Custody Fighting Hurts Kids - Why I fight for Family Court Reform & Equal Parenting Laws & Expose Marcelo Molfino and other Corrupt Officials

Videos like this of a child hurt by family court will break your heart! Custody Fighting Hurts Kids

Why I fight for Family Court Reform Equal Parenting Laws What kids, like my son, went through will break your heart. Why I fight against Marcelo Molfino & those who take cash to hurt kids & use family court corruption to rip kids from loving parents Texas and other states need to pass family court reform and equal parenting laws now and give kids the right to see both of their parents equally as a starting point when parents split (as long as both parents are fit) without having to be fought over by parents who don’t want to share. Change the laws, and expose those, like Marcelo Molfino, and many other bad actors in the family law industry, who use family court corruption to make money hurting kids with family court corruption! It’s time to put kids first in family courts with equal parenting starting points in child custody cases, instead of parents going to court having to fight over who gets more time and having the ability to fight and hurt their kids when there is no legitimate reason to fight.

Many have asked why I am so passionate about fighting for family court reform and Equal Parenting laws (which have greatly helped kids in every state that has passed it). Many also wonder why I go after some of these corrupt officials like Marcelo Molfino (who is running for Judge, but his history of abusing his power is a bigger example of the corruption we see with people abusing the family court system to make money trying to wrongly keep kids from their loving parents)

So I did a video explaining how I got involved in family court corruption and how it greatly hurt my son and how it put me on a mission to fight for family court reform and equal parenting laws to lower unnecessary fighting in family courts. The video also explains how Marcelo Molfino put me on this mission when he abused his power for cash in the family court system. 

Hearing Set for Officer Marcelo Molfino Ethics Criminal Violation in Judge Campaign

The Texas Ethics Commission has set a May 2026 hearing date for Sour Lake police officer and Judge candidate Marcelo Molfino for a Class A Misdemeanor criminal violation of law complaint against him for Misleading Use of Office Title for misrepresenting himself as the Justice of the Peace in campaign materials in his campaign for Jefferson County JP4

Kerr County Cared about Animals over Human Lives in Texas Flash Flood Disaster, per Budget Spending

Kerr County officials utterly failed by knowing they needed an early alert flash flood siren system but decided not to do it. Their claims of not having the money are bogus as the budget shows they are spending millions of dollars on animal services. They literally prioritized the lives of animals over the lives of those innocent children along the banks of the Guadalupe river in Central Texas, including dozens from Camp Mystic. They couldn’t control or predict the flood, but they could have had a siren system to wake or warn people and give them a fighting chance to survive. They knew they were in flash flood alley and knew they needed it but they chose not to do it. They made the wrong decisions and spent their money on other things, and many more lives likely died as a result of no warning. The leadership in Kerr County should resign, and this should be a warning to other officials that their actions have consequences, and money should be first spent on protecting people before being spent on less important things.

Stand with Tesla - Legalize Texas Sales and Buy One to Support Elon Musk and Tesla!

Texas must stand with Tesla, NOT prohibit it! The Texas Legislature should legalize Tesla sales in Texas, and Texas residents should BUY A TESLA to support this TEXAS Company and Support Elon Musk!

More info on changing Texas laws, and laws in other states, in order to legalize Tesla sales, as well as a referral discount code to buy and support Tesla cars, can be found here at BuyATesla.org

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Tesla and Elon Musk do SO MUCH for Texas, from moving its headquarters here, to opening massive factories which bring jobs and money to Texas. Tesla is literally MADE IN TEXAS! It is hard to believe that Texas Laws prohibit sales of Tesla vehicles in Texas.

As Texas voters call or email your Texas State Senator, Representative, and the Texas Governor and ask them to Legalize Tesla Sales in Texas!

How does Texas prohibit direct sales of Tesla in Texas? Tesla cannot directly sell cars within the state due to the outdated Texas franchise laws. These laws prohibit automakers from selling cars directly to consumers. Tesla cannot legally sell cars directly from its Texas facilities. Instead, Texans must purchase Tesla vehicles online, with the transaction processed as an out-of-state sale—often finalized outside TX, such as in California.

Not only should Texas Republicans support Tesla because it is a Texas company that does so much for Texas, we should also support Tesla because Tesla is under attack! Without Elon Musk we likely would not have a Republican President and we would have limited free speech. Because of the massive help that Elon Musk is doing for Republicans and President Donald Trump, Elon and his companies have come under literal direct attack. Elon Musk’s SpaceX just saved two stranded astronauts and leftist radicals are fire bombing Tesla vehicles at service centers!

I know some of you Texans have historically thought of Tesla as some sort of an enemy, but it isn’t! Tesla won’t replace oil and gas, and Musk and Trump are not pushing electric vehicle sales as mandatory like past Democrat administrations have. Gas cars and EV cars can co-exist. In fact, they are a great option for Texans to consider when buying a car. I personally have both a gas vehicle and an electric vehicle and they service two different purposes. In fact, I love my Tesla better than my gas vehicles because of the speed, safety ratings, comfort, and technology such as full self driving. Most Texans that have a historically negative view of Tesla only have that view because of past Democrat admins who wanted to shove EV’s as mandatory. Well, that isn’t the case anymore; Tesla’s and gas cars can and should co-exist. In fact, if you get in a Tesla you will fall in love with how amazing they are, and they are just as affordable as any other gas vehicles nowadays! I know I did!

So for goodness sake fellow Texans, it is time to open your mind up to Tesla and support this Texas company. Tesla needs us right now. Tesla is under attack because of the support that Elon Musk has given to us Republicans - and to all Americans in his efforts to cut wasteful government spending. We should not repay Elon’s America saving action with indifference. We should stand with Elon and his companies like Texas based Tesla.

