Then there is the Dark Side. The Evil.  The thief in the night who steals progress, compassion, comfort, and justice. Incarcerating unjustly causing unjust suffering. Accusing false crimes, while true crime goes unpunished.  Blind to true human suffering and indignation. Oblivious to the facts, caring for nothing except swelling its own insatiable gain.     

Properties being sold for Taxes

                                                                                                                                              October 29, 2006

Another thing that has been brought to my attention several times is properties that are about to be sold because of unpaid taxes.  I find it unusual that a lot of the counties in Texas have websites that have information about the respective county governments, and many if not all of the ones that I checked have properties listed that are about to be sold for back taxes. Red River County is not among those with properties listed.  Why is that?

I have heard about a couple of pieces of property that were about to be brought for sale, that were purchased by officials located in government.  This is quite convenient for officials who go to the appraisal office frequently,  to find out what properties are about to be sold, and then to approach the owners of said property to "work out a deal" to purchase the property.  This is "profiting from their elected office."  I have talked about this in a past article, and have heard about it happening more than once.  Profiting from ones elected office is "against the law", and brings question about any official that would practice this method of acquiring property. 

This practice benefits the elected official, because they can purchase the property for less than it is worth, and then at some time in the future turn it around and sell it for many times what they purchased it for, gaining a hefty monetary sum for little to no trouble.  It is "illegal", and those involved in this practice should be removed from office, and possibly even prosecuted for gaining at the expense of the people who never get a chance to buy the properties in question.  By law these properties are supposed to be sold at auction.  I know this because I have been studying about title insurance, and have been attending seminars that talk about back taxes, and what is the legal way to sell them.

Short circuiting the process is not beneficial to anyone in the general public who has no way to find out about these properties until they are posted on the government notice location.  Finding out about these properties in advance benefits the elected official monetarily who purchases the property without it ever being sold at public auction, and also shorts the people of the county if it is a piece of land that could be purchased by the legal method of "sale on the courthouse steps".  It also shorts the owner of the property, because anything received above the debt goes to the owner.

This county needs to be cleaned up.  We all need to get involved and tell officials who are gaining monetarily from their elected office that enough is enough.  There are avenues that can be taken involving agencies outside this county where complaints can be filed about misconduct, depending on the official involved.  These avenues are not just criminal agencies either.

If we actually had a County Attorney who would do what is right rather than getting the justice system involved in "Civil Matters" that are not in the jurisdiction of the justice system, which opens the county to lawsuit, and thereby higher taxes to the people, we would all be better off.  "Civil Matters, do not belong in the justice system, but we seem to have a system that insists on sticking its nose into those matters even though it has no legal jurisdiction.   

You would think that they would learn, but they are too stupid to realize, or too stupid to care what they are doing.  There is no debtors prison in the United States!  As far as my knowledge as a private citizen people cannot be arrested for debt.  Owing money is a civil matter, from what I can see, is not a criminal offense.  Using this method to collect a debt is just another way the "GOB" system collects debts for its allies.  Oh well, lawsuits with large settlements for false arrest and prosecution against the County only hurt the people, and not the officials involved, unless they are sued individually, which can and does happen.  Our taxes increase to pay higher premiums on County Insurance because of stupidity.  All in all, it is no big deal........if you don't pay taxes.

Elected Officials Benefiting Personally

                                                                       October 18, 2006

For the past few days, I am in Austin.  This has nothing to do with the website, but the reading I have been doing with the availability of actual newspapers has been somewhat enlightening.  It seems that our congressman have been up to no good as usual.  They have not only given themselves a raise, but now are helping family members who work for lobbying firms with personal gains.  Family members working for lobbying firms are getting these congressman to appropriate money for projects that benefit clients of their firms, and in the process benefit personally for doing it. 

The really unnerving part is that nearly half of the Congressman who were polled think there is nothing wrong with this practice.  This is just another way of benefiting from one's elected position. Benefiting from one's elected office happens in Red River County also, and our officials think nothing is wrong with the practice.

