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Christi Craddick (R-TX): Today’s “Ass-Kisser” Award Winner

 

Congratulations to….

 

Christi Craddick

Today’s “Ass-Kisser” Award Winner

 

 

Christi is yet another loser lawyer that found it difficult to earn a dishonest living after she graduated from the University of Texas in 1998. Christi Craddick is the daughter of former Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives and present Representative Tom Craddick.

 

Apparently feeling sorry for his loser lawyer daughter, Christi’s daddy Tommy hired her to manage his campaign and to perform official officeholder duties on his behalf. From 2003 through 2011, Tommy paid Christi a salary totaling $1,002,401. These payments to Christi came from campaign contributions made to Tommy from a variety of contributors. A yearly breakdown of Christi’s salary is set forth at the end of this article.

 

In November 2012, Christi duped the voters in Texas into electing her as a member of the Texas Railroad Commission. The Commission has nothing to with railroads. Its primary authority is to regulate the gas and oil industries. Christi’s number one campaign contributor was Daddy Tommy who contributed a total of $622,000.

 

In early November 2014, the citizens of Denton, Texas, voted to ban fracking within the city limits. Within two days, Christi, as chairwoman of the Railroad Commission and Chief Ass-kisser for the oil and gas industries, said she would not honor the ban. Put simply, Christi told the voters of Denton, Texas, “Up yours!”

 

Christi told the Dallas Morning News that she intended on continuing to issue permits to oil and gas companies that wished to do fracking in Denton. She went on to laughingly assert that the citizens of Denton do not have authority over drilling activity in their backyard. The Ass-Kisser then said:

  • “It my job to give permits, not Denton’s.”
  • “We’re [fellow ass-kissers] going to continue permitting up there because that’s me job.”

In an attempt to explain why she was siding with the oil and gas companies regarding fracking permits, Christi told the Dallas Morning News that the voters’ decision was likely based on “misinformation” about the potential dangers of fracking, and that the oil and gas industry should have done more to communicate with the citizens of Denton.

 

In furthering her status as a Certified Ass-Kisser for the oil and gas industries, Christi had the chutzpah to claim that education the citizens explaining the benefits of fracking caused the voters to ban fracking.

 

The problem with Christi’s sham “lack of education” arguments is the fact that oil and gas companies like Chevron, XTA and others donated $685,000 to defeat the ban while environmentalists contributed $24,000.

 

Christie would have us believe that the voters in Denton and elsewhere in Texas that have or intend to ban fracking fail to appreciate some of the following benefits they would or are already experiencing.

  1. Increase in earthquakes
  2. Poor air quality
  3. Disruptive noises in residential areas
  4. Possible ground water contamination
  5. Methane emissions from wells increase
  6. Known carcinogens (linked to cancer) used in fracking process

Hopefully, Christi’s benefactors at Chevron have reimbursed her for the pair of Industrial Strength Knee pads she purchased do its bidding.

 

Congrats Christi; keep up the good work! We should let everyone know of your amazing record as one of Americas Least Accomplished “Ass-Kissers”; you are far too humble.

 

2003 = $98,000 salary

2004 = $91,770 salary

2005 = $93,045 salary

2006 = $108,546 salary

2007 = $133,074 salary

2008 = $141,299 salary

2009 = $145,255 salary

2010 = $144,282 salary

2011 = $47,130 salary (1/2 year)

 

 

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