Mike Anderson Campaign

I have spent thirty years in law enforcement in Harris County as a prosecutor and District Court judge.  From this vantage point I’ve seen changes in the District Attorney’s Office.  In recent times, those changes are not for the better.

And while I applaud anyone who chooses to take on the yoke of leadership, I cannot stand by and watch the policies of the incumbent continue to take this office down a dangerous path.

Some of my concerns include the intentional refusal by her office to enforce certain drug laws.  Additionally she has invented a program that ignores the intent of the legislature and essentially gives first-time drunk drivers a free pass.

And while her actions in office give citizens a reason to doubt her fitness for office, in an unprecedented show of solidarity among law enforcement agencies in Harris County, a vote of ‘no confidence’ was issued against her earlier this week.  The men and women who are sworn to protect and defend the public said they do not trust her to be the chief law enforcement officer in Harris County Texas.

Our police officers are not the only ones who have lost confidence; her tenure has been marked by a departure of an alarming number of very talented, capable, and tenured prosecutors at every level from the office.

This situation had reached a crisis point and this is a crisis we cannot afford to ignore.  The days of difficult political decisions should be past us.

We need a prosecutor, not a politician, to restore integrity and honor to the office of Harris County District Attorney.  I believe I am the person best qualified to do that job.