Jared Woodfill's Forehead

Elected Judge Lisa Millard helped the Forehead make a second injunction about gay marriage back in November.  When's the next one?  The Forehead furrows!

VOTE FOREHEAD FOR GOP CHAIR!

Woodfill, a plaintiffs' lawyer, is facing a collection lawsuit from a New York law firm alleging he owes nearly $30 million for a loan he defaulted on two years ago. The loan, in part, was to bankroll litigation Woodfill pursued against the BNSF Railway on behalf of some Somerville residents who blame the company for their health problems.

In the decade that he has been chairman of the Harris County Republican Party, it has been common knowledge that Woodfill is a lawyer. It is less well known that he is a plaintiff's lawyer, a label that may rival "liberal" as an insult among Republicans who believe that plaintiffs' lawyers file frivolous lawsuits and win outrageous settlements from reputable companies. His profile on the party website notes that he and his partner, Paul Pressler, "have defended conservative principles through their law practice."

The practice "raises a lot of ethical questions," said Robert Schuwerk, a law professor at the University of Houston Law Center who specializes in legal ethics. [...]

Woodfill said his firm has spent more on the BNSF cases than on any previous litigation and is proceeding with the lawsuits. He defended the practice, if not the outcome of this particular agreement with the hedge fund.

"This is a business dispute," he said. "This type of loan is consistent with free-market principles."

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Lawsuit-claims-GOP-chairman-on-hook-for-30-3659419.php

I mean this was clearly one of the most egregious abuses of power I've ever seen on behalf of an elected official.

He said that if the city loses “the rule of law, we give into to mob rule and crony politics, aptly described once as the ‘Chicago way.’”

“Texas and Houston will not permit would-be anarchy to become the default standard of government in this city,” he said.

Don't worry about marijuana.  No big deal.

This is just another distraction so folks won't focus.

STAND AND FIGHT

If you're not doing anything wrong, why do you care if someone's watching you go through a legal process.