Too bad the Hamilton County Sheriff didn’t hire a Ranger’s wife to work at the Sheriff’s Department, that $125K Brandi Burson gets from the McLennan County Sheriff’s department, and you, the taxpayer, is the Superwoman Shield against any kind of investigation by the Rangers.
They all sell out cheap but we know that THIS is what’s going on. Yep, hire a Ranger relative and get a free pass.
Fk the Rangers.
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Hamilton County Sheriff arrested, facing charges
Hamilton County Sheriff Jason Bradley Boulton is facing charges of abuse of official capacity, tampering with records, false statements and more.
Thu, Jan 8 at 7:54 AM
Good morning, Harry,
I cannot adequately express how infuriating it is to watch accountability applied selectively depending on who someone knows.
In Hamilton County, the so-called “good old boy” sheriff was not allegedly shielded by Pete Sessions, Doc Anderson, Pat Curry, or Governor Abbott. Yet here in McLennan County, we have a sheriff who publicly admitted—on a Channel 10 news broadcast—that he used deputy labor on his private property for years. That is theft of public resources. He admitted it. A Texas Ranger investigation has reportedly been ongoing for more than a year. Why is he not in jail?
The old saying “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” appears to be alive and well.
What further erodes public trust is watching political races devolve into name-calling and lawsuit posturing while very real, documented misconduct is ignored. Take Rebecca Eubank, for example. If memory serves, both she and her husband Chris were repeatedly featured on your blog regarding double-dipping—being paid by both the county and the state on highway projects—and charging personal travel, including vacations to Florida, to county funds. Where are the consequences for that conduct?
Instead, we see people with documented ethical and legal issues positioning themselves as moral arbiters—throwing stones at a man who admitted to a DWI 18 years ago in a state that allows expunction and restoration of rights. That contrast is staggering. Especially when the sitting sheriff has committed multiple felonies, interfered in political races, and openly installed loyalists throughout the system.
This same sheriff backed Thomas West, Josh Tetens, Susan Kelley, and Ryan Luna. Notably, Ryan Luna is now Rebecca Eubanks’ employer. These connections are impossible to ignore.
Chris and Rebecca Eubanks both worked at the Sheriff’s Office while Chris’s nephew, John Crawley, was working on Sheriff McNamara’s ranch on county time. Nothing was done. Accountability seems to depend entirely on who is being asked and whether they are aligned with Sheriff McNamara. If you support him, everything is fine. If you don’t, suddenly no one wants to be associated with him.
Meanwhile, Judge Thomas West is running amok at the courthouse. Baylor University will no longer place “female” interns in his court due to a complaint filed by a former intern—now employed by the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office—who does not have to appear in his courtroom. One would think the DA might take notice of that. But wait he was one of the Parnell Posse handpicked candidates.
County Judge Scott Felton continues to lead the Commissioners Court as if they have rings in their noses, helping maintain the status quo of corruption. Commissioners Court is livestreamed; anyone can listen for themselves. Now he appears to be attempting to stack the deck further by positioning his own son.
When does this insanity stop? When do voters begin to care about their tax dollars? Corruption does not start at the federal level—it starts at the city and county level. If we cannot stop it here, how can we possibly expect accountability at the state or national level?
Public trust is not eroded overnight. It is dismantled piece by piece—by silence, complicity, and selective enforcement of the law