It is amazing that one of our officials recently acquired a substantial tract of land in the southeast part of Red River County.  There were several thousands of dollars owed in back taxes, and the land was on the list to be brought up for sale on the Courthouse steps.  This official contacted the heir to the property, and worked out a deal to pay the taxes, and obtained the land at a substantially reduced price, taking the land off the courthouse steps and placing it into his back pocket.  We heard that this angered a land speculator in the Red River Area who was planning to bid on this property at the tax sale. This is gaining personally from one's elected office, and it is illegal but no one in Red River County seems to really care.

Do you think that we need to look at our elected officials, and the fact that they are using their elected offices to gain financially from them not only in Red River County but in Washington?  Should our elected officials be held accountable at the voting booth when the time comes?  Do you think that we have the opportunity in Red River County where officials resign and the few "Good Ole Boys" on the Commissioners Court keep appointing the same corrupted mindset types who sponsor the continuance of the corruption and personal gain?  Do we as citizens really have the opportunity to elect our officials, or is there something going on that keeps our votes from really counting?

What I am hearing at the present is two of our officials, the County Judge and the Sheriff are thinking about resigning, and they haven't even gone through the General Election in November.  I also hear that they already have some "GOB's" picked out that are a sure thing for appointment by the commissioners court after their resignation in the first part of next year. 

This practice is causing your votes to be nullified, and a continuance in our county government of the same mindset that I hear everyone complaining about.

 The sad part of the whole situation is that these officials think there is nothing wrong with any of their practices, or they just don't give a damn!!!

Attempted Official Intimidation!!

September 22, 2006

To the elected officials, and past elected officials of Red River County...

I am tired of the attitude of the elected officials, and some of the past elected officials of this County.  All of you seem to think that freedom of speech is something that is not allowed in Red River County.  I am telling you straight out that this is the United States of America, and all citizens have the right to give opinions about the elected officials, and past elected officials whether you like it or not.

 I was in attendance at a location yesterday, (which I have agreed not to write about as a courtesy), but I am going to write about the fact that Jerry Neal Conway was also in attendance there.  His behavior at this meeting was extremely childish and immature.  At this meeting (which was an official on the record occurrence) Jerry Conway when finished with his part, and in front of everyone attempted to intimidate me by getting in my face calling me names. I could care less what he or any of the officials think. He called me a liar because of what is written on this site about him. I do not have to lie, because his video deposition shows what he is!!

I wish to state that he needs to read this site himself, (if he can) and see that what I said (that he was talking about) did not even mention a name. If people think that it was him, then he must have given them some reason to think that, even though I was not talking about him. 

I had respect for law enforcement (till I came to this county). I do not have it for some of the law enforcement here.  Here some of them are bullies, thugs, and liars, and our Judicial system sucks.  Information will come out in the future that will show just how intimidating the judicial system is here, but for now, it cannot. 

Jerry Neal Conway was someone I liked (until I read the Dagenhart Rape Case, and viewed the Deposition of Jerry Neal Conway).  I will state now, in public, and to your face Jerry Neal that you are a despicable person, who forms your lips to make your own truth.  You are still trying to use your past position as sheriff (because of all your friends in the sheriff's department, and the County Judicial System) to intimidate me.  I am going to tell you out in the open and to your face on this website that you need to "grow up".  If you don't like what I am writing, then stop doing what you have done in the past (acting like a 12 year old thug). Quit smiling like a possum passing persimmon pits and do what is right (if you are not too far gone already).  The facade you show in public is not the one you show in private, as everyone who was in the room yesterday can attest too!! 

I believe that you have been part of the good old boy system here so long that you would not know the truth if it came up an bit you on the ass!! 

Whether you think that this is open and to your face or not, I am saying this in the open, everyone knows who I am, and they know that I am saying it directly to your face, because you are facing the screen to read this (unless someone is reading it for you).

So Jerry Conway, all elected officials, law enforcement, and the members of the judicial system.  If you don't like what I am saying, then DO WHAT IS RIGHT RATHER THAN WHAT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST.  If you get in my face like a 12 year old thug, I will write about you right here!  Maybe in the future the thugs will be gone, but for now they all need to learn that I do not intimidate, PERIOD!!!  DO YOU ALL UNDERSTAND?  The best way to defeat a thug is to stand up to him.  You may get beat up sometimes, but most of the time, you will find they have the backbone of a jellyfish.

