The Harris County Republican primary doesn’t officially start until I receive a negative mailer about a candidate. Well, it has officially started! I received this in the mail Friday:
You can click those pictures to enlarge and read them.
Several things to point out:
- Judge Theresa Chang’s first name is misspelled.
- Poor grammar.
- No disclosure statement – “Political advertising paid for by…”
So my guess is that the person or persons behind this mailer do not have a candidate that can run on their own merits, thus the need to try and tear down Judge Chang.
Any idea who mailed this? Or any idea who is interested in running against Judge Chang?
For what it’s worth, I supported her opponent, Donna Detamore, in the 2014 primary and thought that Donna had won when I went to bed that night, even sending her a congratulatory note. After the surprise results the next morning, I (and a few others) asked County Clerk Stan Stanart to walk us through the process of counting votes to make sure that no cheating had occurred. Having been satisfied that nothing untoward happened, I voted for Judge Chang in the General Election.
I haven’t heard anything to support the notion that Judge Chang is anything but a fair, efficient judge. Have you?
UPDATE:
Sheesh, my eyes are bad. Judge Chang isn’t up until 2018 – and it says so on the mailer! Who in the heck would start attacking this early?
I guess the 2016 Harris County Republican Primary hasn’t started after all!
I can not comment, I have a case in her court.
Got the same mailer and scratched my head. Wondered if the person(s) who funded the mailer feel that the money they spent, (even a postcard mailer isn’t cheap), got the results they expected. When you don’t identify yourself or your ’cause’, I’m not sure that most rational people would even consider the content………but then again, not sure how rational most voters are……….that’s why groups like ours continue to do what we can to educate the public………I will give an open invitation to Judge Chang as well as the originator of this mailer to speak to the issues……….
I assumed the mailer was sent by an attorney disappointed that he/she was not receiving many lucrative appointments in her court, since that seemed to be a key issue on the mailer.