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TYC out of conservatorship

Naming Cherie Townsend Executive Commissioner, Gov. Rick Perry yesterday ended the Texas Youth Commission's conservatorship after a rocky year and a half. The Statesman offered these observations from the legislative leadership ("TYC out of conservatorship," Oct. 15):"The agency's not fixed. I don't think anybody who knows will say it is," [state Sen. John] Whitmire said. "But the conservatorship was not working at fixing anything, either. I'm not sure it makes much difference whether it's in conservatorship or not. "We need a new model for TYC; that's for sure." State Rep. Jerry Madden, a Richardson Republican who is Whitmire's co-chairman, said that although "none of us believe everything is fixed at TYC, I think the conservatorship probably had accomplished as much as it could...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).