Posts Tagged ‘Travis County’
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
“Travis County prosecutor charged with DWI.”
A prosecutor with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office was charged with driving while intoxicated after being involved in a traffic wreck over the weekend.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit released Monday, Brandon Grunewald, 33, was in a collision Sunday afternoon on the southbound MoPac Boulevard service road near Barton Skyway, Grunewald was driving a 2008 Land Rover. The other driver was in a Mini Cooper.
And what did his boss have to say?
Grunewald’s boss, Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg said she is reviewing his case
“It’s a first offense DWI and I don’t know what will happen until I have all the facts,” explained Lehmberg. “I have never terminated an employee for a first offense DWI and we have had employees with first offense DWI up and down the ranks.”
Indeed.
You know, I don’t think I’ve worked anywhere where “people up and down the chain of command” had “first-time” DWIs.
Sadly, Mr. Grunewald was not reported to have stamped his feet and implored the police to “Call Greg!”
(Hat tip: Blue Dot Blues.)
Tags:Austin, Brandon Grunewald, Crime, DWI, Rosemary Lehmberg, Texas, Travis County
Posted in Austin, Crime, Texas | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Today law-abiding gun owners declared total victory over the gun-grabbing plans of the Travis County Commissioner’s Court:
Travis County Commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to reverse course on a proposal that would have banned gun shows from county facilities.
Commissioners also agreed to honor an existing contract for nine more gun shows at the Exposition Center.
“I take very seriously the idea of abiding by the law. State law prevents this court from doing much of anything on this issue,” Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt said.
I think it’s great that Travis County Commissioners are actually concerned about obeying the law. Maybe the could spread that attitude to certain other officeholders.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and the NRA-ILA a large share of credit for derailing this very bad idea, as do Dwight and all the other gun owners who stood up and made their voices heard,
Hopefully the gun-grabbers on the Austin City Council will take the hint.
Tags:Austin, Democrats, Greg Abbott, gun shows, Guns, NRA, Regulation, Sarah Eckhardt, Texas, Travis County
Posted in Austin, Guns, Regulation, Texas | No Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Dwight and I were out front on opposing the Travis County/Austin gun show ban, but now the 800 pound gorilla has climbed on the bandwagon, with the NRA-ILA sending out a notice to members to oppose the gun show ban. I think they may have a wee bit more reach than we do…
Tags:Austin, gun shows, Guns, NRA, Texas, Travis County
Posted in Austin, Regulation, Texas | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Dwight has now put up even more extensive contact information for Austin City Council and Travis County bigwigs, complete with linkable, clickable goodness, providing a more efficient way to express your displeasure over the proposed gun show ban.
Also, here’s Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson debating a gun grabber on the subject:
And here’s a KXAN piece on the issue, including the Abbott news I put up yesterday. Notice how the writer ends with “Both Biscoe and Eckhardt are Democrats. Abbott is a Republican.” Funny that no news outlet felt the need to mention the political affiliation of these seeking gun control (including Ed Scruggs, the Travis County resident initially reported as seeking such a ban, who also happens to be the founder of Circle C Democrats) until a Republican got involved in opposing them.
Tags:Austin, Ed Scruggs, Greg Abbott, gun shows, Guns, Jerry Patterson, Regulation, Travis County, video
Posted in Austin, Guns, Regulation, Texas, video | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
Over on my Twitter account, I asked Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott about Austin and Travis County’s proposed gun show ban in light of LG.229.
This is what he put up:
If Austin or Travis Co. try to ban gun shows they better be ready for a double-barreled lawsuit.
Now, a Twitter post hardly comes to the level of an official press release from the Attorney General’s office, but it does represent a shot across the bow of Austin and Travis County gun grabbers who think they can flout state law without consequences.
Finally, I must admit that I really dig Abbott’s Twitter background:
Tags:Austin, Greg Abbott, gun shows, Guns, pic, Regulation, Texas, Travis County, Twitter
Posted in Austin, Guns, Regulation, Texas | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
I was going to do an update on the proposed Austin/Travis County gun show ban, but Dwight has already hit the highlights.
Quick tl:dr summary:
Travis County Commissioners discussed the ban, but didn’t vote on it.
They’re going to have an “executive” (i.e. closed) session with their attorney.
Houston tried to pull a similar stunt and ended up paying $50,000+ in legal fees.
Dwight has added fax numbers so people from 1987 can voice their displeasure as well.
If you live in Travis County, I’d advise you to call, email, and writer your County Commissioner/City Councilman, if you haven’t already.
Tags:Austin, gun shows, Guns, Regulation, Texas, Travis County
Posted in Austin, Democrats, Guns, Texas | 1 Comment »
Monday, July 9th, 2012
Dwight has been all over the story of Amado “Mayo” Pardo, owner of South Austin Mexican restaurant Joviata’s, who just happens to be a two-time convicted murderer (a third murder charge was dropped as part of a plea bargain for the first) and the accused leader of a heroin-dealing ring.
He’s also a noted fundraiser for the Democratic Party.
I have not been able to find any direct political donations at the state or national level for Pardo (and the Travis County website doesn’t seem to have a way to search for individual donations, only rank upon rank of PDFs), but Jovita’s seems to have been the site for numerous liberal and Democratic fundraising events:
Democratic Candidate for Travis County Tax Assessor Collector Candidate Bruce Elfant had a fundraiser there May 15, 2012
An event benefiting PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth) was held there April 26, 2012.
Democratic Candidate for Sheriff John Sisson had a fundraiser there March 27, 2012.
The “Million Musicians March for Peace” had a pre-march event there March 4, 2012.
The Travis County Democratic Party had a fundraiser there October 19, 2008.
The Texans for Peace group had a fundraiser there June 7, 2008.
Far-left anti-war group Code Pink had a fundraiser there June 1, 2008.
The Statesman article mentions fundraisers for Democratic State Representative candidate David Rodriguez.
There are more, but you get the idea. If these people were just renting Jovita’s as a venue, fine and dandy. But if they were specifically approaching Pardo to hold fundraisers for them, perhaps a bit more due diligence was in order on the part of the Austin Democratic establishment? The Austin Chronicle named him “Mayor of South Austin” in 2009. Here’s their profile of him, also from 2009, in which discusses his reading Marx and his love for Cesar Chavez, but omits his two murder convictions. How could he spend two decades hob-nobbing with Austin’s liberal community and no one bothered to find out that not only did he have two murder raps, but the FBI believes he had been dealing heroin for 25 years?
Of course, Pardo hasn’t been convicted. Instead of a heroin-dealing convicted murderer and liberal activist, he may only be a convicted murderer and liberal activist…
Tags:Amado Pardo, Austin, Bruce Elfant, Crime, Democrats, drugs, fundraising, heroin, Jovita's, Texas, Travis County, Travis County Democratic Party
Posted in Austin, Crime, Democrats, Texas | 3 Comments »
