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Here are a few stories that have been backing up this week while I've been focused elsewhere: New kid on the blockScott Greenfield sings the praises of Harris County's new Public Defender, Alex Bunin, and Mark Bennett assures us he's hopeful. The most difficult part of this job after hiring the best possible staff will be remaining politically independent (not in a partisan sense but as its own bureaucratic entity wedged between multiple, existing institutions) while procedurally and budgetarily reliant on judges and the commissioners court, respectively. Or as Bennett put it, "A good Public Defender will be willing to stand up to Commissioners? Court." See the Houston Chronicle's coverage. Good luck to you, Alex.Purge records or be fired? Yikes! "The former head of Galveston police internal affairs said on Friday that he was placed on administrative leave after he questioned an order to turn over or destroy records of his investigation of Chief Charles Wiley...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 13, 2010 (boomark / email).