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To: sandintoes who wrote (62011)	8/17/2007 3:06:18 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Let me get this straight Republican Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht obtains a discount on his legal fees from Chip Babcock of Jackson & Walker for his successful defense of Hecht last year in the dispute with the Commission on Judicial Conduct over his endorsement of then U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Harriet Miers. That gets Justice Hecht an ethics complaint and a possible criminal investigation by the Travis County District Attorney's office. Meanwhile, Democrat Bill White, the Mayor of Houston who is almost certainly going to seek a statewide office in a year or two, leans on local law firms to provide free or heavily discounted legal work for the City of Houston, most of which helps Mayor White's political aspirations. That gets Mayor White a glowing article (see Anne Linehan's report here) in the Houston Chronicle. What am I missing here? blog.kir.com