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The Latest AP Obituary of Jim Mattox

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...Is here, via the Houston Chronicle.  It was written by April Castro with contributions from others in the AP Texas bureaus.Mattox was remembered for his advocacy of the everyday Texan, a reputation that earned him the nickname the "people's lawyer." Chuck McDonald, a spokesman for Richards during the infamous 1990 Democratic primary, portrayed Mattox as a populist who knew how to fight. "Jim was the original maverick. He prided himself on being the voice of the little guy and took on every big money interest group he could find," McDonald said. "As a political rival, he was as tough as they came. He never backed down from a fight and he made all the candidates stronger." As attorney general, Mattox was head of the agency that fought efforts to spare condemned inmates from death...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 20, 2008 (boomark / email).