County

Was firing of Skurka unconstitutional? What happened to the Kostelnik investigation?
The Caller Times editorial on June 7 titled “DA’s dismissal of opponent was correct” referring to Anna Jimenez’s firing of head Assistant District Attorney Mark Skurka seems to be well, incorrect. A local attorney who asked not to be named pointed out this recent relevantU. S. Court of Appeals(Fifth Circuit) case, Jordan v. Ector County, 516 F. 3d 290 (2008)
In upholding the jury finding that the Ector County District Clerk had violated the First Amendment rights of Donna Jordan, an employee and political rival of the District Clerk, by firing Jordan in retaliation for exercising those rights, the Court of Appeals stated:

Update - Audit of Judge JAG’s Court finds “Fabricated adjustments and missing cash”

Judge Joe A. Gonzalez who has been a high profile figure in Corpus Christi championing education for delinquent youth, has come under scrutiny for some of the practices in his court that are alleged to be improper and illegal, yet he refuses to release a confidential agreement with Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct that reviewed the matter. One confidential source in the legal community says that agreement may have forced the judge to resign and thus led to his current run for County Commissioner.