We should pass laws to legalize Tesla sales in Texas, and furthermore, we need to support this Texas company and BUY A TESLA – Tesla gives a veteran discount for those who have served, and any new buyer can get up to $1000 directly off by using a referral link. More info on changing Texas laws, and laws in other states, in order to legalize Tesla sales, as well as a referral discount code to buy and support Tesla cars, can be found here at BuyATesla.org

2025 TX Equal Parenting Bill Awaits Sen. Bryan Hughes Setting a Hearing

 

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Texas GOP Legislators must stand with voters and pass the 2025 EQUAL PARENTING BILL SB849 (click here to read bill), which is a GOP Platform Plank. This important issue has been frequently in the top 15 top priorities out of the legislative priorities committee sent to the delegates of the Texas State Republican Convention to choose from in deciding the top eight issues. The GOP delegates have overwhelmingly voted to keep it as a plank in the Texas GOP Platform. Unfortunately, the recent Democrat Chairs of the Texas House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee have killed the bill by denying or delaying a vote on this important issue each session, which is strange considering this is a bipartisan issue which has had several Democrat Legislators sign on in recent years. This year it is time for Republicans to stand up and take the reins on this issue and push it through the Texas Senate first so that it goes to the House for a vote and bypasses the Democrats in the House who have recently prevented it from getting out of committee.

State Senator Bryan Hughes, GOP delegates are asking you to please set SB 849 to a timely hearing. Senator Hughes is one of the most outstanding and respected Republican legislators in Texas, and we believe that if he hears us Republicans asking him to give this GOP Platform plank a hearing and vote, then he will listen and get it finally voted out of a committee to send to House Rep. Jeff Leach. Chair Leach can then bypass Democrats who are wanting to kill the bill and finally get Senator Mayes Middleton's Equal Parenting Bill a timely House vote, instead of letting this popular and bipartisan GOP platform plank get killed as it has in the past by the JJFI Dem Chairs (even though this is a bipartisan bill with past Democrat sponsors).

Please call Senator Bryan Hughes (512) 463-0101 and politely ask him to stand with us on this important and popular issue, and ask him to set the 2025 Texas Equal Parenting Bill to a timely hearing. Then call Representative Jeff Leach (512) 463-0544 and ask him to take the bill up quickly in his House Committee.

Other Major states like Florida have already passed it with great success, and studies and statistics are clear that it is best for kids and for society for a child to have both fit parents in the child’s life as equally as possible! See more info on Equal Parenting at EqualJusticeTaskForce.com.

With Equal Parenting Laws, kids in Texas would start off in court custody cases with a check box of equal time and possession. This helps the kids by preserving their right to a loving relationship with both parents as well as cuts down unnecessary court fighting over custody when both parents are fit, willing, & able.

There is no risk to children as Equal Parenting would only be applicable in cases where both parents are fit and appointed joint managing conservators. A judge would still have the ability to deviate from equal parenting starting point based on just cause to justify deviation. Equal Parenting laws are vital issue that can help kids and unclog courts and also benefit society as a whole.

Breaking News – VIDEO: Riot Police Protect Speakers from Mob at UNT in Denton, TX

Conservative speaker and Texas State Representative runoff candidate Jeff Younger and others had to be swept away by police as an angry mob swarmed the building and inside the room where Jeff Younger was speaking to the Young Conservatives of Texas.

Updated: video added below showing protestor assault Jeff Younger by spitting on him.

Rustin Wright was at the event and he described being escorted out and locked in a room surrounded by police protection, as the angry mob could be heard shouting outside.

Joseph Lowrey was at the event and described police, possibly snipers, on the rooftops and a line of a dozen more police cars arriving as they were lucky to get out of the building and away from the angry mob.

Jeff Morgan posted on Facebook asking for prayers as they were taken into police protection.

Below are some of the video clips showing the chaos as it unfolded:

The angry mob was not there to debate or discuss the issues, and they were not there to support the first amendment right to free speech. The mob of hundreds were there to create violence and disruption and to shout down Jeff Younger from being heard. It was as if this was not America and was instead a communist country where you can only have one opinion and differing opinions get you drug out to the street and executed.

I can respect different opinions and can respect people showing up to peacefully protest or express their free speech, and to engage in discussion or debating or speaking out about what they believe. I cannot respect what happened here and it is downright un-American. They did not like someone’s opinion so they took over the room and screamed and spit on the speakers in an attempt to completely silence opinions that differ from their own.

Jeff Younger was not there to oppose gay people. I don’t think he cares what people want to do with their own lives as adults. He was there to speak about something that even many gay people completely agree with him on. He was there to advocate against parents being able to physically or chemically castrate young boys, children, in an effort to do elective sex changes. That physical, irreversible, life changing procedure is something that the individual child should have the right to decide on their own when they become an adult if they want to have the procedure. No parent should make physical life altering elective medical procedures for a child, and no child is capable of making that decision themselves until they are old enough to make decisions for themselves and understand the decisions they are making. Kids can’t even vote or own guns or even smoke until a certain age, and they should certainly not be able to decide to cut off a part of their body in an elective procedure until they are an adult, and no adult should be able to make that decision for a child either as the decision belongs to that child once becoming an adult.

These child gender mutilation procedures are now declared to be child abuse as declared in a recent opinion by the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Texas AG Data Shows Gender Bias in Child Custody Cases – Unequal Parenting Harming Kids & Women

by David Bellow on December 15, 2020 at 12:32 PM

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Texas Equal Parenting law HB 803 should be passed this 2021 Legislative Session in order to uphold the Constitution and help millions of children being torn apart in Texas family courts due to unequal parenting standards, and reinforce equality for women.

The Constitution and the rule of law are things Texans hold dear and Texas leaders proudly support, yet in Texas family courts, the data shows a staggering violation of both. The Constitution prohibits discrimination based on gender. Texas Law goes even further by specifically prohibiting discrimination based on sex or marital status in deciding child custody cases (Texas Family Code Section 153.003).

However, the data obtained through an information request sent to the Texas Attorney General shows that as of 2019, roughly 90% or all Texas Child Custody Cases in the Attorney General database have the father listed as the non-custodial parent vs. roughly 10% of mother’s being listed as the non-custodial parent.

This data makes it clear that Texas Judges are still overwhelmingly basing child custody decisions on sex and gender, even though Texas Law and the Constitution prohibit such bias. There can’t be any other reason. In today’s world, both men and women work and have jobs at a fairly even ratio, so it isn’t the case that 90 percent of fathers work and 10 percent of mothers stay at home. Maybe that was the case decades ago, but times have changed and men and women are much more equal now, and women are closing the gap on the inequalities that might still exist. Yet, the gender equality gap in child custody cases is still drastically biased. The fact is that men and women can both care for their children equally. Both are capable of loving their children and taking them to school and feeding them and providing for their needs. Yet, the data proves that Texas Judges are still drastically discriminating and violating the Constitution and Texas Law that they are supposed to uphold.

