Joey G. Dauben

"If there was ever a quote, a remark, a stance, or a position in which I want people to know me by, it's this: to make public officials more accountable and responsible. Accountable for their decisions to the people, and responsible for those actions. This goes to elected officials, appointed officials, preachers/pastors/priests, teachers and professors, and lawyers, doctors and others who take a 'public' stance. My job isn't necessarily to make friends with those in the public sphere, it is to show them that accountability and responsibility actually mean something." - Me

"Consensus is the process whereby everyone gives up what they believe in...for something that nobody believes in. What great cause in history would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?' Consensus is the absence of leadership.”
-- Margaret Thatcher

Quotable..

"He's [Joey Dauben] the Woodward and Bernstein of Ellis County."

"If anyone can help [Ellis County], it's him [Joey Dauben]. He has balls."

"Joey Dauben is the most powerful man in Ellis County."

"You know more about the Texas judiciary than 95 percent of the people in this state."

"You'd make a good judge."

"One of the most colorful politicians in Ellis County."

"Feisty."

"Everybody hates Joey Dauben."

"Joey Dauben, eat shit!"

"I will support you Joey Dauben in everything that you do. You are a very smart man, and you are what this county, state, and one day, country needs."

"I think you might be the hottest [politician] since the Kennedy's Mr. Dauben."

"He [Joey] can make or break your political career."

..Consulting.. As you can probably tell by looking at the left-hand side of my profile, I'm a pretty busy guy. I'm involved both in the newspaper/publishing business and in a new political consulting venture I helped start with various friends of mine. There's also that long-held goal of eventually getting to law school.

..Dauben Inc/Texas International Property Associates.. If you've stumbled upon this profile looking for information about my companies, then I ask that you contact my attorneys at texasipa@gmail.com or info@oakwoodsvc.com. That's the quickest way to seek information about the related services my firms offer. E-mailing me on MySpace won't do much in the way of making a potential deal. However, if it's just curiosity that you seek about my company, take this bit of advice: there's way more to the story than what's been printed :)

..Business.. I was a newspaper reporter in my junior year of Midlothian High School, covering Panthers football, and originally sought to become a sports writer. I spent two years at Focus Daily News in DeSoto doing that before being turned to a conservative-independent newspaper called The Ellis County Press. It was there that my love for local politics flourished. I was set on becoming an investigative reporter, and I did become one, and I won awards for it, and became very well known. This would pave the way for short-lived political career. I fashion myself as a Goldwater Libertarian, but ultimately, I'm a reporter at heart, in actions and in spirit. God has blessed me with tremendous talent. I don't hide what I do. I'm rarely long in what I'm trying to say. I want to get to the point quick, and if people are offended by that method, I honestly don't have a problem with that. Those who get offended the most are afraid of the truth, and that's to be expected when your main platform plank is "truth-telling." Others would rather I just go away and leave public officials alone, but for one thing, if it wasn't for me in Ellis County -- not to be cocky -- nobody would have a single clue as to what's really going on here. I take my role very seriously. Some will say I campaign dirty, or others will accuse me of personal attacks. But, ultimately, the service I provide is a double-edged sword: you're going to have people hate and love you at the same time. The barometer of success is how much hatred I get in the form of phone calls, e-mails, letters, etc. Or the outright personal attacks on me and my character. Oh well, at least I can go to bed at night knowing I'm not dishonest. I also own two corporations, so that keeps me busy.

..Political.. I'm a student of the free market, both politically and professionally. My political heroes include Barry Goldwater and Dr. Ron Paul. I'm not an anarchist or a left-leaning libertarian. I'm a pro-life Libertarian. Personally, I've run for office four times - Midlothian school board, U.S. Congress and Waxahachie City Council. I don't view those races as downsides. I've got more campaign "in the trench" experience than most politicians in office have. And I started running when I was 23. I've got very thick skin to withstand the constant warfare that one would find in the political world. But my newspaper journalism experience taught me the traits of being honest with people. I wouldn't trade this life for anything. Elected officials call me asking for advice. That is one of the most humbling things I've ever experienced. I meet with mayors, councilmen, county officials, judges, former judges - you name it and I've met with them. Not just on a newspaper venture, but professionally, politically and socially. It's humbling and I take it very seriously.

..Religious.. I was raised Southern Baptist, saved at FBC-Ovilla in 1996, but didn't "get it" until July 22, 2002. It was that night that God opened my eyes and opened my heart to the Jewish/Hebrew roots of Christianity. Unfortunately, it took a near-drug overdose to get me to realize what I was doing was not the right thing. I was heading down a spiral and was rescued - I don't use the word saved. I was literally rescued. I've been Messianic ever since.

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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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