I did forget to tell you what Conway did when he came back into the room after being talked to by someone who had influence over him.  I was sitting next to a lady.  Conway came over and sat down one chair over from me.  He took two pills from his pocket, and showed them to me and said.  I want you to see these so you will know that I am not taking meth.  This is my rheumatiz medicine.  I don't know why he did it, unless he has a guilty conscience for some reason.  The lady sitting next to me made the statement after he left that he acted like he was bi-polar! 

Also, the Judicial system needs to quit trying to hide the facts of lawsuits caused by our elected officials. These lawsuits are costing the taxpayers big money and the elected officials are attempting to seal the truth away in the records of the proceedings.  These lawsuits are costing "ALL OF THE TAXPAYERS OF RR COUNTY" big bucks in ghastly higher bonding and insurance fees. Some, if not all of our elected officials are either too ignorant, or base which makes them believe they can get away with anything, including violating the civil rights of "ANY CITIZEN"

I believe that they are realizing that they cannot do whatever they want, but it is too late.......

Why I think the Sheriff's Run-off Race is Still Suspect!

     My investigation revealed that none of the required laws written to make sure that elections in the State of Texas are run properly were followed.  Sure some of the laws are directory which means that they are "laws that lead" the election officials to the proper path to make sure that the "mandatory laws" or "laws that are required" to run a fair and legal election are met.  In this case, none of the laws either "directory" or "mandatory" were followed, and this is why I say the election is still suspect.

     We are a "democratic society" which means that the people elect the officials who make the laws and then enforce them.  If the people do not monitor the elected officials to make sure they are following the "rules of law" then who is going too!  If our officials can make laws that we have to follow, but they do not, then we are for sure not living in a democratic society. 

     The laws of the State of Texas dealing with elections are very specific about what should be done.  These laws were not followed, and even though the ballots can be accounted for, the security of the ballots during and after the election is still suspect.  Every ballot box must be checked and sealed by locks, and serial numbered seals much like the one on your electric meter on both the "hatch end" or the end where the ballots are removed for counting, and the "deposit slot" where you the voter deposit your ballot through the small slot.  When the boxes leave the County Clerks office before the election, the seals "must" be affixed according to law, and the Serial numbers of those seals "must" be recorded for later verification. 

     When the "deposit end" seal is broken, the seal must be inspected before it is broken, and recorded, and the broken seal saved by the election judge at the polling location, so that records are available for later verification  When the voting process is over,  the election judge must reseal the "deposit slot" and the seal number verified by 2 people, and then record it in the records for later verification. Two people are supposed to "by law" then deliver the ballot box back to the counting station, or in this case the County Clerks Office, with no stops made in between the polling place and the counting station.

     When the ballot box reaches the counting station, there is an election judge on that end who "must" verify the serial number of the seal on the "hatch end" of the box from the record made earlier of the serial number, and the "deposit slot" from the serial number record that the election judge and the witnesses made at the polling station.  If the serial numbers all "match" then the election judge records the serial numbers of both seals again.  Then the judge may break the seals, and remove the ballots from the box, again saving the seals for later verification.

     The early voting box is what caught our eye in this investigation, because there was no record of any seals affixed.  The box should have had 2 separate locks, one on the "hatch" end and one on the "deposit slot" end.  The keys should have been different, and the "hatch" end should have been held by the county auditor who is the custodian of the keys to the ballot boxes in this particular election until the box is ready to be counted on election night.  The "deposit slot"  key should have been held by the Election Judge in charge of the Polling Location.  The seals should have been affixed and recorded as described above, but in the early voting box, there should have been a seal affixed to the "deposit slot" end at the end of each voting day, and recorded each voting day with the broken seal saved for later verification.  The early voting box should have been secured at night in a secured location where everyone does not have keys to get to it.  It was not done this way.  There were no seals, only locks, and the keys to the lock was not secured away from the early voting box, and there was no seal to make sure there was no tampering. 

     "Why," you ask is is so important to affix seals and secure the box?  It is important because if you can get to the box, and the key to the deposit slot, and there is no seal affixed and recorded.  You can open the slot with the key, and shake the box like a piggy bank and tamper with the ballots inside.  If the box is secured, and sealed then everyone knows by the records and the seals that there was no tampering.  They cannot "prove" to me that something like this did not occur because the box was left sitting in the county clerks office with only a lock, no tamper proof seal and the key in an unsecured location in the same office.  How many people have keys to the annex, and the County Clerks Office?  I have heard that they have more keys out there floating around than fleas on a coyote. I even hear that the "inmate" Jason Meredith has keys to all the buildings and offices that he carries with him at all times.  You see my point?  Does it make you suspect?

