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Dallas & San Antonio Editorials: Bradley Wrong Choice for FSC

By Steve Hall

Today's Dallas Morning News carries the editorial, "Bradley?s nomination not worth fighting for in Senate." State Senate confirmation of John Bradley as chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission is not going smoothly, which isn?t surprising, given his prickly, pugnacious, headstrong side that he doesn?t hide very well. Those traits have crimped his effectiveness as chairman, and senators now have a chance to force a change. We think they should open the door to new leadership that can restore lost confidence in the commission?s evenhandedness. Bradley?s willfulness hasn?t served him well as chair of a commission that?s dealing with the explosive case of the executed Cameron Todd Willingham. And it didn?t serve him well in dealing with tough questions this week on whether he ought to keep his job...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 04, 2011 (boomark / email).