Tony Goolsby [SEP] position held
Tony Goolsby
James Anthony Goolsby, known as Tony Goolsby (born November 9, 1933), is a businessman in Dallas, Texas, who, from 1993 to 2009, was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 102 in northeastern Dallas County. In two earlier terms from 1989 to 1993, he represented District 114, also in Dallas County.
Background.
Goolsby was born in Colbert in Bryan County in southern Oklahoma. He graduated from Longview High School in Longview in East Texas. He
was admonished by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct for "an improper use of his office and position to promote Miers's private interest" during the nomination; a three-judge panel exonerated Hecht of the charge after he appealed the decision.
In March 2007, Hecht said that he had asked then Texas State Representative Tony Goolsby to propose a bill that would make the state reimburse his $340,000 legal fees acquired from the case before the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct. His lawyers had discounted his fees by $