Historic Texas Governors Mansion burns down...

[EagleDude73]

Arson is suspected. It was closed for renovation.

[TheBigPeach]

Is anyone else like mad and want to kick the living S^&@ out of this guy that did it?

[EagleDude73]

Is anyone else like mad and want to kick the living S^&@ out of this guy that did it?


Apparently, there are security cameras in the area for when the Governor and First Lady were living there, so it shouldn't be too difficult to track them down. They still have the hanging tree in Coldspring for San Jacinto County. I saw we skip all the legal mambo jambo. I've got a horse in East Texas we can use.

[TheBigPeach]

Apparently, there are security cameras in the area for when the Governor and First Lady were living there, so it shouldn't be too difficult to track them down. They still have the hanging tree in Coldspring for San Jacinto County. I saw we skip all the legal mambo jambo. I've got a horse in East Texas we can use.


Im going down to the level of ahs last night, lets give him 1000000000 paper cuts and pour lemon juice all over him.

[Cy-Fair07]

Im going down to the level of ahs last night, lets give him 1000000000 paper cuts and pour lemon juice all over him.

That would be the buckeye's solution...:rolleyes:

[TheBigPeach]

That would be the buckeye's solution...:rolleyes:

I take no credit for that idea, blame ahs solution in the thread about the girl tortured before she graduated last night:cool:

[DrEdward]

Im going down to the level of ahs last night, lets give him 1000000000 paper cuts and pour lemon juice all over him.

Again, I would point out that such punishments are not mutually exclusive, especially considering the amount of our money that recently has gone into that place. I certainly hope that Texas had bothered to insure the place.

[okt0ber]

Again, I would point out that such punishments are not mutually exclusive, especially considering the amount of our money that recently has gone into that place. I certainly hope that Texas had bothered to insure the place.

Doubtful, but maybe. A lot of upper level government buildings aren't insured because the premiums don't justify the possible payout. Insuring government buildings against arson and vandalism is exensive.

[tayb]

I sure hope the damage isn't beyond repair. That building has been there since before the Civil War.

[DrEdward]

Doubtful, but maybe. A lot of upper level government buildings aren't insured because the premiums don't justify the possible payout. Insuring government buildings against arson and vandalism is exensive.

Plus now we have to continue to pay for Perry to live in that rented mansion at a cost of a few thousand per month!!...:mad:

[HebronHawk]

Plus now we have to continue to pay for Perry to live in that rented mansion at a cost of a few thousand per month!!...:mad:

Just until we can replace him with someone better. :D

[Bobcat81]

I'm not sure to what extent precious items were removed (hopefully) while renovations were taking place, but things that could never be replaced such as Sam Houston's bed, his snuff box, Stephen F. Austin's desk, and Governor Davis' Civil War battle sword were among the artifacts usually kept there.

If work was still in progress, then we can only hope that most of these things were somewhere else at the time.

[cougardude]

I sure hope the damage isn't beyond repair. That building has been there since before the Civil War.

I read that some of the woods that were used inside are irreplaceable.:( But, hopefully it will be rebuilt.

[LoneRocket]

Plus now we have to continue to pay for Perry to live in that rented mansion at a cost of a few thousand per month!!...:mad:

Almost ten thousand a month.

[LoneRocket]

Again, I would point out that such punishments are not mutually exclusive, especially considering the amount of our money that recently has gone into that place. I certainly hope that Texas had bothered to insure the place.

They said most of the contents are in storage because of the remodeling.

[LoneRocket]

Arson is suspected. It was closed for renovation.

I am thinking it might had been kids or copper thieves.

[okt0ber]

I am thinking it might had been kids or copper thieves.

copper thieves?? I wouldn't think there would be much copper in there, unless they had already started on the plumbing work. I think it might be a disgruntled contractor or something. Who else would have know how to get past DPS security unless they had been in there lots of times before?

[chhspantherfan]

copper thieves?? I wouldn't think there would be much copper in there, unless they had already started on the plumbing work. I think it might be a disgruntled contractor or something. Who else would have know how to get past DPS security unless they had been in there lots of times before?

the article i read out of Austin says that there is surrveillance video. What should the punshment be for whoever did this?

[okt0ber]

the article i read out of Austin says that there is surrveillance video. What should the punshment be for whoever did this?

I believe we have arson laws...... pretty cut and dry, it's a felony..

[chhspantherfan]

I believe we have arson laws...... pretty cut and dry, it's a felony..

i was thinking more in the frontier justice mode;)

[okt0ber]

i was thinking more in the frontier justice mode;)


ohhhhh. Put them in a smokey building as torture.

[chhspantherfan]

ohhhhh. Put them in a smokey building as torture.

or suspended in a cage over Sixth Street