DA apologizes to Prairie View students
In a proposed agreement awaiting a federal judge's signature, Waller County District Attorney Oliver Kitzman reaffirms the right of Prairie View A&M University students to vote locally and promises to meet with them before the March 9 primary.
He also apologizes for what he terms "threatening" behavior toward students seeking to register to vote in local elections.
"I have come to realize," he said, "that, although it was never my intention, my actions and statements beginning with the letter I sent to Waller County Election Administrator Lela Loewe in November and continuing with my response to the Attorney General opinion earlier this month, taken in the historical context in which they occurred, have been understandably perceived by some PVAMU students as threatening.
"I want the PVAMU community to know that I apologize, and I welcome them as participants in the democratic institutions in Waller County." -- Waller County DA apologizes in vote flap (Houston Chronicle)