THE AUSTIN-BASED LIBERAL BLOG BURNT ORANGE REPORT (which recently endorsed Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker, lately the hot pick of liberal bloggers) has posted a scorching critique of the Harris County Tax Office, contending the office admitted to “voter suppression” and other wrongdoing in its recent settlement of a lawsuit initiated by Texas Democrats.
Certainly, the Ed Johnson situation raised questions of propriety and opened the office to criticism, but we don’t find the alleged admissions of wrongdoing in the Harris County Tax Office’s press release or the settlement agreement (although we do find some good policies that Democrats, Republicans, and others ought to support). Your mileage may vary.
UPDATE: The Chron’s Caucasian Think Tank interprets the matter much as we did (as opposed to the Austin Reality-Based Community). We didn’t necessarily see THAT coming.
UPDATE 2: Cory Crow’s perspective is eminently sensible (and efficient).