From personal experience I can tell you there is in fact a blatant disparity in equality in Texas Family Courts that is deeply rooted in gender bias that violates the Constitution and the rule of law. I am a fantastic farther with my son and there has never been a question about my ability to be a good father, nor have I been accused of harming or neglecting my son. However, when my ex-wife became abusive and started leaving my one-year old son abandoned in a car while she had an affair and then filed for divorce, I was told I would never have a chance to get even equal parenting, much less a chance to get primary custody because she was a woman. Even if she neglected our son, I would still have an uphill fight to get a court to give me equal time and not just a non-custodial parent. My son would cry and cry not wanting to leave me because one weekend every other weekend (4 days a month) is simply not enough time for children to have with a parent, but that is the current Texas law which splits kids from parents. Children want and need both parents in their lives.

In fact, the bias is so blatant that when I went to my first temporary child custody hearing, my attorney came out of the closed-door back-room meeting and told me that the judge told her that he has only given custody to a man twice. My attorney told me that this was the judge’s way of saying that he will not rule for men. I pressed on for equal parenting because my son deserves both a mother and a father. My attorney told me I would never get equal custody because I am a man. Even in mediation, the mediator made it clear that equal custody was not an option because I was a man. This inequality is greatly harming children.

Unequal Parenting is Harming Texas Children and Holding Women Back

So we know that inequality in Texas family courts is a very real thing and the data proves it. And we know that most likely any reasonable explanation of the inequality is rooted in sex and gender bias. Texas Equal Parenting laws would help solve this blatant inequality, because it would make equal parenting the starting point for Judges to order in custody cases when both parents are deemed fit and determined to be joint managing conservators.

Why is equal parenting so important? Equal parenting is important because it will help millions of children who are hurting and will allow women to be more equal and have more equal opportunity.

Unequal Parenting HARMS Children

Sixty peer-reviewed studies prove that it's best for kids when they spend equal time with both parents. Furthermore, not only do we know that equal parenting helps children, we unfortunately also know that unequal parenting harms children GREATLY. This is especially due to the vast number of children who do not have equal time with their father. The stats and facts are shocking and alarming (see infograph above). The majority of teen crime, teen drug use, teen pregnancy, teen suicide, and even nearly all school shooters had unequal parenting and primarily no father. Most of the fatherless America epidemic that is harming children is caused by the family court system in America that incentivizes parents to fight in court over more time and use kids as pawns and force one parent out of the child’s life. Instead, the family court laws should force both parents to equally parent when both parents are fit, because this is best for the children who have a right to equal access to both fit parents.

Unequal Parenting HARMS Equality and Opportunity for Women

I recently talked to Emma Johnson. She is a leader in the single mother arena. She is an advocate for equal parenting, and runs the Facebook page Moms for Shared Parenting. She makes a compelling argument that unequal parenting creates inequality for women and is a big reason why we have the pay gap between women and men. It makes complete sense. It is much harder for women to have a solid career and advance when the family courts still believe they belong in the home and should be the ones to pick the kids up every day from school and other time-consuming activities that come along with being the primary custodian and that make it harder for women to advance as easily as men. Equal parenting laws would not only help the kids, but it would also help create a more level playing field for women by sharing the responsibility and time with children equally between men and women so that both men and women are on a level playing field. In fact, Emma Johnson created a video which really highlights the benefits to women with equal parenting.

Equal Parenting is a NOT a partisan issue. Both Republicans and Democrats Support it. Kentucky passed it in bipartisan fashion and Conflict has gone way down!

Equal Parenting is not about politics; it is what is best for kids. It is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. It is an issue that transcends political parties. Both sides of the aisle know it is best for kids. We even now have undeniable facts from other states such as Kentucky which recently passed equal parenting laws with near unanimous support from Democrats and Republicans. So far, in not much more than a year after passing equal parenting laws in Kentucky, filings in backed up family courts went down 11 percent so far, and domestic violence is down as well! Parents don’t fight as much when the law does not give them an incentive to fight because the parents know they will just need to get along and share their children.

In addition to it being best for the children, Republicans and Democrats might have different reasons for agreeing with equal parenting that have to do with their core beliefs. Republicans might tend to support equal parenting because they lean more towards a traditional family setup of a kid having one mom and one dad raising them. Democrats might tend to support equal parenting because it is an equality issue for women and helps them advance more equally in the workforce as men. Regardless of what the reason is from either side of the aisle, the important thing is both sides overwhelmingly support it.

Not only is Equal Parenting best for kids, but it is a chance for Republicans and Democrats to come together and pass a bipartisan bill.

It is time that Texas passes equal parenting bills. The only opposition is the Texas Family Law Foundation, and they make their living due to people being in constant conflict. We must move past that special lobbying interest and do what is best for society and for children and even what is best for women. We must stop allowing courts to base their rulings overwhelmingly on sex and gender in violation of the Constitution and the rule of law. We must pass equal parenting laws.

HB 803 is the current Texas Equal Parenting bill for the 2021 Texas Legislative Session. Call your State Representative and State Senator now and ask them to support this bill, and sign on as a co-sponsor, and make sure it gets to the floor for a vote and is not killed in committee.

South Texas Republican Voters Not allowed to Vote Republican at Polling Places, Given Democrat Ballots Instead

Starr County, Texas, including the cities of Rio Grande City and Roma in south Texas along the Texas/Mexico border, is refusing to allow Republicans to vote at polling places, and even trying to give them a Democrat Ballot to vote with instead!

I was contacted by a Hispanic family trying to vote in Rio Grande City, TX late last week. Four different family members had gone to vote at their polling places. They unfortunately found that the county elections administration has not even supplied polling places with Republican ballots. The only place that someone can vote Republican is at the County Courthouse, instead of all the polling places where the County supplies democrat ballots for voting.

It gets worse. When these Republican voters went to vote at their polling place and asked for a Republican ballot, they were not told to go to the County Courthouse, but rather they were given a Democrat ballot and told just to vote with the Democrat ballot and the election officials told them all that Trump and everyone else will be on the November ballot.

This is shocking corruption and severe voting rights violations. This is nothing less than a scheme to alter or interfere with fair and free elections.

