Reply #2: Molly Ivins wrote a column about Gonzales shortly after his death

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The man never sold out to anyone, from his early service on the San Antonio City Council — where he fought to desegregate public swimming pools — to the great stand on the hate bills in the Senate, through the 37 years in Congress.

He was right about deregulating the S&Ls — he was one of a handful who opposed that lobby-engineered disaster. He was right about Mexican banks not being strong enough for NAFTA.

He was right about Ronald Reagan's HUD secretary's misusing his office. Because Henry B. had long been a champion of public housing, he saw the department being twisted. It took Henry C. — i.e., Cisneros — several years to untwist it.

Henry B. told us how often PAC money turned our own representatives against us. He warned us about the concentration of power in ever-larger banks.

http://www.creators.com/opinion/molly-ivins/molly-ivins-november-30-2000-11-30.html