     In this election, none of this was done in the manner prescribed by the "Texas Election Code", so there was no security to say that someone definitely did not "tamper" with the ballots.  This makes the election suspect, even if the ballots were all accounted for!!

     The Registry of Official Ballots is also a mandatory but all of us know that those were not done properly either.  They record the serial numbers of the ballots and show an accounting of the ballots that "must" be done according to the Texas Election Code, which is the "rule of law."    I have about 300 pages of Evidence that shows what was and what was not done, and am considering posting it for all of you to see.  If you want to see it, let me know if you want me to go to the trouble.

    I agree with Mark Lesher that the County Clerks office did a exemplary job in producing the requested documentation in this investigation even if most all of it did not exist properly, and the "math of the election did not add up",  but if the County Clerk and the Election Judges and officials had run the election according to the Texas Election Code in the first place,  there would have been no doubt, no Petition, no hearing, and all of those hundreds of hours of time and effort on "our" part or the "County Clerks office" to make sure the election was proper, even though the "law" was not followed.

    "I personally am not satisfied completely beyond a doubt about this election.  The "Law" needs to be followed in this county on more than just elections.  Is this county "law abiding"?  Are our elected officials "law abiding"?  If you think that the answer is "NO" then we need to speak out and let them know.  We need to hold them accountable to the "laws of the State of Texas", because if we do not,  are we able to say that we "Live in a Democracy"?

    If our Elected Officials do not bother to follow the laws on something as simple as an election, are they following the laws on more important things like "Murder", "Rape", "Drugs" etc.  Do you feel comfortable living here if none of our elected officials bother to follow the laws?  Do you feel that just because they have "Always done it this way in Red River County!" that they should keep doing it this way?   We all need to tell them that we do not like the way they are doing business, and that they should follow the law or get the hell out and let someone who will, do the job.  This includes any elected official be they County Clerk, County Judge, Sheriff, District/County Attorney "VVExpress", District Judges, District Clerk, and any appointed or elected official that I have forgotten to mention.  We need people running our government who are willing to do what is right and legal, not nepotism, favoritism, or just because they have always done it this way!!!  If your tired of the B.S. don't hesitate to tell them you are!!!

Remember also what was said by Mark Perkins that "We will do anything and everything to keep Royce Abbott from becoming Sheriff of Red River County!!!!!

Now you know why the saying about Red River County "If you want to get away with Murder do it in Red River County" is out there!!! 

Smells just a little rotten, doesn't it?  

F.Y.I.  We dropped the Law Suit because if we could not change the outcome of the election, then there was no way any judge would overturn it, and even though the "LAW" of the State of Texas was not followed, the ballots were all there, and there was no proof that the outcome could be changed.  If you do not understand what I am saying, e-mail me at rrpolitics@bowie-cass.com .

Conway/Dagenhart Video Taped Deposition

Think about this.  If you are a woman, are you not safe with the Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Deputies, and Jailers around because of your chances of being RAPED?  So how do you feel about being alone out in the County by yourself?  If we cannot trust our Law Enforcement,  then are you open game?  Better yet are your Young Daughters Open Game if they Get Stopped and Arrested and Taken To Jail?  By the looks of this, even if they did get RAPED, the "VV Express"  would let um off if the OFFENDER WAS wearing a badge, or one of the "GOB's".   IT WOULD BE A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION!!!!!!!!!!!! Just what the HELL kind of place are we all living in?????

How can Conway sit there and say one minute that the Deputy received no special treatment by the "VV Express" AND HIMSELF, and the next minute say that he would give the Deputy Life in Prison for what he did.  Then he can say that the Sex was Consensual and not RAPE? Later on, you are going to learn she was HANDCUFFED.   It is the Sheriff's job to bring the charges, and the "VV Express" to prosecute them, not the other way around!!!!!!  What good is a Sheriff's department that will not investigate and police themselves.  Is it another excuse to get preferential treatment???  PASS THE BUCK TO THE "VV EXPRESS", AND THE TEXAS RANGERS.

