Okay, I have said I was back and I am. I have just been having a REALLY hard time trying to focus on my first topic for my blog. Should it be on the formal complaint filed against Judge Young in July of 2021 that is being held up by the DA’s office. Or should it be all of the things that are happening in Milam County that Steve is taking credit for, but actually had nothing to do with. Yes, he was Judge while they came to fruition, but the fact is that much of what is happening now began long before his election. He even stated in one of his early commissioners’ court meetings, “there is not a whole lot the county or judge can do to make it happen” referring to the events occurring at the Alcoa property. Now he is taking the position that he did it all.
Maybe it should be about the issues with the 2022 county budget which have been brought to his attention yet nothing has been done. Or perhaps his supporters contacting supporters of his opponent and telling them to urge Whitmire not to run because Steve will spend whatever it takes to win.
Or maybe I should write about the calls Steve’s supporters are making to candidates for commissioner that basically have said if you support Judge Young your campaign funds will be taken care of. If you don’t believe me, ask them. He has already bought one commissioner.
Or maybe I should share his referring to himself as the “only conservative” candidate. Check his background in Harris County. BIG TIME DEMOCRAT, and big time liberal. Or could it be how hard he has fought crime in Milam County? Possibly we could discuss how he has kept taxes low.
How about all the jobs he has created, how he has increased funding to schools, or maybe the “opportunity” he has created. All of these claims, and they are only claims, not facts are on his re-elect Steve site.
Now all this being said I am not anti-Steve. Take a look at my blogs in 2019 right after Steve took office. He was truly a breath of fresh air. I was excited about the potential that was there after eight years of gloom and doom. However, I now have a much better view of what he is and where he is going.
Having worked with attorneys for 18 years as a Judge I have learned that attorneys have one goal in mind. That goal is to convince you of their position. James Gray Robinson’s October 2021 article in the ABA Journal states, “A great deal of practicing law is persuading someone to believe, act or agree with your client’s position, whether it is in a courtroom, a boardroom, a negotiation or at a dinner table. We seek to persuade juries, judges, colleagues, friends, family or the press that we are right and that others are not”. This is a guy who has spent the last fifteen years training and researching how to persuade people effectively. I do believe that Steve took his class.
Steve is a smooth operator and can suck you in before you know what is happening. I truly believe he could sell a load of cow manure to a feedlot owner. He is a fantastic marketer. He sells himself well, but once you really get to know him and see him in action you quickly come to believe he is not all he tells you he is. He banks on people believing his rhetoric and not being aware of the reality we are experiencing in Milam County
Stay tuned. I’ll be back with the real story on some of the issues I have mentioned.
