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LOCAL NEWS

DATE: 03 13 10

FOLLOWING THE THURSDAY NIGHT CANVASSED THE BALLOTS BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE NEWS STAFF OF KSHN RADIO WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION BOTH COUNTY CHAIR NANCY ARCHER AND COUNTY JUDGE PARTY NOMINEE KEN MORRISON ABOUT ISSUED RAISED ABOUT HIS RESIDENCY.  TO START WHAT WOULD BECOME A SPIRITED DEBATE, NANCY ARCHER MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

REPEATING, DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR NANCY ARCHER SAID IF YOU THINK YOU LIVE THERE, YOU LIVE THERE.  THAT IS NOT WHAT THE OFFICE OF THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE ELECTION DIVISION ATTORNEY SAID.  IT WAS THE SUGGESTION OF THE ATTORNEY THAT BASED ON INFORMATION WE SHARED WITH THEM AND CONFIRMED BY MORRISON AS BEING CORRECT, THE ISSUE OF RESIDENCY OF THE COUNTY JUDGE CANDIDATE SHOULD BE TURNED OVER TO PROSECUTORS.  WE CALLED THE OFFICE OF THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE, ELECTIONS DIVISION TO SPEAK WITH AN ATTORNEY VERSED IN ELECTION LAW.  WE WERE ASKED WHERE WE WERE CALLING FROM, AND OUR NAME.  THEY DID NOT ASK IF WE WERE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MEDIA, AND BECAUSE MANY TIMES ORGANIZATIONS TEND TO STOP TALKING WHEN THEY LEARN WE ARE A REPORTER, WE DID NOT VOLUNTEER THE INFORMATION.  THIS REPORTER ASKED THE QUESTIONS AS A REGISTERED VOTER AND CITIZEN OF LIBERTY COUNTY. WHEN WE ASKED COULD A CANDIDATE BE A LEGAL RESIDENT OF LIBERTY COUNTY FOR SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, AND VOTE IN HARRIS COUNTY ONLY FIVE MONTHS PRIOR, THE ATTORNEY WE SPOKE TO SAID THE CANDIDATE EITHER VOTED ILLEGALLY OR LIED ON HIS APPLICATION TO RUN FOR OFFICE.  THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXPERT WENT ON TO SAY IT IS HARD TO RECONCILE STATEMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE APPLICATION OF CLAIMS OF RESIDENCY, AND SAID THE VOTING HISTORY IN HARRIS COUNTY, AND IT WAS POSSIBLE THE CANDIDATE PERJURED HIMSELF WHEN FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION.  IT WAS THEN THE ATTORNEY MADE THE SUGGESTION OF REPORTING THE CASE TO PROSECUTORS.  SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE THURSDAY NIGHT CONVERSATION, LIBERTY COUNTY DEMOCRAT PARTY CHAIR NANCY ARCHER SAID IF KSHN WANTED TO “DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT” THEN FILE SUIT AGAINST KEN MORRISON.

IN OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE ATTORNEY AT THE SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE, ELECTIONS DIVISION, HE SAID A CANDIDATE WHO LOST AN ELECTION TO MR. MORRISON, OR THE LOCAL PROSECUTORS OFFICE WERE THE ONES WHO COULD CHALLENGE MR. MORRISON’S RESIDENCY.  KENNETH MORRISON SAID OUR QUESTIONING OF HIS STATUS AS A RESIDENT OF LIBERTY COUNTY BASED ON HIS VOTING RECORDED, WAS CLOUDING THE ISSUE.

MR. MORRISON SAID IT HAS BEEN HIS INTENT ALL ALONG, SINCE HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, TO BUILD HIS RETIREMENT HOME ON THE COUNTY ROAD 6244 ACREAGE.   AGAIN, THE ATTORNEY WITH THE ELECTIONS DIVISION OF THE TEXAS SEC. OF STATES OFFICE SAID THE VOTING HISTORY IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONE WAS ENOUGH TO CALL INTO QUESTION KENNETH MORRISON BEING A RESIDENT IN LIBERTY COUNTY.  

