GOP’s Rogers faces felony assault charge

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The Burnet Bulletin 5/31/12

GOP’s Rogers faces felony assault charge

Johnnie B. Rogers, a member of the Texas Republican party’s executive committee from Burnet County, has been charged with third degree felony assault following an election night altercation with a reporter for the Burnet Bulletin.

Rogers turned himself in Friday morning at the Burnet County jail, where he was booked on the third degree felony and release on a $5,000 cash bond, set by Marble Falls Municipal Judge Cheryl Pounds.

Burnet Police Chief Paul Nelson explained that state law automatically classifies cases of assault involving a victim 65-years-old or more as felony crimes, punishable by 2-10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. James Walker, the newspaper’s community editor, is 65.

What a thug! Oh wait, he's a Texas republican so of course he's a violent thug.

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1. Juanita Jean has some fun with this story

Susan Bankston does a good job of laying out the facts of this story http://juanitajean.com/2012/06/02/news-flash-republicans-and-the-press-still-not-getting-along/ I love this fact

Johnnie is on the state Republican executive committee. That’s a big damn deal. There’s only 31 men on that executive committee in all of Texas and one of them is a damn felonious pugilist. I gotta admit that is shocking, even to me.

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2. Beat me to it.

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3. Susan Bankston/Juanita Jean is running for DNC delegate

I am planning on voting for Susan Bankston to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from SD18. She has promised to blog and tweet from the Convention.

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4. That is fantastic news

I hope she gets elected. She would make a fine DNC representative!