While it might have been a county party decision to not have voting anywhere other than the county courthouse, the problem is the Republican voters showing up to the polling places are NOT being told to go to the courthouse for a consolidated election to vote; they are just given a Democrat ballot and said just vote Democrat and wait for the November election to vote for Trump and other Republicans. That is wrong and illegal and something should be done about it

This 2020 Presidential election cycle has already been marred by election scandals. The Iowa Democrat Caucus saw the results being delayed and recounted due to irregularities and technology glitches. It is hard to imagine that in Texas, a county can suppress and interfere with voting like what has occurred this election in Starr County, TX.

South Texas has a long history of government and political corruption. One of my first articles ever written was a breaking story about a battle on the border near Roma, TX where gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the night. (VIDEO) Breaking News! Massive Battle Across Texas Mexico Border - Machine Guns and Explosions - Morning of April 21, 2011

Texas AG Office OPPOSES Due Process and Constitutional Right to Attorney in SCOTX Case

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton does a great job of filing briefs and taking legal action in support of constitutional rights, and many on his staff are very good at defending the Constitution. Unfortunately, at least one attorney on his staff didn’t get the memo about supporting and defending the Constitution. In Supreme Court of Texas case 19-1101, Ken Paxton’s office is arguing AGAINST due process and AGAINST the constitutional right to an attorney in criminal proceedings. These are basic constitutional rights. These are rights that Republicans shouted from the rooftops that President Donald Trump was denied these rights in the impeachment proceedings against him in the US House of Representatives. They shouted from the rooftops that these are basic constitutional rights of any criminal proceeding. But yet when it comes to an actual criminal case in Texas with someone lower in status than the President, all of the sudden these basic rights don’t matter anymore? That is wrong. Ken Paxton should be alerted to this horrendous position that his staff has presented to the SCOTX. Ken Paxton likely does not even know about this situation with all the cases his office processes, but the Ken Paxton I have seen on Fox News defending the Constitution would not agree with his staff’s position to oppose the constitution. If Ken Paxton doesn’t reverse this position by his office, then it will be a black eye for his record of defending and protecting constitutional rights in Texas. This case, if it does not end in the Texas Supreme Court, has the potential to go all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Texas is better than this. Texas should stand up for basic constitutional rights, especially in criminal cases where someone’s life is on the line and they deserve to have an attorney and due process.

The Texas Supreme Court case number is 19-1101 IN RE JOSHUA LEROY JAROS. I wrote an article about this case and the #FreeJoshJaros situation not long ago when the petition first made its way to the Supreme Court of Texas. Now the Texas Attorney General’s office has filed their response, which to my surprise the staff attorney stuck to the story of rejecting the Constitutional right to an attorney and Due Process. This is something I do not believe Ken Paxton would agree with and I hope that he hears about this and takes action to ensure his office is upholding the Constitution and Due Process.

After the response from the Texas AG’s office, a response was made on behalf of #freeJoshJaros and a portion of this response to the state is below:

Comes now Joshua Jaros and would request that this Honorable Supreme Court order the temporary release of Joshua Jaros, as requested in the original Habeas Corpus petition to this Court, pending the final decision and judgement from this Court in this case. Now that the state has responded, it is clear that constitutional violations against Joshua Jaros have occurred which deprived him of Due Process. The state failed to even address the most serious constitutional issues in their response, and agreed or didn’t dispute many key facts and issues. For instance, it is agreed upon and undisputed by all parties that Joshua Jaros faced a criminal proceeding, he requested to be appointed an attorney because he cannot afford one, there was a previous undisputed affidavit of inability to pay by Joshua Jaros in the underlying case which Joshua pointed out, the court instead gave Joshua a form to fill out that did not allow for a listing of expenses, the request for indigency was never disputed by the state before the Judge determined Joshua is not indigent, the Judge never asked for more information nor allowed Joshua to provide any information to explain his expenses and his inability to afford an attorney other than the insufficient form he was given to fill out. The court found Joshua non indigent and denied him an attorney and immediately proceeded with the criminal trial against Joshua Jaros instead of giving Joshua Jaros adequate time to find an attorney now that the Judge had just denied Joshua a court appointed attorney.

None of the above facts are disputed by any party. The dispute is whether or not the Texas and US Constitution and Due Process requires that Joshua Jaros, who was facing a criminal trial with a state attorney against him, have an adequate review of his actual ability to afford an attorney which would include a review of his necessary expenses in order to be able to make a reasonable determination of ability to afford an attorney before being denied a court appointed attorney, and then given time to find an attorney after being denied a court appointed one. The State’s position is that yes Joshua was denied a review of his expenses and denied a review of his full situation regarding ability to afford an attorney, but its ok because he doesn’t need a full review because the law doesn’t require it. The State is wrong. The law does require it as the law does require an indigency determination and an indigency determination cannot reasonably be determined without having looked at both income and expenses. However, it is true that the law, although reasonably implied, does not specifically state the process or basic guidelines of determining indigency in this case must include reviewing expenses. The state relies on the idea that the law doesn’t say it must be done so it is ok if it isn’t done. What the state fails to consider or respond to is that the Constitution is above the law. The Constitution and Due Process require that Joshua Jaros have a full and reasonable examination of his actual ability to afford an attorney, which would include reviewing expenses, before being denied the fundamental constitutional right to a court appointed attorney, or given time to find an attorney if a reasonable and adequate determination has been made denying him an appointed attorney.

The Constitution and Due Process requires this, Joshua Jaros was denied this, and therefore Joshua Jaros must be released as his rights were clearly violated. If the state’s argument is right that the law allows it, then the law must be struck down as unconstitutional because it is at odds with the constitution and due process. This is not just about Joshua Jaros. This case is about every Texan who might face a criminal prosecution and who cannot afford an attorney. There must be a more constitutional standard for which Judges must go by when determining who gets a court appointed attorney. It is unconstitutional for every judge to have a different standard, or no standard at all, which allows for them to just check a box of non-indigent and deny constitutional rights to attorneys without having been required to do a reasonable and thorough examination of the defendant’s expenses and actual ability to afford an attorney.

Texas Supreme Court to Rule on #FreeJoshJaros - Constitutional Rights to Attorney at Stake

I recently helped file a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus before the Supreme Court of Texas regarding the egregious constitutional violations of Judge Patrice McDonald in Montgomery County, Texas. Hopefully the SCOTX will stand up for the Constitution and Free Joshua Jaros. Specifically, Judge McDonald refused to allow Joshua Jaros to have an attorney in a criminal proceeding, and then threw him in jail for a debt that he could not afford and without the chance to have an attorney to represent him and present his case as the Constitution requires.

