RayTheLurker
Registered: 10/25/08
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Voters in Henderson County need some answers from Ray Nutt, candidate for sheriff. Henderson County is the methamphetamine capital of Texas. It has one of the highest rates of child abuse of any county in Texas. It has more actual cases of child abuse than Tyler and Smith County, even though about 120,000 more people live in Smith County. Drug abuse and child abuse are related. It should be remembered that child abuse and the devastating effect on families has tripled from 1997 to 1994 while Mr. Nutt was employed as an investigator in Henderson County. Citizens of Henderson County cannot be proud of these facts.
Mr. Nutt needs to tell us if he knew of or was involved in the dispute between the U.S. Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration and law enforcement authorities of Henderson County over whether the DEA should make its confidential informants known to the County. The DEA refused to do so and there was a cessation of cooperation between the County and the Justice Department. Is this true? Was Mr. Nutt a party to these discussions? Wasn’t he then a paid investigator for the District Attorney for Henderson County? If true, why did this breakdown happen? The most obvious and apparent reason is that someone in the County wanted to know the informants so he or she could protect friends or family from being identified as violating laws against use of prohibited drugs. Can this be a reason for the lack of cooperation?
Also, Mr. Nutt needs to let the voters know if his home is in Corsicana. The Navarro County Appraisal District lists a 9+ acre tract, acquired in 2002 by Ray Nutt and wife. The Henderson County Appraisal District does not list any property owned by Mr. Nutt in Henderson County. It may satisfy technical legal requirements for Mr. Nutt to list a trailer or mobile home parked on a friend’s property as his residence. But if his family and most of his possessions are in Corsicana, and he is elected, one might think of him as one does of an absentee landlord. Do we want an absentee Sheriff to deal with the serious crime issues in Henderson County? He voted in Henderson County even though his home seems to be elsewhere. Where did his wife vote? Henderson County or Navarro County?
Mr. Nutt needs to answer these questions. We all need to do our best to make Henderson County safer.
The voters have an alternative. Bill Casey does not have such issues and is an excellent officer and experienced administrator.
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