We urge you to support Bonnie Robison for Judge of the Probate Court, in the GOP Primary. The most important elected officials to the citizens of Denton County are judges. It is critical that the most qualified candidates be selected. The Probate Court is a highly specialized court that merits a highly experienced judge.

        I am endorsing my son Steve Burgess, a candidate for District Judge. Steve graduated from Lewisville High School and attended law school at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles, California.  I am proud to say that he passed both the Texas Bar and the California Bar on his first try. For the last 14 years Steve has practiced all types of law, criminal, civil, family and bankruptcy in dederal court.

  I have attended several political forums and received mailers from Paul Johnson. I must say his ranting and raving about how many hundreds of felony cases he has tried makes me want to add stilts to my already chin deep waders.  He proclaims to have collected $3,359,600.00 in bond forfeitures since taking office, an 80% increase.

   Last Saturday night, I attended a Republican Primary forum held for County Judge Elections coming up on March 2. After listening to Steve Burgess challenge the incumbent Judge Jake Collier, I had to ask myself; why is Burgess even running?

     There have been several emails and much talk about natural gas operations in Flower Mound lately. And I truly believe it is good that people are taking an interest in their community and getting more involved. On January 21, the Town Council voted on two items that have generated a lot of attention.

     After I read the article entitled “Judge Collier- consistency in applying the law” in your Friday, January 22 edition, I was moved to write you.  I am a practicing attorney in Denton County and I am very familiar with all of the candidates in this race.  For some reason your article only focused on Judge Collier and one of his opponents, Steve Burgess.

    Jody Smith’s service as Mayor to Flower Mound has been outstanding for the several reasons. Because of her leadership, we have not seen any increase in the town’s tax rate. We have seen a marked increase in our retail and commercial establishments thus adding to our sales tax coffers. We have seen the completion of our Community Activity Center. Fire Station # 4 is now open and fire station #5 under construction.

     I contacted Robert Ramirez a few months ago to represent me in probate court.  How fortunate I was that he was recommended to me.  He served me very well.  He was extremely knowledgeable and perceptive.

     Again, (and I hope only one) a political junkie in Flower Mound is causing us great humor and entertainment, but at a price. I speak, of course, of the brainchild of "Hiney Gate" (otherwise known as a hyper-reaction to a friendly butt-pinch, to the politically uncouth like myself).

    I have personally known Robert Ramirez for about five years now.  He is a true servant leader. His giving, caring and sincere heart, matched with his knowledge and Integrity, is a winning combination for all of us.

I am writing to share with the community my support of Judge Jake Collier. He is presently running for re-election as judge of the 158th Judicial District Court of Denton County. Collier is a judge that is respected by many other attorneys. When attorneys are asked to rank judges on such items as efficiency, knowledge of the law, fairness and treatment of witnesses and attorneys, he is ranked at the top.

I practice law in Denton County.  My clients and I have appeared in cases in front of Judge Jake Collier of the 158th District Court.  We have found him to be a very competent judge who treats all parties fairly and impartially.  I would strongly urge his re-election.

     In February 2008, you wrote an article about Mayor Smith’s running for what she described as her last term. Her words were:  “I’d like to encourage other folks to consider taking the opportunity to plan to run for mayor because I’d like to call my third term, my last term,” she said. “I know that some will say the people decide on term limits by voting.

     For years, I've been following the sports pages of The News Connection, following high school sports, particularly Flower Mound High Girls School Soccer. It's extremely frustrating to see that issue after issue, Mr. Steve Gamel chooses to focus only on the Marcus girls’ soccer team.