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Here are several stories I won't get to but which may interest Grits readers: Should ethical constraints keep DAs from advising counties on civil matters? Is it ethical for a District Attorney to give legal advice to members of a governing body when he has the authority to prosecute them if they don't follow it? Robert Wechsler at CityEthics.org says "No," and he makes a strong argument. (Via the Dallas News Crime Blog.)72 judges races on Harris County ballots Seventy-two judicial candidates on the Harris County ballot help make it the longest ever in Texas. How can anybody be expected to keep track of so many races and knowledgeably evaluate candidates? That's particularly true in the era of what Karl Thomas-Musselman recently called the "Shrinking Media...continue to full post

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