Voice of the People, Oct. 23), I can’t help but wonder: Was it illegal for someone to possess the information that a reporter was suspected of having?
Was it illegal for someone to give her that information? If not, (Clute Police Chief) Mark Wicker broke the law, end of story.
If this information was illegal to possess outside of that executive session, where is the investigation into who leaked it? And why haven’t we heard of charges being filed yet?
You don’t have to be Matlock to know a crime has been committed here.
That’s not even what really bothers.
It’s the failure of the Clute city government to own up to what happened until after someone else had to tell that reporter where her letter went.
By the way, I don’t live in Clute … I merely work there, and the sales tax I generate helps to put food on Mr. Harris’ table.
I guess that’s not productive enough?
Barry H. Rhodes, Angleton
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GOP should stick to conservative convictions
Is the GOP at a crossroad? Does the Republican National Committee get it?
Forty percent of Americans are conservative, 20 percent liberal. Yet, the Republican establishment picks a liberal to run in a district in New York? What does that tell you? It tells you these guys are more interested in whose party is in power than in convictions. This is why the GOP was kicked out of power in the last two election cycles. Instead of holding to their convictions of limited government, they became “compassionate conservatives.” That’s a nice little catch phrase for “I believe in conservative values, but I’m going to expand government anyway to help various political interests in hopes of remaining in power.”
I know that’s the cynical view, but there is a measure of truth to it. Consider (Newt) Gingrich’s justification for picking a Republican in Name Only — a RINO — to run New York: “We have to decide what business we’re in, if we are in the business of feeling good about ourselves while our country gets crushed, then I probably made the wrong decision.”
What Newt doesn’t get is, we either have the right or wrong answers. It’s irrelevant what party they belong to.
Rocky Chambers, Pasadena
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Now we know the truth about Mussolini
I read in The Guardian that they finally have proof Mussolini was a British agent in 1917 during World War I, and was paid 6,000 pounds per month (today’s equivalent). This was first mentioned by Sir Samuel Hoare in his 1955 memoirs.
Receipts of these payments by Britain’s MI-5 were found by historian Peter Martland when Hoare was MI-5 head in Rome. These payments were for Mussolini to spread propaganda to keep Italy in favor of staying on the side of Britain and Frane during the war, accomplished primarily through his newspaper II Polopo de Italia. He also could furnish “goon squads” to silence any peace activists. It does not say whether he also was paid to promote fascism, as many contend. It is said he had records of considerable communication with the King of England when he was captured. What happened to these records is not known.
(Lyndon) LaRouche was keynote speaker at the recent Rhodes conference in Russia. More than 60 nations were in attendance. India, Russia, China are leading for a return to Breton Woods and reinstatement of Glass-Stegall bank regulation.
If you’re waiting for a H1N1 flu shot, forget it, it’s not happening.
Norman Clark, Lake Jackson
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Constables, fire marshals deserve honors
Don’t you think it is odd that every law enforcement agency in Brazoria County is invited and is offered an opportunity to recognize an honored officer except the constables and fire marshals, who also are peace officers?
In fact, we can nominate our deputies to the Houston 100 Club, but not even our own here in Brazoria County. Our office did not even get an invitation. What a shame.
I am proud of the officers who were in fact honored this year, but I suppose our work will remain in the background and go unnoticed.
Oops … not really unnoticed. The Exchange Clubs of Brazoria County have, in fact, stepped up and honored the constable offices at a luncheon. Thanks be to God.
Buck Stevens, Precinct 3 constable, Brazoria County
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