Note: Interesting reference to a "Rule 11" agreement in this story (though the author calls it a "Chapter 11 agreement"). My, that sounds familiar...
Star Telegram
Link to original story
Posted Monday, Aug. 16, 2010
By Melody McDonald
mjmcdonald@star-telegram.com
Except from a distance, Anna hasn't seen her firstborn son in more than six years.
The last time was in 2003, around Christmas, when she was a single mother addicted to prescription pills.
Anna's ex-husband, Todd, has custody of their son.
For more than a decade, Anna and Todd have been in and out of court, fighting over visitation, parental rights and, lately, whether Anna should be reintroduced to her son at all.
Experts say their dispute illustrates the extremes to which parents will go in cases involving children, with both sides spending tens of thousands of dollars on attorneys fees, court costs, social studies, counselors and drug tests.
16 August 2010
03 August 2010
Collin County DA: District clerk's office padded time, attendance records with hundreds of false entries
Link: Dallas Morning News: District Clerk's Office Padded Time, Attendance Records with Hundreds of False Entries
12:09 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 3, 2010
By ED HOUSEWRIGHT / The Dallas Morning News
ehousewright@dallasnews.com
Collin County District Clerk supervisors made more than 200 false entries to show employees were at work when they were not, according to a 45-page court document filed by the District Attorney's office.
The document also says that supervisors used employees' access badges to log in workers when they really weren't on the job.
Patricia Crigger, the incoming district clerk, and five other supervisors were indicted last week on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity. The indictments stem from a Texas Rangers investigation that alleges Crigger and the others pressured district clerk employees to work on Crigger's spring campaign.
Crigger defeated law office manager Alma Hays in an April 13 Republican primary runoff election. Crigger faces no Democratic opposition and is due to take office Jan. 1, replacing longtime District Clerk Hannah Kunkle, who is retiring.
The new court document alleges supervisors gave employees unauthorized paid time off in exchange for their campaign work.
The charges against Crigger, Sherry Bell, Rebecca Littrell, Amy Mathis, Lorrie Robertson and Marcia Simpson allege the women tampered with governmental records by making false entries in time and attendance records.
12:09 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 3, 2010
By ED HOUSEWRIGHT / The Dallas Morning News
ehousewright@dallasnews.com
Collin County District Clerk supervisors made more than 200 false entries to show employees were at work when they were not, according to a 45-page court document filed by the District Attorney's office.
The document also says that supervisors used employees' access badges to log in workers when they really weren't on the job.
Patricia Crigger, the incoming district clerk, and five other supervisors were indicted last week on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity. The indictments stem from a Texas Rangers investigation that alleges Crigger and the others pressured district clerk employees to work on Crigger's spring campaign.
Crigger defeated law office manager Alma Hays in an April 13 Republican primary runoff election. Crigger faces no Democratic opposition and is due to take office Jan. 1, replacing longtime District Clerk Hannah Kunkle, who is retiring.
The new court document alleges supervisors gave employees unauthorized paid time off in exchange for their campaign work.
The charges against Crigger, Sherry Bell, Rebecca Littrell, Amy Mathis, Lorrie Robertson and Marcia Simpson allege the women tampered with governmental records by making false entries in time and attendance records.
01 August 2010
Welcome...Time to Speak Up
Hello friends and neighbors of Collin County. We have started this blog because we can no longer stay silent about the corruption and villainy that is out of control in our county. This is not something we wanted to do. We would rather be spending our time doing the things we actually enjoy. In fact, we long for the days when we knew nothing about the subject of this blog. We hope those days are not over.
We can no longer remain silent. Our worlds have changed over the last months and years thanks to the corrupt judges, attorneys, court personnel, and other assorted parasites and bottom feeders that enrich themselves by stealing from the citizens of this county. They think nothing of lying, cheating, and trampling civil rights to get what they want. Arrogant and smug, they wield the power entrusted to them by us, the citizens, to enrich themselves, their family, and their “friends” because they believe it is their birthright. They do not care who they destroy in their pursuit…not even innocent children.
We can no longer remain silent. Our worlds have changed over the last months and years thanks to the corrupt judges, attorneys, court personnel, and other assorted parasites and bottom feeders that enrich themselves by stealing from the citizens of this county. They think nothing of lying, cheating, and trampling civil rights to get what they want. Arrogant and smug, they wield the power entrusted to them by us, the citizens, to enrich themselves, their family, and their “friends” because they believe it is their birthright. They do not care who they destroy in their pursuit…not even innocent children.
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