Karnes County judge submits resignation
KARNES CITY – Karnes County Judge Barbara Shaw hand delivered her resignation from the office of county judge to County Commissioner and County Judge Pro Tem James Rosales Friday afternoon. The resignation was also sent to County Commissioners Shelby Dupnik, Pete Jauer, Tracey Schendel, County Attorney Herb Hancock, District Attorney Rene Pena and Sheriff Dwayne Villanueva.
The resignation was delivered by hand to Rosales at 1:45 p.m. on Friday, March 14.
Shaw was defeated in the March 4 Democratic primary election by challenger Walter Long, Jr. who received 1,290 votes while Shaw received 641.
Shaw did not attend the meeting of Commissioners Court on Tuesday, March 11. When asked about her absence by someone in the audience at the meeting, Rosales said that he did not know why she was absent.
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Shaw's resignation letter:
The letter went on to list a number of elected officials and county employees Shaw claims were part of a group that participated in blogging and emails that Shaw described as “psychologically disturbing, childish and bizarre.”
The emails, which Shaw said were obtained through open records requests, contained “pure filth and garbage,” according to Shaw.
“Karnes County has been my home my whole life and I have a strong love for Karnes County,” Shaw said in the letter. “The right thing is not always the popular thing... Incidentally, I believe that each person should be accountable and responsible for their actions and what they do, please know that if I said or did something I meant it and I continue to stand behind it. No regrets and no looking backward.”