fatality accident on 2068

03.12.10

A YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN DIED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON COUNTY ROAD 2068 NEAR MOSS HILL. THAT CAR WRECK OCCURRED DURING A HIGH-SPEED CHASE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. DPS TROOPER BOYD LAMB TOLD US IT ALL BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER 3 A.M. THURSDAY WHEN LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL OF A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE.
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IT TOOK THE HARDIN AND HULL-DAISETTA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AN HOUR TO EXTRICATE THE PASSENGERS FROM THE VEHICLE. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PCT. 3 CODY PARRISH PRONOUNCED ONE MAN DEAD AT THE SCENE. THAT MAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BRANDON WADE DAGLE, 26, OF BATSON. THE DRIVER – 18-YEAR-OLD CHASTITY SMITH OF HARDIN – WAS TAKEN BE LIFE FLIGHT AIR AMBULANCE TO HERMANN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON WHERE SHE DIED A SHORT TIME LATER. THE OTHER PASSENGER – 22-YEAR-OLD JERRY CARTER OF HARDIN - WAS ALSO TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES. ACCORDING TO DPS TROOPER LAMB, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WAS DISCOVERED BOTH IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE TROOPER SAID THERE WAS A LIBERTY COUNTY WARRANT ON RECORD FOR THE ARREST OF THE WOMAN DRIVER FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR ON A DRUG OFFENSE. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND TROOPER LAMB SAID AN AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED ON CHASTITY SMITH. AGAIN, A DPS REPORT SAYS A THURSDAY MORNING ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON C.R. 2068, JUST SOUTH OF MOSS HILL, THAT CLAIMED TWO LIVES OCCURRED DURING A HIGH-SPEED CHASE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. THOSE KILLED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE VEHICLE’S DRIVER, 18-YEAR-OLD CHASTITY SMITH OF HARDIN, AND PASSENGER, 26-YEAR-OLD BRANDON WADE DAGLE OF BATSON. ANOTHER PASSENGER, 22-YEAR-OLD JERRY CARTER OF HARDIN, WAS AIRLIFTED BY LIFEFLIGHT TO HERMANN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A SERIOUS LEG LACERATION.

daylight saving time

03.12.10

just a reminder - daylight saving time begins on sunday. officially, the change happens at 2 a.m. on the second sunday in march. but for most people, it is easier to set clocks forward one hour before going to bed tonight. a historical note - standard time in zones was instituted in the United states and Canada by the railroads in 1883. it was established in U.S. law on March 19, 1918, through the Standard Time Act. That law also established daylight saving time. it has been revised a number of times since its beginning. most recently, former president george bush signed the energy policy act of 2005. beginning in 2007, that act set daylight saving time to start on the second sunday in march and end the first sunday in november. according to supporters of the legislation, the change is meant to save on energy consumption across the united states. for those who own radio-controlled atomic watches and clocks, including most computers, the time should automatically adjust. if it does not, check the synchronization indicator. for those without atomic devices, daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. tomorrow - so make sure to set your clocks forward one hour before going to bed tonight.

GOP RUN OFF ELECTIONS ON APRIL 13^TH

LOCAL NEWS

03.13.10

NOW THAT THE LIBERTY COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY OFFICIALS HAVE CANVASSED THE VOTES FROM THE MARCH 2^ND PRIMARY ELECTION, THE FOUR LOCAL RUN OFF ELECTIONS ARE SET FOR TUESDAY APRIL 13^TH. WE HAVE REPORTED EXTENSIVELY HOW, IN THE PRIMARY, IT IS REQUIRED FOR A CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE AT LEAST 50% OF THE VOTE PLUS ONE. THERE WERE FOUR REPUBLICAN RACES – EACH ONE WITH THREE CANDIDATES- WHERE NO CANDIDATE WON BY THAT REQUIRED MARGIN. ACCORDING TO LIBERTY COUNTY GOP PARTY CHAIR LESTER RAY WISEGERBER, THE TWO CANDIDATES RECEIVING THE MOST VOTES IN THOSE RACES WILL FACE EACH OTHER IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY RUN OFF ELECTIONS TO DETERMINE THE GOP NOMINEE FOR THOSE OFFICES. THE LOCAL RUN OFF RACES INCLUDE STEVE STEPHENS AND CRAIG MCNAIR FOR LIBERTY COUNTY JUDGE. IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR PRECINCT #2 COMMISSIONER, IT’S BETWEEN CHARLOTTE KEY WARNER AND MARCUS BRAND. ANOTHER RUN OFF FINDS LARRY WILBURN AND BARRY GRAVES VYING FOR THE GOP NOMINATION FOR PRECINCT #4 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND, FINALLY, FOR PRECINCT #5 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, IT’S WADE BROWN VERSUS DAVID MARTIN. THE APRIL 13^TH REPUBLICAN RUN OFF BALLOT IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INCLUDE ONE STATEWIDE RACE, BETWEEN DEBRA LEHRMANN AND RICK GREEN. THAT’S FOR PLACE 3 ON THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT. REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR LESTER RAY WISEGERBER SAID THAT RUN OFF WILL NOT BE CANVASSED UNTIL MARCH 15^TH. THE GOP PARTY CHAIR SAID NO PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED. AGAIN, FOUR UNRESOLVED LOCAL REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACE ARE GOING TO BE DETERMINED IN RUN OFF ELECTIONS ON APRIL 13^TH. VOTERS ARE REMINDED THAT ONLY THOSE WHO VOTED IN THE MARCH 2^ND GOP PRIMARY OR WHO DID NOT VOTE AT ALL IN THE PRIMARY CAN VOTE IN THESE RUN OFF ELECTIONS. EARLY VOTING IS APRIL 5^TH THROUGH APRIL 9^TH. LIBERTY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROVE PRIMARY RUN OFF EARLY VOTING TIMES AND LOCATIONS AT THEIR NEXT REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH 23^RD.