What really gets too me is they allowed the Deputy to resign, and walk out the door and go home right after this happened.  CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS??  Just think, they can look us all in the face and act like nothing happened !!!!!~  This is YOUR JUSTICE SYSTEM AT WORK PEOPLE, DON'T YOU THINK OR FEEL ANYTHING IS WRONG?????   DO YOU FEEL SAFE???  I promise the more you see of this deposition, the sicker you are going to feel!!!!!

Friday morning, at 10:00 a.m. in the Red River County Annex, the recount begins.  There will be one team, representing the Democratic Party counting the votes.  Royce Abbott and 2 representatives, Kenny Mitchell and Ernest Henslee will be observing the recount.  Terry Reed is also allowed to be there along with 2 representatives.  There has been a couple of ways suggested to do the recount, and as of this time I do not know which one will be used, but you can rest assured that all parties involved will make sure that the ballots are counted properly.  This recount is being done because Mr. Abbott's supporters wanted it done, and that includes myself and Kenny Mitchell.  29 votes is too close a number not to do the recount, not just because we think there is any mistakes, but because with everyone who is going to be there tomorrow watching, there will be no room left to anyone for doubt.  We want everyone involved to know that. We also hope that the recount goes smoothly for all involved.     Check back here late tomorrow for the final count.

Response to Appointed Sheriff Reed's E-Mail Opinion

Received  4/16/2006  20:23

Mr. Henslee:

In your response to a citizen’s e-mail on your site, you made the following statement: 

I know for a fact that Terry Reed watches this site constantly as does every other person who works in the county government. If you and others like you will post your ideas, and opinions, little by little they will sink in, and a change will occur. No matter how small it is, it is worth it. People are not subject to change rapidly, and a little step at a time is what I have been seeing since 2003, although the everyday citizen who does not interact with the C government on a daily basis does not necessarily notice it. I DO! So please get everyone you know who is tired of the Corruption to post their opinions. This in and of itself will bring about change.   Exposure of actions brings about change. 

You may want to mark this date on your calendar, but I totally agree with you on this point.   

I do monitor the postings on your site often and I do realize that almost 50% of those who voted in the run-off election are looking for change to take place within the sheriff’s department.  I realize that there are citizens who are displeased with county law enforcement due to personal issues or negative contacts with law enforcement or correction officers, some of which started years ago.  I also realize that I serve at that will of the people and I have the responsibility to serve in the interest of the people and in my opinion, it would be very foolish of me, not to take note of that.  

As you implied in your response, change occurs “one little step at a time”.  Since I was appointed to office in May of 2005, I have been taking those little steps to prepare for the larger ones.  I think you will agree with me, that you can not build a house before you have the foundation or the groundwork in place. 

I may not agree with your methods; however: I firmly believe that we and the other citizens of this county fundamentally want the same things for the sheriff’s department.  A department that’s professional, progressive, and provides the services that our citizens deserve.  I also believe that community involvement is essential to reaching these goals, therefore the “opinions and ideas” of our citizens are always welcome and encouraged. 

I wouldn’t classify myself as a “good ‘ole boy”, rather I am someone who loves Red River County and who wants this to be safe and secure place for my family and yours.  I have often said that I had rather be a short-term sheriff who made a positive difference than a long-term sheriff who didn’t accomplish anything.  Therein is my commitment, Mr. Henslee – If I don’t believe that I am making that positive difference then I will not seek re-election at the end of this 2 year term.  My opinion is if you’re not moving forward then you’re in the way. 

I purposely excluded other county departments from my letter because I am speaking for myself and I have no control of other departments. Therefore I am only representing my piece of the (county government) pie.  I have read your posting policies and I am aware that this probably will not be posted, however you now know my opinion.  I ask that if you do post this letter then post all of it. 

Respectfully,

Terry Reed

Clarksville, TX

Another instance we found an aunt of the opposition worked in one of the polling locations.  Read 32.054 of the Election Code, I believe and you will see that it is illegal for this to happen.  In the last election, Conway had his secretary working in a polling place, which is illegal also.  Hell in this Corrupt County it is nothing to steal an election.  Remember "Anything and Everything"  I can guarantee you won't find any Abbott employees or relatives working in the polling places.   This place is like living in a 3rd. World dictatorship, and the law enforcement being the military.  I guess they won't rest till they get all 1162 of us. Duh, 3 down, and 1,159 to go.  Here is the law, but in this place who in hell is going to enforce it!!!  We might as well have not even wasted the money to pay for an election, if it isn't going to be a fair one and from what we are hearing and finding out it wasn't....

