[Watchdogs] PAPA JOE SUMMONED AS BLANCO COUNTY GRAND JURY COMMISSIONER, and a Letter to the Austin American-Statesman

[joesummy at moment.net]

>Milton,

The message is mine from my online column. Moral dilemma's face us all
from time to time.

This one is mine.

Input appreciated. However, I will presented you what I shared with the
Austin-American in another posting.

Joe Summy,




 Friends,
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> Someone is circulating the following message on the Internet, and using
> Joe
> Summy's name and address as the source:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: joesummy at moment.net <joesummy at moment.net>
> Sent: Thu Jan 08 20:22:46 2009
> Subject:  PJ:  Papa Joe Summoned As Blanco County Grand Jury
> Commissioner]]]]
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> PAPA JOE SUMMONED AS BLANCO COUNTY GRAND JURY COMMISSIONER
>   Ironic ain't it...how God puts us in difficult positions to grow.
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>   Yes, it is true. The sensational media, opportunist politicians, special
> interest groups and mean-spirited folk will have a field day frenzy over
> this one. It should be in the Austin-American Statesman soon. It will be
> interesting to see how dizzy the spin will be.
>   My only faults are that I have been critical of the above players for
> their biases against the possible defendants...if there will be any. And
> I have tried to bring some sense of fairness to the issues by promoting
> people to think outside of their predetermined biases. Folks ain't
> guilty of anything until proved so by a jury of their peers.
>   However, as you know grand jury commissioners (There are three
> commissioners.) don't sit on the grand jury. They only provide the court
> with a list of whom they believe to be fair-minded citizens for possible
> selection for the grand jury. In addition, the commissioners do not make
> the final selection.
>   Papa Joe knows many fair minded people throughout Blanco County who will
> make excellent members of the grand jury. My own personal dilemma is not
> that I can't be fair and provide a list of fair minded citizens, but
> that will I take the easy way out and refuse to serve and do my citizen
> duty as a commissioner...or will I do it the cowboy way?
>   The answer to my personal dilemma would be easy...if I didn't have a
> large immediate and extended family who could be hurt by my notoriety.
> And you know the pay ain't that great!
>   What would you do? It is not often one gets the opportunity to check
> "their metal"...to find out if they are made from the "right stuff".
> Can you put away your biases and be fair? Input appreciated.
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> Papa Joe
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> And a while ago, back in 2007, someone wrote the following letter to the
> editor of the Austin American-Statesman, again using Joe Summy's name and
> e-mail address:
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> Supporting PEC leadership
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> Re: Sept. 11 letter "Problems exaggerated."
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> Finally, some words of common sense. The letter writer recognizes what the
> great majority of the more than 200,000 Pedernales Electric Cooperative
> clients do: that the PEC could not have obtained its excellent
> industry-leading reputation in the United States without exemplary
> leadership at the management and board levels.
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> Excellence rarely, if ever, occurs haphazardly, in a vacuum or without
> good
> leadership.
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> Unfortunately, Rep. Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, and state Sen. Troy
> Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, have responded as irresponsible political
> opportunists.
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> More democracy and transparency at the PEC might be needed. But democracy
> and transparency - and a lawsuit - do not necessarily mean that the PEC
> will
> be more efficient, prepare it for the future or provide its clients with
> better services. Its exemplary leadership will.
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> JOE SUMMY
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> joesummy at moment.net
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> Johnson City
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> http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/opinions/entr
> ies/2007/09/23/segway_quick_getaways_and_thro.html
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> Milton Hawkins    mhawkins at tstar.net     830-868-9075
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