Bobby Cole for Governor

Very pleased to see the Fifteenth Court of Appeals panel halting - at least for now - Judge Fahey’s blizzard of rulings favoring Paxton. Paxton was getting every ruling he asked for against Beto for nearly three weeks, including a TRO based on the proposition that Beto and Powered by People were violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act - a consumer protection statute that requires sellers of goods and services to not act fraudulently. In Paxton’s sick lawsuit, we voters and supporters were bizarely depicted as “consumers.” Political speech is a highly protected act in America. Ironic that Ken Paxton - now posing as the guru of ethics - would be the one suddenly lecturing about what acts constitute fraud. But the 348th JDC denied Beto’s efforts to dismiss the matter, transfer the lawsuit and dissolve the TRO. So, after Monday’s high stakes hearing on Beto’s motions, wherein Judge Fahey ruled in Paxton’s favor, Beto’s excellent lawyers filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus in the Fifteenth Court of Appeals seeking to slow the 348th’s steamroller of rulings. The Fifteenth Court considered Beto’s request for emergency relief and ruled that more time was needed to fully consider his position. The Fifteenth Court, therefore, stayed the September 2 hearing on Paxton’s Application for Temporary Injunction and ordered that Judge Fahey’s August 15 Order granting Paxton’s request to depose Beto and PxP be stayed until a final decision by the Fifteenth Court on Beto’s emergency motion for relief. The Fifteenth Court granted Paxton until September 9 to respond to Beto’s motion and writ. The Fifteenth Court originally wanted Paxton’s response in 48 hours, that deadline would’ve been by this evening, and Paxton wasn’t up to it, even going to the Texas Supreme Court for relief - which was summarily denied. But the Fifteenth Court judges gave Paxton his requested extension of time to respond until Sept 9. It’s funny, that, because Paxton started this whole sh*t show by sticking Beto and PxP with a harassing Request to Examine papers and financials in El Paso with a 48 hour deadline to respond, and Paxton refused to negotiate that deadline choosing instead to haul off and sue Beto in Tarrant County in violation of manditory venue statutes requiring suit to be filed in El Paso county. Paxton is not a “lawyer’s lawyer.” He sure as hell isnt the “people’s lawyer.” He’s our persecutor; he’s our daily enemy. We didn’t ask for any of this. Yet, with all the good that could’ve come from his office for all these many years, he instead chose to be poisonous. Sure, he beat impeachment, and he evaded all his various criminal and civil exposures. I’ll give him that. He’s well-insulated despite how many abhor him. So, this is your friendly daily reminder that he doesn’t have to continue in office after his term expires. Vote him out and send him on his way.