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A LETTER TO A FRIEND
Tina,
It’s always good to hear from you.
On a lighter side, did you explore the information on the Wise County Sheriff? It only took a few seconds to find the story:
UPI (archives) June 24, 1990: “Sheriff, bondsman implicated in drug operations.”
(The second paragraph down:)
“Wise County Sheriff Leroy Burch and his close associate, bondsman David Box, already were under investigation by state and federal grand juries in connection with an alleged bond scheme that resulted in hundreds of questionable arrests on sex charges at a roadside park, The Dallas Morning News reported in a copyright story.”
In 1990 it was a big story. The corruption has taken different forms. As an example, many of these small North Texas towns used traffic tickets as an excuse to look for drug mule operations. Reportedly the city of Gunter had about five hundred residents and collected over fifty million dollars in traffic fines in a year. Little towns all over Texas were doing the same thing. What happened to all the money? The new scam is that local police departments are arresting people. Guilty or not, they charge them with a crime. They establish a high bail. The bail is so high that people are not able to pay it. The scam works in that people can either pay a bail forfeiture, sign a plea agreement or sit in jail for years without ever seeing a judge.
In reply to Parenting. (a Chinese contributor: this writer seems to be a part of a larger group of Chinese people who are writing odd messages on this website.) (6/4/2024)
“I was curious if you ever thought of changing the structure of your website? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having one or 2 images. Maybe you could space it out better?“
I was not aware that I had any images on my website. If I had images you might not appreciate them. A friend of mine who was at Tiananmen Square in 1989. She brought home movies with her. You don’t want to see what the Chinese leaders did to innocent young Chinese people. The Chinese military ran over young kids with tanks then used machine guns to shoot the kids. The images were graphic. The images of kids being run over by tanks and shot with machine guns can evoke a strong reaction.
I am proud that people from all over the world are reading material I post on my website.
What many people don’t remember is that after the massacre the Communist Chinese Government went through China searching for anybody who had anything to do with the Tiananmen Square Protest. Then they expanded their search. They went through the world searching for the student leaders. They were also searching for anybody who helped the students get out of China. People risked their lives helping the students.