Hays County District Attorney, Sherri Tibbe, subpoenaed Ramus’ military records after HaysCAN filed a documented complaint containing numerous perjury allegations against Ramus
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By Charles O'Dell
Contributing Editor
The Texas Third Court of Appeals Friday issued a Memorandum Opinion in the case of Nicholas George Ramus, Jr. v. The state of Texas, regarding Ramus’ June 2010 conviction of deadly conduct by Hays County Court at Law Judge, Linda Rodriquez.
The Appeals Court affirmed Ramus’ conviction by Judge Rodriquez.
Justice Henson wrote the opinion for the Court comprised of Chief Justice Woody Jones, and Justices Bob Pemberton and Diane Henson.
Ramus has thirty days to appeal the decision to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. This is Texas’ highest court for criminal cases. The Court consists of a presiding judge and eight judges elected by Texas voters. The Court has discretion to hear or refuse to hear a case.
Deadly Conduct charges were filed against Ramus on September 5, 2008, after he pointed a loaded shotgun at Carolyn Logan while she was mowing her pasture. Following several delaying tactics, Ramus was found guilty of deadly conduct on June 1, 2010. He was fined, sentenced to two years probation and required to complete community service. All of that has been on hold while Ramus appealed his conviction.
The Back Story
At the time of his deadly conduct charge, Ramus was running as the Republican candidate for Hays County Precinct 1 Commissioner. Ramus was recruited by Commissioner Will Conley and supported by then Hays County Republican Chair, Linda Kinney of Dripping Springs. Both Conley and Kinney called Ramus, “A great man and a great candidate.”
Incumbent Debbie Ingalsbe (D) easily won reelection.
Ramus has a long history of criminal convictions and of lying under oath. Hays County District Attorney, Sherri Tibbe, subpoenaed Ramus’ military records after HaysCAN filed a documented complaint containing numerous perjury allegations against Ramus. Tibbe claimed the statute of limitation had expired for most of the alleged perjury, but will examine Ramus’ military records that are expected to arrive next week from the military records center in response to a subpoena.
Ramus became County Commissioners Pct 2 Jeff Barton's and Pct 3 Will Conley’s cause célèbre in their 2007 scheme to force then County Judge Liz Sumter out of office.
After the County revoked Ramus’ illegal septic permit issued by Tom Pope by a 3 – 2 vote in April 2007, Barton and Conley encouraged Ramus to sue the County, planning to settle the suit for up to a million dollars and blaming the cost to taxpayers on Sumter.
Even though the septic laws were violated, Conley and Barton insisted they were, “protecting County staff,” because, “that’s the way the law had always been interpreted.”
Their scheme failed because Logan, the actual injured party, intervened in the Ramus suit against the County and refused to settle because she believed every citizen should enjoy protection under the law and that no one should benefit from breaking the law.
Logan’s tenacity in the face of repeated official harassment saved the County taxpayers from the expensive Barton/Conley scheme. District Judge Robert Pfeuffer dismissed the Ramus lawsuit and vacated his previous partial summary judgment.
Barton was defeated in his 2010 bid for county judge.
It was Conley who started spin that the Ramus septic case was simply a “feud between two hostile San Marcos neighbors,” and Conley is now trying to distance himself from Ramus by claiming that he had nothing to do with Ramus’ candidacy or with the scheme to oust Sumter.
Conley is expected to run for reelection in 2012.
8 comments:
Many thanks to Dr. Charles O'Dell and HaysCAN for doggedly pursuing this matter and keeping us informed about it!
Looks like Ramus and company have just about reached the end of their rope (no pun intended). Must be a lot of people sweating with this news.
Waiting to see if and when the next shoe drops on the perjury allegations. If there is sufficient evidence and charges filed and I were the DA, I would turn the defendant to state's witness and go after the bigger fish.
Oh Suzanna...she'll be comin round the mountain when she comes...
This Ramus - Will Conley connection is very real but perplexing. How and why it was begun will eventually unravel. In fact, it could finally be Conley's undoing.
I know many are trying to connect the dots. Will Conley possibly made a fatal blunder hitching his wagon to this dubious character.
Congratulations to Ms. Logan. I hope this sordid saga comes to a final conclusion soon.
One more example of why good Republicans are distancing themselves from the Kinneys.
Any candidate attached to them is highly suspect out of the gate.
Conley has his fingers in a lot of pies. Had anyone looked into his connection with the county road department.
Hey chuckles, did you get the subpoena from the court of bad reporting? You know you still haven't answered the charges of your sad attempt at pretending to be a reporter...what a sham artist you are to be such a suck up puss. Get a job.
"If there is sufficient evidence and charges filed and I were the DA, I would turn the defendant to state's witness and go after the bigger fish."
GREAT idea but it won't happen because Tibbe's primary job is to protect the Good Ole Boys/Girls.
Ramus has now become a BIG liability to the GOB/G but they can't turn on him because he knows too much that would incriminate elected officials and County employees.
Tibbe refuses to investigate credible allegations against Tom Pope, or to prosecute Ramus for a third conviction of being a public nuisance because three times makes it a felony.
When forced to investigate, Tibbe found that Conley and Ingalsbe didn't use County resources on private property, despite evidence they did, but she will indite political rivals on charges that later are dropped.
How Tibbe manages the Ramus military perjury will be watched closely. She is really in a bind.
Why has Tibbe refused to do her job? Is she a bud with Will Conley?
Congrats to Carolyn Logan and Charles O'Dell for courageously championing justice and saving the taxpayers a huge amount of our money.
Good riddance Will Conley....
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