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Carona's law enforcement integrity unit another victim of Chubfest 2009

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The reform bills mentioned earlier weren't the only good criminal justice bills that died in the House at midnight yesterday.It looks like John Carona's SB 388 - creating a law enforcement integrity unit at DPS to investigate police corruption - was another victim of what Harvey Kronberg called the "Tommy Williams Memorial Day Chub." The Governor was down with it and it looked for a fleeting moment like a compromise bill had a good chance of passage. It had been approved by the Calendars Committee and was sitting on the general state calendar when time expired last night.

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 27, 2009 (boomark / email).

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