Amelia Earhart Found Dining With Blogger…
Allright, so Amelia wasn’t having dinner with me, although with my extremely extended absence from this blog, it certainly seems plausible. A lot has been changing in my life, and I’d like to bring everyone up to speed.
- In July, I moved to small-town Georgia (about an hour East of Macon)
- In nine days, I will be getting married
- I’ve been dealing with personal issues that required the assistance of a psychiatrist. (Hey, I never claimed I wasn’t crazy.)
- My mother passed away in August, and I have been dealing with the grief process
- I’ve - ultimately - been finally approaching that point in one’s life where one sits back, shakes their head in amazement, and finally realized that Corinthians I had hit at last (”…when I became a man, I put aside childish things”).
My life, ultimately, has changed for the better, although this period of time was not without its negatives. The loss of my mother was a defining moment in my life. She was truly my best friend, and my closest confidant. The fact that it happened so soon after my moving out of my parents’ home, and several states away, made it all the harder. This, combined with pre-existing issues, led me to consult with the wonderful individuals at my local rubber room. (A joke. I have never undergone
inpatient psychiatric care. I have merely been being treated for depression as a standard office-visit type patient.) Fortunately, I have met a wonderful woman, and in nine days, we are to be married.
What does this mean for MindSpeak? Hopefully not too much of a change. Since I have moved out of Texas, I will be moving more towards a broader political base, including more national and international politics, as well as a fair bit of Georgia politics. Yes, I certainly intend to continue blogging about the Texas political arena, and I hope to remain a member of the Texas Progressive Alliance, as well as potentially forming a similar group of bloggers for the Georgia progressives. Additionally,
I hope to ask my wife to begin blogging here, as well. She shares many of my political views, and - in fact - is a bit more liberal than I am, overall. I think her voice would be a welcome change around here.
When is all of this going to take place? Sometime after the start of the year. During the next week, I will be moving servers (the change should be seamless, and the blog should not go down). Towards the middle of January, I hope to be into a routine where blogging will have a specific portion of my day dedicated. As I have multiple blogs, I hope to - again - have a defined schedule of updates (i.e. every mon, wed, fri, etc). Given that I will be blogging only a specific number
of days per week, I am considering doing specific topics on specific days. In example, Monday: Texas Politics, Wedensday: Georgia Politics, Friday: National/International Politics.
Ultimately, I’m not certain how this will all turn out, but I do know that MindSpeak will make a comeback! I hope to see you around, once it does!
2 Comments so far
1. Radio Detector wrote on December 6th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I am excited when that MindSpeak will comeback.
2. TXBlogger wrote on January 26th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Speaking of local blogs and campaign ethics concerns. Please post this:
I just listened to an interview of the TXHD27 challenger. More candidates need to do this. It did generate many additional questions for me regarding his ethics admissions to the Texas Bar Association though.
In a Fortbendnow piece on ethics in politics
(http://www.fortbendnow.com/news/3696) Reynolds responded seeming to blame an associate in his law firm. This seems to
contradict his podcast information and opens up
numerous other questions like, by making the admissions
of record to the bar association isn’t he providing
false testimony? Or is it one truth for the media
during the campaign and one to settle this series (4
bar complaints and 2 sanctions) prior to his run for
office? Remember he has only been practicing law for 7
years and has two concurrent sanctions through 2009. So who did he lie to (media or the bar assoc.)?
This sounds like typical pol. spin out of his camp. He
also claims to be involved with several fbc grassroots
groups that he has nothing to do with (Coalition
Against Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion, Single-Member
School Districts and StopGPTolls — he isn’t involved
with any of these groups or their boards. You can
easily confirm this). Additionally, Dora has met with 2
of these groups and supports their efforts actively
and is very much involved with the CABLFE (landfill
fight). This leads me to many further questions
regarding this mans real motives and character for running.
See his post from FBN:
115 Ron Reynolds - Jan 23, 03:20 AM
I’m not one that normally responds to gossip and mess
that personally affects me. I’m a big boy and can
handle negative attacks by the opposition. I’m
reminded of a powerful quote by Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. “the ultimate measure of a man is not where
he stands at moments of comfort and conveyance, but
where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy”. However, I will not sit on the sideline
while people that I respect are attacked because they
are defending me. So let’s set the record straight.
I was sanctioned by the State Bar for matters that
took place years ago while I was helping take care of
a very ill parent that couldn’t take care of
themselves at the time. In my absence I placed client
responsibilities on to an associate and several
matters fell through the cracks. Even though I didn’t
directly mishandle the matters I was responsible
because I was the attorney of record. The client’s
filed grievances and I accepted responsibility for the
mistakes and voluntarily agreed to a probated
suspension. I admit that I made a mistake and learned
a valuable lesson from that experience. I learned that
no matter what kind of crisis that may be happening in
my life, I’m still responsible for adequately
supervising my staff to ensure that client matters are
properly handled. I’m not the type of person to make
excuses for my mistakes or blame someone else. I take
ownership for my shortcomings and try to learn from
them and move on. As a Christian I know that “all have
sinned and fallen short of the glory of God”. I also
know that people who live in glass houses should stop
throwing rocks. Muckraker you of all people should not
be so quick to judge!!!
I’ve been blessed with a very successful career. I
finished in the top 5 of my graduating class in
college. I was among the youngest persons ever
appointed as an Associate Municipal Judge for The City
of Houston. I have served as President of the Houston
Lawyers Association (again one of the youngest). I’m
currently President of the Ft. Bend County NAACP. I
serve as legal counsel for numerous non profits. I
challenge you to find an attorney that has received
the number of awards and recognition that I have for
my civic involvement at the age of 35.
So all this focus on my grievance with the State Bar
is not reflective of my character nor my ability to
lead. I was asked to run for State Rep. by several
elected officials and community leaders that believe
in me and have personally worked with me over the
years. I’m endorsed by the highest ranking Democrats
in Fort Bend County, Congressman Al Green, Senator
Rodney Ellis, Commissioner Grady Prestage and
Constable Ruben Davis, to name a few. Each of them
knows about the matters with the state bar and fully
supports me. I’m not going to let this negativity
deter me from running a positive clean campaign. In
the end, I believe people are sick and tired of the
negative politics that seeks to divide. The focus
should return to who is better suited to lead the
fight for improving the education of our youth, making
sure people have access to affordable healthcare and
improving our economy.
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Apparently this was all timed for release:
Questions I have following this media blitz by his
spin crew:
Why did he wait so long to try and clear this up?
Why is the story different from one public source to
the next?
Why did he admit to these if he did not do them?
Does it create additional ethics violations
misinforming the TX bar?