02/20/06  Why would you vote for this guy when he lies on the campaign trail?

Craig Watkins was an intern in the Tarrant County DA's office.  He was not an intern prosecutor as his flyer claims, and certainly not a prosecutor with the Tarrant County DA's office as he claimed in a recent debate.

As Anonymouse says:

The CEO of Radio Shack has been caught lying on his resume, and it is making big waves.  Surely a DA
candidate is as important as a company CEO...

At the Candidate Forum hosted by Northeast Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, February 14, Craig Watkins, candidate for the Democrat's nominee as District Attorney of Dallas County, stated: 
    "I started my legal career as a prosecutor with the Tarrant County District Attorney's office."

In his printed literature, available at the same forum, he lists: 
   "Professional Experience:  Assistant District Attorney Tarrant County."

A call to the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office will confirm Watkins was merely a student intern in that office, while he was in law school.   Watkins never served as a prosecutor at the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office, nor did he serve as an Assistant District Attorney in Tarrant County.  These are false claims.

The District Attorney of Dallas County is the chief prosecutor and the chief law enforcement office for the county.  This calls into question his integrity, which surely is an important character trait for such a position.