§ 32.054. INELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEE OR RELATIVE OF CANDIDATE.

(a) A person is ineligible to serve as an election judge or clerk in an election if the person is employed by or related within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to an opposed candidate for a public office or the party office of county chair in the election. For purposes of this subsection, a candidate whose name appears on the ballot is not considered to be opposed by a write-in candidate other than a declared write-in candidate under Chapter 146.
(b) For purposes of this section, a person is employed by a candidate if:
      (1) the candidate is an owner or officer of a business entity by which the person is employed;
      (2) the candidate is an officer of a governmental department or agency by which the person is employed; or
      (3) the person is under the candidate's supervision in public or private employment.
(c) In this section, "candidate" means a person who has taken affirmative action, as described by the law regulating political funds and campaigns, for the purpose of gaining nomination or election.

Shawn,

First off I am a citizen just like you stated you are.  I am glad that you have responded.  I and everyone else in this County would love a open S.O. without divulging anything that would jeopardize an ongoing investigation.  I apologize for making the mistake using "Public Service".  A mistake is a mistake, so I will move on. 

We all know that there are some good officers out there who are dedicated to their jobs. You say you are a dedicated officer who is doing his job.  We need officers who do their jobs in a professional manner. We also hear and see where officers are doing sloppy law enforcement, and the people of this county want to know, and are being informed of this. 

When I first started writing "The Star" I found out that there are a lot of citizens, "Who are good Law Abiding Citizens", who were and still are "afraid of the law in this county, particularly the S.O.".  They are not criminals either, but rather law abiding citizens.  "Why are they afraid?"

I was threatened twice by a elected law enforcement official.  I took the proper action to report it, as I will if anything like this happens again, because I say what I think and will continue to do so.  If I feel retaliation, I will report that also.  We all have the right to "Free Speech" under the Constitution.  This is the United States, and "We" being "You and I" have that right whether anyone likes it or not, and "We" have the right to do it without the fear of retaliation  by law enforcement, or any governmental entity.  Law abiding, tax paying citizens should not be "threatened or intimidated" by law enforcement, only criminals should.  I am not a criminal.  I am not afraid, as you can well see, and don't think that anyone is going to try and intimidate or retaliate against me because it would not be beneficial to them, nor would it be legal, besides that it would show just how it is here.  

Now, to Jason.  He was found guilty, and sentenced to the Penitentiary, which is the Texas Department of Corrections, not the Red River County Jail. Why is he here in Red River County running the streets?  Besides that he is not even in Jail here, because he has free run of the place inside and out.

Tracy Eugene Reeves Court Transcript

Eleven Hundred and Sixty Two People of Red River County are tired of the "Good Ole Boy" Law Enforcement that we have.  There is one thing in particular that I would like to talk about today, and that is the Confidential Informant Shawn McCullough that has made so many drug cases for the S.O. and for Deputy Freddie Booker. 

I believe that this CI's credibility is definitely in question.  I also believe from reading the Tracy Eugene Reeves transcript that there is more involved here than just drugs.  These investigations are "tainted".  I say tainted because if you look you will see that if the Deputy has let the CI get out of his sight, that he could have got drugs from anywhere during that time, and said that he purchased drugs from the Accused.  Letting the CI get out of his sight for any length of time is definitely a "no NO".  This needs to be looked at by everyone as a violation of procedure by the Deputy. This makes all of the cases that Shawn McCullough made for this Deputy questionable.  There are a lots of "Accused People" that are sitting behind bars this minute because of Shawn McCullough.  A considerable amount of them could be questionable as to guilt.  I have heard that Mr. McCullough's own family has said that he was not raised to be this way.

Val Varley, and our District Court need to hear the Eleven Hundred and Sixty Two People who have spoken about the "Good Ole Boy" system, and any case that has been tainted by anything that this CI, or Deputy Booker has done outside of professional investigation needs to be thrown out. 

