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• jeffkind 03/10/2010 1:10:20 AM

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• Tammi 12/23/2009 8:31:17 AM

  My name is Tammi Clary I am the wife of Glenn R. Clary the wife of the, So Called Obvious SUSPECT as you call him.I am overwhelmed by the fact that the media and newspaper have already practically convicted my husband of a crime that he is innocent of until proven guilty, Not one of you even know him or anything about him or his family. You have only taken what you have heard and written a so called article to tickle the ears of the public, We'll my husband is not only a wonderful husband but he is also a wonderful father and step-father. He is a very well loved and respected citizen in the town in which we live. He is by no means the monster you have made him out to be. So before you write another story maybe you should get the FACTS! from someone who knows him and about his life.

• Newsflash 12/04/2009 10:10:51 PM

  Trials like that are a very common thing in Harris county, Texas. Just look at what was done to Robert McClendon after two women set up this disabled man and lied their butts off to the tune of over 154 discrepancies in testimony and absolutely no evidence. The judge Vanessa Velasquez allowed the two ladies to continue lying after it was obvious when Robert's attorney kept pointing out that their stories were all over the place. The police officer did not want to arrest Mr. McClendon but the DA's office directed the officer to bring him anyway. The officer testified on the stand that he did not think that the two ladies were telling him the truth and after testifying, the prosecutor Rifian Newaz stated in his closing arguments to the jury that the officer was a disgrace to the force. Robert McClendon's whole story is on a website called americaswrongfullyconvicted or anyone can Google his name. All evidence, Police reports, break down of transcripts and an incriminating recording that was taken inside of the DA's office were the DA's attorney's ere discussing all of the inconsistencies in testimony during the trial. How any jury could have actually convicted this man is a complete mystery. One last note: Robert was called to come into court and was told that he could be held responsible and jailed for the actions of his brother and sister for creating the website americaswrongfullyconvicted and Robert's siblings were also falsely accused of calling and harassing Christine Trent and Barbara Schuette. The two women kept repeatedly calling the courts and making these false accusations to have Roberts probation revoked. This is their second time of making false allegations trying to have him sent to prison for violation of probation. The first time they made an attempt, the judge caught them lying and threw it out of court. I think people really need to pay attention to what is really happening in our Harris county judicial system and speak out so this injustice stops.

• Elizabeth Cohee 12/03/2009 11:47:01 PM

  Whatever happened to the story of Steve Spain and Karen Shrader and their children?

• Dean Ballard 11/05/2009 7:27:06 PM

  A Civil Discourse So you spend a full page ripping the right-winged nut that is selling the Obama-Nazi shirts and lecture to him and us about an inflammatory picture and words not reaching out to find "common ground'. But in the same issue we get a picture of an angry mob with an axe, a lead pipe and torches, on the front cover of Houston Press, presumably, taking revenge on the outlaw bankers that are behind our financial collapse. Seems to me this was the same argument that the Nazis made about the Jews during the midst of the German Depression following WWI. The moral pendulum should swing both ways. -Ball of Lard

• Al Feesman 09/24/2009 1:00:07 PM

  Well once again the Press flubbed another Best of Issue. I mean come on - best medicine - marijuana? Best reason to come to Houston - the chemical plants at night. Maybe the staff of the Press should go and catch a movie and dinner at the Alamo Draft House and check their heads. I mean like there's an alternative selection for dinner with a movie.