The Joshua Jaros Habeas Corpus petition Supreme Court case number is 19-1101 IN RE JOSHUA LEROY JAROS. 

If the name Judge Patrice McDonald sounds familiar, it is because she has been in the headlines recently by Investigative Reporter Wayne Dolcefino. Wayne has been exposing Judge McDonald after she threatened to throw a man in jail for not paying for an attorney and for spousal support for his bigamist ex in a divorce proceeding.

The man, Mark Athans, filed for divorce after he found out his wife of 5 months was already married. The woman was a fraudster and charged with Felony Bigamy. The marriage between Mark and woman was voided in the state in which it occurred. That didn’t stop Judge McDonald though who proceeded with the divorce case and refused to consider that there is no marriage due to the fraud and felony behavior of Mark’s ex, and even was going to jail the victim Mark if he did not pay his con artist ex’s attorney fees.

The latest victim of Judge McDonald is Joshua Jaros, who now sits in jail after having his Constitutional rights tossed out the window. The situation with Josh Jaros reveals a bigger issue with the horrible family law system in Texas in which good parents, mostly fathers, get separated from their children which causes a ripple effect of harm to the children and society as a whole. Reducing incentive for parents to fight over children should be a priority in Texas. Equal Shared Parenting laws overwhelmingly and on a bi partisan basis passed out of the Texas House this past session but never made it to the floor. Children should be able to have access and love from both fit parents, and parents should not have incentive to fight with their children’s lives and instead have to practice equal shared parenting. This would reduce the factual devastating effects on children that this fighting and parental alienation causes because parents will be forced to share costs and parenting instead of parents using their children as pawns to get a little more parenting time to hurt their ex or to be able to get more child support or be awarded legal fees for their lawyers.

Josh Jaros was jailed in Montgomery County Texas after he received no jury trial and after he was denied an attorney which is a basic constitutional right and is even Texas Law. There were other issues as well such as fatal flaws in the notice and pleadings. Josh Jaros is a great father who supports and takes care of his kids but could not pay the several hundred dollars a month to his ex-wife each month after Josh already pays to take care of his kids half the time and provides a roof over their head and food for them to eat etc. Both parents should always be able to equally be with their children if there is no threat of harm or violence etc, and supporting children in Texas means both parents taking care of the children equally. Texas needs to pass equal shared parenting laws so that children get to have both of their parents in their lives, and it would exponentially cut down on the fighting and tearing apart and bankrupting of families in the court system of fit parent had no choice but to share their child equally instead of being able to go to court and fight for more time or more money. #FreeJoshJaros

The Texas and US Constitutions require that any criminal defendant has a right to an attorney and even the right to have one appointed for them if they are unable to afford one. Seems pretty straight forward right? Unfortunately, the Court systems in Texas (and in the Nation) do not always follow the Constitution and are in need of serious reform. The Constitutional rights we all hold dear frequently get tossed out the window in courtrooms where judges can virtually do whatever they want with immunity. There are many good and great Judges who follow the law and the Constitution, but there are also Judges who do not. There is very little oversight when clear laws and rules are violated by judges. There is even less method of reprimanding a Judge, and even less of an adequate way to reverse a Judge who clearly violates the law or the Constitution. If the Law or the Constitution says a Judge has to do something specific, and the judge simply refuses, then what recourse does someone have? Just because the law says it MUST be done does not mean a judge has to follow it because there is NO reason for them to. They won’t be disciplined. They MIGHT be overturned if you can get an appeals court to take interest in the case but that could take years on appeal. Mandamus is the appropriate form of demanding that a Judge follow the law or constitution when it is clear they have not during the pendency of a case, but mandamus is rarely taken up even if the judge is completely wrong because the appeals court does not have to take them up and can just say they don’t have time to rule on the mandamus. Texas must create a better system of immediate and mandatory review when there is a question of whether or not a judge in a case is not following a clear and mandatory law or rule that must be followed. People’s lives and time and money should not have to wait for years of appeals to overturn a bad judge when there is a clear violation of law or rule by a judge. The clear violation by a judge should be resolved quickly so the underlying case moves forward and gets resolved in a fair and unbiased manner. Judges should be more strictly required to follow mandatory laws and procedures or face real consequences. As it stands now, Judges have no incentive to actually follow mandatory requirements if they know they will not get in trouble.

HELP! My 4 year old son Michael Bellow is missing in Hurricane Harvey Disaster area!

The police have located my son Michael across state lines in Sulphur, LA and removed him from where he was being kept secret from me by my ex wife Courtney Hudson. The police brought my son to me Praise God! Her Attorney Scott Browne tried to tell the police not to give me my son but thank God I had the court order! It is a shame they would not let me know where my son was for a day after driving into the floods and then refuse to let me know where he was so I could get him it make sure he was safe. Thank you everyone!

Latest Update! I STILL DONT KNOW WHERE MY SON IS! she has once again missed the court order time and place to exchange my son to me this afternoon. Yes she did send me a message this afternoon finally saying my son was OK but she has refused to let me know where my son is so that the police can verify his safety and she has further refused to bring him to the court ordered drop off location today and has not even told me where my son is so that I can just go get him myself if she is unable to get him to me. I don't care what her friends and family might say there is zero justification for not at least letting me come pick up my own son during my court ordered time as joint managing conservator. Just like there was no justification to leave me worried sick instead of letting me know my son was OK the past 24 hours. Until his location and safety has been verified there is no question about it my son is still missing I am in charge of his control and possession right now during my time as joint managing conservator and quite frankly I have no idea where he is and anyone who knows where he is has refused to let the police know for me so that we can get him over to me per the court order.

HELP! My 4 year old son Michael David Bellow III is missing in Hurricane Harvey Disaster area!

Beaumont PD missing person case #2017020972

My ex Courtney Hudson this morning said she was leaving with my son this morning to leave Beaumont and all the roads out of Beaumont have water and she has not responded all day. She has missed the drop off for me to have my son and that is very abnormal. Leaving a disaster area is not abnormal of course, but at the least I would have gotten a message saying my son was ok and that ...they couldn't make the drop off or I could go get my son where he is at. She hasn't responded with anything at all since leaving into the floods this morning and I am very concerned this is very abnormal not to hear anything and there is flooding everywhere. I pray they are not in a ditch somewhere flooded out. Please help me find my son and make sure he is ok! The very last I saw my son he was screaming and wailing afraid to leave me to go to his mother and when cps last asked my son about being abused by anyone my son said that his mommy hurts him.(this info is to give you background about why I am so worried for my son because not only has he disappeared in a flood but there is a history of abuse and neglect which greatly upsets me). I am very concerned for my sons safety in general but now that she left through a flood this morning and there has been no response from her at all all day I am very concerned that they didn't make it out of the flood. Please if anyone sees my son let me know or let Beaumont PD know. I believe she drives a grey Kia small SUV.

