If you are an imprisoned Hispanic former elected official, these are your salad days.
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Word arrived a week or so ago that former House member and Attorney General Dan Morales was being sent to a Bexar County halfway house in anticipation of his emancipation. Today's Houston Chronicle informs us that former House member and Houston City Council bigwig Benny Reyes is fast approaching freedom from the Big House.
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Billy Clyde acknowledges that he fell into the Morales trap. The guy has never had a job, was pushed up the ladder his whole life, and yet people like me -- who ran a statewide campaign against him -- never could bring ourselves to really dislike him. As despicable as he is.
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It's interesting to note -- as a huge fan of irony -- that Dan's wife, a former Taylor County stripper, is the classy one in the family. Dan's record-producer brother also went to prison in some hare-brained bribery scheme. Pretty sure he's still in the joint.
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The State Bar of Texas, Texas Supreme Court and SCOTUS all stripped Dan of his lawyer license. But that's okay. He's gonna be an investment banker. Betcha wish he would personally handle your next IPO.
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Benny Reyes is another matter altogether. Benny was maybe the most influential Hispanic politician (yeah, more than you, Henry Cisneros!) in Texas, and he used that influence to generate cash for him and his cronies. That, my brothers and sisters, is economic empowerment.
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Benny says he is working in construction. The guy may be pounding nails today, but he'll own Perry Homes in about two months if history is any indication.
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Billy Clyde welcomes these gentleman back into free society. Go forth and prosper.
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