Holy smoke: Houston Judge looking for a few weed-minded votes ... on Halloween night

Embattled First Court of Appeals Incumbent His Honner Jim Sharp -- don't call him Mr. Sharp or else - must be getting desperate a few days before the election ..... He is a scheduled speaker at Houston NORML's Halloween  event ... oops ... Halloweed event -- or so NORML says.

The Seal of the State of Texas / Judicial Branch is prominently featured on the appearance-just-confirmed announcement on the organization's Facebook page, and his Court of Appeals bio page is hot-linked. What the hell with this lending-prestige-of-judicial-office-thing....it was just a public reprimand last time around anyhow.
 
Gotta make clear to the cannabis-loving crowd that this Sharp fella is not just an ordinary Joe Schmoe down the street. Or a less-than-judicial impostor.

You thought you got a good idea how Big Jim knows to swear like a sailor when he earned his rebuke from the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct!?

Wait until he gets high on the weed vote!

Or perhaps it's all part of good-natured trick-o-treating, ... if not a vast politically motivated conspiracy to sully the public standing of a jurist of great stature.

A man known to take a stand. A true local icon. 

THE HONOURABLE JIM SHARP - HOUSTON'S DESKTOP JURIST

The Houston Chronicle editorialized against him ("Voter should remember Justice Sharp's Temper Tantrum") and the bar poll favored his non-incumbent opponent.

Public Official Jim Sharp Twitter Stats: 35 Followers, 10 Favorites 

Jim Sharp's Re-election Campaign on Twitter: Don't Miss Any Updates 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE REMINDED VOTERS 
THAT JIM SHARP IS UNFIT FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE

Chronicle comes out against Justice Jim Sharp re-election bid
Link: http://www.chron.com/opinion/recommendations/article/Courts-of-Appeals-5822853.php 

FOR FURTHER STUDY: Click link to Texas Code of Judicial Conduct 

on Texas Judiciary web site 

Houston Appellate Court Races

2008 Judicial Elections: Contested Benches on the Houston Courts of Appeals - with links to candidates' web sites.

FIRST COURT OF APPEALS RACE

PLACE 3:
[No incumbent in general election due to Justice Nuchia's defeat in the Republican Primary]

Republican Ed Hubbard
vs.
Democrat Jim Sharp

PLACE 5:

Republican Incumbent Laura Carter Higley
vs
Democratic Challenger Leslie C. Taylor

FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS RACES

Contested Re-election for Chief Justice:

PLACE 1:

Republican Incumbent Adele Hedges
vs.
Democratic Challenger Joe Beverly

Contested Re-election for Associate Justice

PLACE 7:

Republican Incumbent Kem Thompson Frost
vs.
Democratic Opponent Martin J. Siegel

Contests Over Unexpired Terms:

PLACE 4:

Republican Gubernatorial Appointee Jeff Brown
vs.
Democratic Candidate Bert Moser

PLACE 6:

Republican Gubernatorial Appointee Bill Boyce
vs.
Democratic Challenger Mary M. Markantonis

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