UPDATE: it has been a few hours now and my son's mother nor anyone from my sons mothers family nor the police have contacted me at all to let me know my son is ok or where he is even at. It has been rumored that she is just hiding him so that she doesn't let me have my son during my time as joint managing conservator and if that is true it is horrible and heartless and a waste of police resources. If my son is ok for goodness sake they should let me know why in the world wouldn't they or anyone let me know? This is messed up please help me find my son I really am worried something has happened I haven't heard from them and the flood waters rose fast and they said they were leaving out this morning straight towards the floods and thee has been silence from them since this morning and they missed the court ordered drop off I am very worried.

UPDATE: it is It Sept. 1, 2017 and since yesterday I have not heard anything from the police or from my son's mother or her family letting me know where my son is and that he is safe:-( help me find my son!

Help Dad Fight to Protect his Son! Donate If you Can!

Help Dad Fight for his Son

Donate Here: https://www.gofundme.com/help-dad-fight-for-his-son

It is a shame that in Texas, good fathers have to fight to stay in the lives of their children!

Hey I'm David Bellow and I need help to protect and fight for my son Michael. We have been through hell and abuse but they haven't been able to take my son from me yet! Attorneys are not cheap  but are needed for little Michael to have someone to fight to stop people who keep trying to take this little boy away from me, his father. I found an attorney willing to work with me for a good rate so funds will go to Attorney Jonathan Stovall.

Over the years, I have had to save little Michael from being alone and crying in cars in parking lots, to fighting to get me and my son out of physically abusive situations. Apparently when it is a man getting abused it is not taken seriously. After 2 years of battling for full custody, I offered a truce. Instead of me going to trial to get full custody, I offered 50/50 custody to move on and let Michael's life get settled. The final custody agreement was made. I was broke and bankrupt but I fought and won for my son. 

Not a month after the signing of the custody agreement, My ex filed for custody modification and has been trying to keep fighting me to take away my son. I am an outstanding father who goes above and beyond raising my son. My son is very happy with me and he screams and cries anytime I am not there or have to leave. It is very traumatizing for him and he needs some stability in his life and he needs a father. I sold my house and went bankrupt fighting for my son and now I need to raise money to keep fighting for him. 

Most recently, a temporary protective order was issued against the boyfriend of my son's mother due to my son claiming that the man did some bad things to him. When the police started investigation, my son's mother took my son and kept him from me so that the police could not investigate. I had to go to court and get my son back. 

Please if you can give anything do so and I can pay for the attorney representation needed for me to fight for and protect my son.

Thank you!

Little Michael Crying leaving his daddy

Little Michael always happy with his daddy

Eden Pool and Spa Service in Conroe, TX is Example of Why Texas is #1 State for Business (again)

Texas is the #1 State for Business again because of low regulations and a business friendly environment. Eden Pro Services is a perfect example of why Texas is the best. They are one of the many new businesses in Texas at a time when many states are losing business. Lets examine what makes Texas so great and lets also have a small business spotlight.

Texas Small Business Spotlight: Eden Pro Services (Eden Pool Service) is a Conroe, TX Pool and Spa Cleaning, Maintenance and Repair company that serves a 100 mile radius in southeast Texas from Lumberton, Beaumont area to The Woodlands to College Station.

In a time when it is hard to find a job, it is even harder to start a company. There are so many taxes and regulations that many times the small, family owned businesses are forced to close because the bigger nationwide businesses are the only companies that can compete and afford to jump over the huge government created obstacles businesses face just to stay in business. Many individuals or families wanting to start a new company in America don't even try to start the company once the find out how hard it is. NOT IN TEXAS.

In Texas, it IS still possible to have a dream. It is still possible for any average person to come up with an idea and work hard to start a business of their own, be their own boss, and even grow the business into a statewide or even nationwide business.

That is what happened with Eden Pro Services and that is why the company is a perfect example for this article. Eden started with just a dream to create a family business to serve others. A few brothers and brother-in-laws got together and decided to make this dream happen. In a struggling economy with ever increasing regulations, that is a big risk. They took that risk and now Eden Pro Services is thriving and is growing fast. Eden was able to do this because Eden started in Texas. TEXAS IS A GREAT STATE FOR BUSINESS. Maybe not in other states, but in Texas, it is still true that if an average person has a dream and works hard then the sky is the limit.

But WHY is Texas so great?

Texas has a VERY business friendly government with limited regulations

The biggest reason that Texas is the number one state for business year after year is the fact that the Texas government intentionally keeps regulation low, while still looking out for the citizens and consumers. Texas does not want the government's laws and regulations to be an obstacle standing the the way of business growth in the State. New businesses and continued business growth are what generates money and employment for the state of Texas and the citizens of Texas. Why tax the people so much that it kills business? Instead it is better to allow businesses to thrive which in turn actually brings in more taxes in the long run. While other states have high unemployment and are raising taxes to keep their government afloat, Texas is much better off and businesses are flocking to the State in order to enjoy the lower regulations and less restrictions that were killing their businesses in other states.

Texas has MANY programs to help new businesses get started and be informed

A second big reason why Texas is the number one business state is due to the fact that we make it easy to get information and to understand the process of starting a new business in Texas. There are several government websites that provide Texas business start up information in an easy to understand format.

http://www.texas.gov/en/discover/Pages/topic.aspx?topicid=/business/start
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/related.shtml
http://www.texaswideopenforbusiness.com/small-business/start.php

So why am I writing an article about a pool company and why do you care? I am writing about Eden Pro Services because this company helps prove my overall point about Texas. This new, family-owned company that went from a dream to a thriving business is an example of why Texas is such a great State for business. Eden is only one example though. There are many other great examples out there of Texans being able to achieve their business dream.

Texas was once again named the top state for business in the nation for 2013. this high achievement for the State of Texas is due to low regulations and a business friendly environment. Maybe when other states realize that the Texas model is the best way to go, they too will be able to see high job growth and new businesses like Texas has seen.

