It’s not about politics–right
Ms. Reed has come under intense public fire since word of the Day bust – which started as a charge similar to a traffic ticket but was upgraded to a Class A misdemeanor by the time it made it to Ms. Reed’s office – spread across the nation and brought on editorials and articles from as far away as Los Angeles hammering the Republican DA.
Officials from the district attorney’s office said Thursday that they’d wait for the attorney general’s opinion to decide how to handle the case but insisted their interest is not a political statement by an office bent on fighting such programs of any kind, as critics have suggested.
Of course Ms. Reed isn’t trying to make some sort of “political statement.”
Here’s the irony: Bexar County is the only place in Texas that has a law on the books intended to authorize a syringe-exchange program. It’s also the only major metropolitan area, Dallas included, where churches or nonprofits aren’t operating one anyway, with the tacit approval of law enforcement.
You tell me this wasn’t an easy way to get Reed’s name in the news as being “tough on crime” without people ever really remembering the specifics by the time elections come around. How did the crime go from a “ticket” to a Class A misdemeanor by the time it reached her office? By magic?
Texas and Southwest briefs | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Regional News
An anticipated Texas attorney general’s opinion on a San Antonio-based
needle-exchange program was delayed a few days “due to the legal
research and analysis required,” officials said Monday.
I don’t know if Abbott ever issued his ruling, it may be delayed even longer with FLDS children and CPS mess. But whenever it does come out, I’m sure Reed will be there to make the most political hay possible.
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