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Friends & Family

Snapshots of my travels, career, friends, family, and moments that deserve to be cataloged.

Photo by Scott Newton

Featured: Casey & Governor Richards

Photo by Scott Newton. After Richards beat Clayton Williams I thought that perhaps I might lose my job to politics. I’d held the job for nearly 2 years but in state government one’s job is never secure. The Texas Music Office at that time was part of the Texas Department of Commerce, and Governor Richards brought in Richard Moya with the direction of getting rid of Republicans at that agency.

I was invited to a meeting in the conference room that included Governor Richards; John Anderson (then head of Economic Development Division); the head of the Tourism Department whose name I don’t recall; Tom Copeland (head of Texas Film Commission, soon to be replaced by Marlene Saritzky who’d raised money for Richards in California via the Hollywood Womens’ Political Action Committee); and little old me.

Each of us was given 5 minutes or so to describe our programs. I brought a 3 by 5 index card with bullet points on what I’d done and what I sought to do.

I had described the Texas Music Office many times up to that point so I was practiced at selling the program and myself. I was talking rather quickly as time was short. Toward the end of my sales pitch, she interrupted me and said “Oh Casey, I know all about you, please sit down.” I kept my job. Phew!

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