Ken Paxton Supporters Revert to Name Calling When Shown Paxton’s Vote to Mandate Smart Meter Fee for ALL Texans

Ken Paxton supporters in denial about exact wording of law that Ken Paxton passed:  "The Commission (PUCT) SHALL establish a nonbypassable surcharge for an electric utility or transmission and distribution utility to use to recover reasonable and necessary costs incurred in deploying advanced metering.” And it is the intent of the legislature that net metering and advanced meter information networks be deployed as rapidly as possible to allow customers to better manage energy use and control costs, and to facilitate demand response initiatives."

The bottom line is that Ken Paxton voted to mandate a Smart Meter fee that all Texans must pay regardless of if they get or even want a Smart Meter. Go ahead, prove me wrong. Show me that Paxton did not vote to create a “nonbypassable” Smart Meter surcharge.

Supporters of Ken Paxton like to point out that Barry Smitherman was the head of the PUC when the PUC was in charge of implementing smart meters. They conveniently ignore that Paxton’s role in Smart Meters, so I wrote an article showing that it was actually the Texas Legislature and Ken Paxton who voted to create and promote smart meters and even to mandate a fee that all Texans must pay for the meters. This law told the PUC and Smitherman to implement Smart Meters. Smitherman did not create Smart Meters, he was just following the law and implementing them because the law that Paxton voted for instructed Smitherman to implement them. Only Obama decides what laws he is going to follow or toss out. After I revealed that information, all Hell broke loose with Paxton supporters calling me names and saying I am a liar. They say that Paxton and the legislature never intended for the meters to be mandatory, but they conveniently ignore the actual wording of the law that Paxton supported. At least I don’t call names and am actually trying to show evidence about Paxton’s vote for Smart Meters. For the record, I do not think Ken Paxton is a bad guy and I know he is conservative. I just also know he is not as perfect as his supporters say he is and I believe 100% that Barry Smitherman is more conservative and a better leader and the best man to be the next Texas Attorney General

Let’s say that they are right and Paxton and the legislature did not intend for Smart Meters to be mandatory. That only makes what Paxton voted for EVEN WORSE because the law that Paxton voted for, HB 2129, Clearly and Indisputably states "The Commission (PUCT) SHALL establish a nonbypassable surcharge for an electric utility or transmission and distribution utility to use to recover reasonable and necessary costs incurred in deploying advanced metering.” So it is an indisputable fact that Paxton voted to mandate a Smart Meter fee that all Texans must pay. If Paxton and his supporters are denying that Smart Meters were never intended to be mandatory, then Paxton is admitting that he voted to force all Texans to pay for Smart Meters even if they do not want one and do not get one. Voting to force someone to pay for something they do not want and will not get is not a good thing and it is interesting to see the Paxton supporters act like there is nothing wrong with that.

Smitherman Implemented Smart Meters that Paxton and Legislature voted to create, at least Smitherman tried to add an opt out in the law

The Texas legislature told the PUC to implement the meters and to find ways to deploy them as rapidly as possible because the advanced technology is good for Texas and consumers. So yes, Barry Smitherman did his job and he implemented smart meters and promoted them. Only in Obamaland can someone ignore a law. Smart meters were the law passed by the legislature and the law required the PUC to implement them. So that is what Barry Smitherman did. Smart meters are actually not all that bad and many people love them because they do have many advantages. The issue that arose is that not everyone likes them or wants them because there are many questions surrounding the meters including privacy and health. Instead of ignoring the voice of the people, Smitherman actually realized the flaw and requested the Texas Legislature to amend the law to include an opt-out so that people who do not want one do not have to get one. Ken Paxton, who voted on the law, never once made a statement supporting opt outs and never once tried to amend the law or support any bills to amend the law.

Debate over whether or not Smart Meters are Mandatory

I admit, there certainly can be a difference of opinion over whether or not the law that Paxton passed actually mandated that everyone has to get a smart meter. The problem is that the law does not specifically say whether or not people can opt out of it. If you look at the wording of the law that requires everyone pay a mandatory fee for smart meters and also the part in the law where the legislature calls for the meters to be deployed as rapidly as possible, it sure would seem as though the law intended for all old meters to be replaced with this new smart meter technology. That I admit can be debated.

NO Debate over the FACT that law Paxton voted for FORCES ALL Texans to pay a nonbypassable fee to pay for Smart Meters and called for the meters to be deployed as rapidly as possible.

We can debate whether or not Paxton and the legislature intended Smart Meters to be mandatory. People can try to say Smart Meters were all the fault of the PUC who was only just following the law and implementing the meters. We CANNOT debate the fact the Paxton and the legislature passed a law that promotes Smart Meters as good, calls for them to be rapidly deployed, and requires everyone to pay for Smart Meters. So do ahead, you can reasonable deny that Paxton intended Smart Meters to be mandatory, but that does not make what he voted for any better. Read the law yourself below. Paxton had to have wanted to promote Smart Meters based on the wording of the law the voted to approve. Does what you read below look like something that someone would vote to approve if they did not want to push Smart Meters?

Exact Wording of Law that Paxton Supporters Cannot Deny even if the Deny that Paxton intended Smart Meters to be Mandatory:

In 2005 Ken Paxton and Dan Branch voted to approve HB 2129. Section 7(h) of HB 2129 states: "The Commission (PUCT) SHALL establish a nonbypassable surcharge for an electric utility or transmission and distribution utility to use to recover reasonable and necessary costs incurred in deploying advanced metering and meter information networks to residential customers…"

Section 8(a) of HB 2129 states: “In recognition that advances in digital and communications equipment and technologies, including new metering and meter information technologies, have the potential to increase the reliability of the regional electrical network, encourage dynamic pricing and demand response, make better use of generation assets and transmission and generation assets, and provide more choice for consumers, the legislature encourages the adoption of these technologies by electric utilities in this state."

Section 8(b) of HB 2129 states: “The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall study the efforts of electric utilities to benefit from the use of advanced metering and metering information networks. The commission SHALL present to the legislature on or before September 30 of each even--‐numbered year a report detailing those efforts and identifying changes in the state’s policies that may be necessary to remove barriers to the use of advanced metering and metering information networks or of other advanced transmission and distribution technologies.”

