Ronnie Earle: The Dragonslayer

[Oilwellian]

Just who is this guy that has the guts to stand up to scumbag DeLay? I think we should write and give him our support. Here's a little bio on his website:

Ronald Earle, a former member of the Texas House of Representatives, former presiding judge of the Austin Municipal Court, and former chief counsel of the Texas Judicial Council, was elected district attorney of Travis County in 1976. Re-elected four times without opposition, he is currently serving his sixth four-year term. Innovative programs of his office have been featured in the national media, including Parade Magazine, and he has appeared on numerous network news programs, including Dateline, 60 Minutes, Nightline, and others. He has been named Outstanding Young Lawyer in Austin, Public Administrator of the Year for Austin, and 1996 Texas Prosecutor of the Year. In 1999 he received the Neighborhood Peacemaker Award from the Austin Dispute Resolution Center, and in 2000 was named Elected Official of the Year by the Centex Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. He received the Texas Bar Foundation Award for Advancing Legal Ethics in Texas and his office has been selected by the National District Attorneys Association as one of ten model offices in the country. Considered a pioneer of the emerging concept of community restorative justice, he has chaired Travis County's Community Justice Council since 1990. He and his wife, Twila Hugley Earle, taught an honors course at the University of Texas entitled Re-Weaving the Fabric of Community: The Theory and Practice of Community Building. They have been married for 22 years and are the parents, stepparents and grandparents of three grown children and one granddaughter, all of whom live in Austin.

http://www.ronnieearle.com/index2.html