As Prospects Fizzle, Wentworth Plans Return to Senate
Perhaps a made-up word — “mavericky” — may be the most appropriate way to describe state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio. After six terms in the Senate, the 70-year-old has earned a reputation as someone whose stubborn adherence to principle leads him to buck his own party and lock horns with leadership, sometimes to the detriment of his legislative priorities. “I don’t cow easily by anybody,” he says. “I don’t care whether I’m re-elected or not. I’m gonna do in the brief time I have in public office what I think is right, and if that goes against ...
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He also introduced a bill to get rid of the straight ticket device that is endorsed by the Houston Chronicle.
Jeffrey Wentworth
"DHW95" who posted a comment on this story clearly has an ax to grind. He is a former member of the Senate Jurisprudence Committee staff. His fellow staff members complained to me about his inappropriate conduct in our committee office in the Sam Houston Building, saying that they felt threatened by him and that he was creating a hostile work environment. Together with my chief of staff, we counseled "DHW95" and placed him on informal probation, but he continued to engage in inappropriate conduct, giving me no alternative but to terminate his employment with the Texas Senate and have him escorted off the State Capitol grounds by a DPS trooper on February 9, 2009. Fired nearly two years ago, he is obviously suffering from what he falsely accuses me of. His two previous jobs prior to coming to work for the Senate included eight months at the Texas Workforce Commission and eight months at the Texas Railroad Commission.
Senator Jeff Wentworth