In 2007, the Texas Legislature passed HB 3693, again making clear its intention that smart meters be deployed as rapidly as possible. Again, Ken Paxton and Dan Branch voted for this legislation. Section 20(i) of HB 3693 states: “Subject to the restrictions in Subsection (h), it is the intent of the legislature that net metering and advanced meter information networks be deployed as rapidly as possible to allow customers to better manage energy use and control costs, and to facilitate demand response initiatives."

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Ken Paxton Supporters Revert to Name Calling When Shown Paxton’s Vote to Mandate Smart Meter Fee for ALL Texans

Fact: Texas Attorney General Candidates Ken Paxton and Dan Branch voted in 2005 to FORCE Texans to get a Smart Meter and FORCED Texans to pay for them. The laws they voted to approve reveal the shocking truth that even they cannot deny. They passed laws that specifically forced the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to implement Smart Meters and to create a fee for Texans to pay for them. Texas Attorney General Candidate Barry Smitherman is the only candidate in the race who has listened to the outcry from conservatives and in response has teamed up with conservatives in the Texas Legislature, like State Rep. David Simpson, to try to amend the law and make Smart Meters optional instead of mandatory. Legislators Ken Paxton and Dan Branch have done NOTHING to try to introduce or promote any bills to stop the mandatory Smart Meters.

It is time people heard the truth. I am tired of Texas Legislators passing the blame. I am tired of fellow conservative groups believing the lies about who actually created and mandated Smart Meters. Voting records do not lie. In this article I will show you the exact laws that Paxton and Branch voted on to mandate Smart Meters. The Legislature and the yes votes that Paxton and Branch made are why Texans were forced to get and pay for Smart Meters. No one else is responsible.

Smart Meter outrage took the Texas scene by storm within the last few years. Texas Conservative groups were rightfully mad about these intrusive, big brother, potentially health hazardous Smart Meters. Some conservatives mistakenly got upset at the PUCT. The truth is that it was the Texas Legislature that passed the law to force Smart Meters onto Texans. It was the Texas Legislature that passed the law to force Texans to pay for the Smart Meters, not the PUCT.

In 2005, the Texas Legislature passed HB 2129, mandating a fee for the implementation of smart meters and encouraging the adoption of smart meters. Both Ken Paxton and Dan Branch voted aye on this bill.

Section 7(h) of HB 2129 states: “The Commission (PUCT) SHALL establish a nonbypassable surcharge for an electric utility or transmission and distribution utility to use to recover reasonable and necessary costs incurred in deploying advanced metering and meter information networks to residential customers…

Section 8(a) of HB 2129 states: “In recognition that advances in digital and communications equipment and technologies, including new metering and meter information technologies, have the potential to increase the reliability of the regional electrical network, encourage dynamic pricing and demand response, make better use of generation assets and transmission and generation assets, and provide more choice for consumers, the legislature encourages the adoption of these technologies by electric utilities in this state.

Section 8(b) of HB 2129 states: “The Public Utility Commission of Texas shall study the efforts of electric utilities to benefit from the use of advanced metering and metering information networks. The commission SHALL present to the legislature on or before September 30 of each even--‐numbered year a report detailing those efforts and identifying changes in the state’s policies that may be necessary to remove barriers to the use of advanced metering and metering information networks or of other advanced transmission and distribution technologies.”

In 2007, the Texas Legislature passed HB 3693, again making clear its intention that smart meters be deployed as rapidly as possible. Again, Ken Paxton and Dan Branch voted for this legislation.

Section 20(i) of HB 3693 states: “Subject to the restrictions in Subsection (h), it is the intent of the legislature that net metering and advanced meter information networks be deployed as rapidly as possible to allow customers to better manage energy use and control costs, and to facilitate demand response initiatives.

Conclusion:

If you notice in the above laws that were passed and approved by Ken Paxton and Dan Branch, the word SHALL was used. The word SHALL means it must be done and is NOT optional. The Texas Legislature mandated the PUCT to implement smart meters by passing a law stating that the PUCT SHALL do it. The Texas Legislature also used the word NONBYPASSABLE in reference to the fee that Texans must pay to implement the Smart Meters. Like shall, nonbypassable means it is mandatory and not optional. So before anyone starts to say that the Legislature did not intend for Smart Meters to be mandatory or that the PUCT should have just not implemented smart meters, you need to check your facts. We Texans do not live in Obamaland. We do not just decide which laws to enforce or not enforce like Obama does. The Texas Legislature passed laws creating and mandating Smart Meters and instructing the PUCT to make it happen. The PUCT followed the law that was passed by the Texas Elected officials. Obama thinks he can just ignore laws passed by Congress, but here in Texas we hold ourselves to a higher standard and the PUCT did the only thing they could and they followed the law passed by Paxton and Branch.

The Legislature is to blame for Smart Meters, not the PUCT. The Texas Legislature even went as far as to pass a bill in 2007 encouraging the RAPID deployment of Smart Meters. So they wanted to force them on us and then they wanted to make it happen as soon as possible. After reading the wording of the laws passed by Paxton ad Branch, no one can deny that Smart Meters were created and pushed by the Legislature. Furthermore, the only authority that can stop smart meters, besides a Judge, is the Texas Legislature. If people are mad about Smart Meters, which they should be, then it is up to Texas Legislators like Ken Paxton and Dan Branch to take a stand and amend the law that they wrongfully voted for. The PUCT and Barry Smitherman have taken a stand with conservatives and asked the Texas Legislature to change the law, but so far the legislature has done NOTHING, including Ken Paxton and Dan Branch doing nothing.

Mandatory Smart Meters are a big problem. Maybe no one in the Texas Legislature knew about the problems that would arise when Smart Meters first came out. But hey, now you know! So what are you going to do to fix the problem? You change the law. At least Barry Smitherman is actually trying to fix the problem. The legislature and the laws they passed are to blame. Since the negatives of Smart Meters have been made know, Smitherman has listened to conservatives and he has tried to get the Legislature to change the law. The legislature, including Paxton and Branch, has not responded.

So Thanks alot Ken Paxton and Dan Branch for passing Smart Meters and thanks alot for not trying to change the law to correct what you previously approved. Smitherman is the only Texas Attorney General Candidate brave enough to listen to conservatives and respond by trying to correct the problem and by trying to get the legislature to change the law and not make smart meters mandatory.

So that is the truth about who created, Pushed, Mandated, and is still allowing Smart Meters to be forced onto Texans who also are forced to pay for them.