Tarrant sheriff; Parker judge; Johnny Football

Tarrant sheriff

In the runoff election for Tarrant County sheriff, vote for Dee Anderson for continued integrity, honesty and fiscal conservatism.

He runs the department under budget every year, with no scandals or jail breaks.

He’s endorsed by the mayor, the county judge and the Star-Telegram.

He’s passionate about protecting the citizens and their wallets.

Opponent Bill Waybourn represents dishonesty, lack of integrity and fiscal irresponsibility.

He will increase spending of the taxpayers’ money, just as the sheriff previous to Sheriff Anderson did.

Judge runoff

I support Curtis Jenkins for re-election as judge for Parker County Court at Law 2.

I’ve known Curtis since he came to Parker County in the early 1990s as a young law school graduate, and I have watched him serve with distinction as a prosecutor, a private practice attorney, a staff attorney with the 2nd Court of Appeals and as a judge.

Curtis is a very conservative, serious-minded and honorable man who has always pursued justice relentlessly, both as a prosecutor and as a judge.

His decision-making is sound and is always rooted in conservative principles.

He has great discernment and can ferret out the truth in situations when others can’t.

He has a perfect combination of intellect, conservative values and character to be a judge.

I strongly support his re-election to a position he has served in so well, and I urge you to vote for Curtis in the runoff election on May 24.

Johnny Football

Poor Johnny Manziel. He might go from Johnny Football to Johnny Jailbird. (See Thursday story “Manziel is booked on misdemeanor.”)

Of course he can always use a version of the “affluenza” defense called “football-star-itis.”

He can claim in court that because he was a football star, his behavior was always enabled by others and that he never learned how to behave.

This story was originally published May 9, 2016 at 5:15 PM with the headline "Tarrant sheriff; Parker judge; Johnny Football."