Our legal system is based on "facts", and if the facts are tainted because of sloppy law enforcement procedure then we as a society need to pressure our officials to "DO IT RIGHT, or DON'T DO IT AT ALL."  It is better for 10 guilty men to go free than to have one innocent man convicted.  Wait A Minute,  in Red River County it is better for 10 guilty men to go free, and have one innocent man convicted because that is how justice works here.

I can assure everyone reading this, that if they could figure a way to silence me, that they would do "Anything and Everything" to do it, if they COULD GET AWAY WITH IT!!!  Who is to say they are not cooking up some scheme to do that at this very minute.  I will own a considerable chunk of Red River County in the end if they try, and too many people are watching them for them to try anyway.  More eyes are peering in on what "The Good Ole Boys"  are doing right now in this county than have ever been before, and they can't afford to bring the scrutiny of anyone else on them by trying something STUPID.

It is not about putting people in Prison Val Varley, it is about Equal Justice and Fair Justice.  We all know that sloppy law enforcement practices does not bring about justice, and we most definitely have sloppy law enforcement practices, and sloppy judicial practices when people are RR Justiced without evidence even being submitted in Court or being Tested before the Revocation Hearing. 

CAN WE SAY THAT WE HAVE JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTY?     Eleven Hundred and Sixty Two People think that we do not!!!!   How about ya'll making a change or are you just going to go about "Business as Usual"?

Sheriff-Elect Reed cannot claim a sweeping victory.  Twenty nine votes is not a mandate from the people.  It was a inconsequential popularity contest that was won here tonight, and there are no sour grapes from his opposition.  We all hope that he will take this job, and do it properly.  There is no one that wishes he would more than myself.  His job is one that he will be judged by long after he is gone.  Will he take the job, and do what is right?  He spoke of reforms and changes in the sheriff's department that he would do if he was given the opportunity.  Will he truly take the opportunity and do them or were they just shallow words to gain votes. 

There are and have been innocent people scooped up by the swiftness of the so-called justice in Red River County.  There is a confidential informant who has been used to make cases that are false, and the Sheriff should take a long look at these.  If he is really interested in reform and change in the S.O.  let him make sure that True Justice is being served rather than the Hollowness of False Justice.  Change needs to be made in the way Red River Justice is handled, and all of the 1,162 voters that voted for Royce Abbott have sent you the message that you have problems in the S.O., and with the type of justice that is being meted out in this County.  We will be watching to see if you are actually going to follow through with your words.

The inmates inside of the jail are "people" who have done wrong, but are none the less human beings.  The sheriff needs to allow them to have the dignity and respect of being human beings even though they have done wrong.

I hope that he takes a long look at his revolving door policy.  He needs to run the jail like a jail, and not give free run of our County to any inmate.  They may be human beings, but they are human beings that are there for a reason, at least I hope they are.

Let's all watch and see if he actually treats his employees with fairness, and does not use his office to gain revenge on anyone.  Let's see if he actually uses his training to make the S.O. a better place for the inmates who are held as prisoners there, and a safer place for his Jailers.  Let us see if the policies and changes he implements really benefit the County, or is it just going to be the same old sorry Red River County Justice, and revenge.  

This website is not going away.  It will be here as long as the people are willing to provide the information, and are willing to read the information provided.  This website is about the Corruption in this County, and was set up to fight that corruption.  People are watching your performance Sheriff, and will be talking about it.  Are you the type of person who is willing to take the criticism and grow and learn from it, or are you just going to ignore it and hope that it goes away.   If it is the latter, then you are in for a Rough Ride.  People are stronger because of this election.  They have gained back some of the power that has been slowly taken from them.  They will be more likely to speak openly about the injustices committed on them by the so-called justice system of Red River County.  This website will provide that conduit to the outside world, and because of it, the Good People in this County will take back the Control of the Government into the people's hands rather than the hands of the "Good Ole Boys."

So, Sheriff Reed, you may be able to claim a victory with 29 votes, but know that the 1,162 citizens who voted against you are people in this county who are watching you and your department, and know that they did not want you in the position or they would have voted for you.  No voices have been silenced, nor are any voices going to be silenced.  Do not think that you have carte blanche to do "Anything and Everything" and not answer for it. 

Ernest Henslee