A complaint
has been filed with the Texas Ethics Commissioner against the Texas
Conservative Tea Party Coalition because of its failure to file a required
eight-day campaign-filing report before the May 27 Republican primary runoff
elections.
The
complaint was filed July 2 by Bill O’Sullivan, treasurer for The
Woodlands-based Texas Patriots PAC. In O’Sullivan’s complaint, he alleges that
some of the donors to the coalition might be companies or firms that do
business with the county.
“I
personally believe that this was a willful violation to conceal donors as I
expect county vendors will be involved …,” O’Sullivan stated in the complaint.
But Duane
Ham, chairman of the coalition, said while he doesn’t think his group violated
the law, at end of the day, he protected donors from potential harassment from
the PAC and not because of any connection with the county.
“If they had
the eight-day report, they would have attacked those people at the polls,” Ham
said. “Protecting the people who get involved with politics without being drug
through the mud, I’m OK with that.
“They want
to know who the donors are so they can tear the good people down.”
Not filing
the eight-day report is a violation of Texas Elections Code 254.041 according
the TEC website.
Donors for
the Texas Conservative Tea Party Coalition
John Causey
– $500
Michael
Stoecker – $25,000 Loan
Halff
Associates State PAC – $250
Ranney
McDonough – $1,000
Cameron
Maxedon – $250
Kim Cook –
$400
Jeff Cannon
– $545
Will Metcalf
– $1,750
Bryan Yeates
– $500
Wade Nelson
– $545
Randy Roan –
$1,500
Dennis Byrd
– $125
Howard Riney
– $125
Ray Milne –
$125
Nick Allenby
– $125
Craig Doyal
– $1,500
Wayne
Stroman – $1,200
Cecil Bell –
$3,100
Rachel &
John Anderson – $500
J.R. Harris
– $550
Troy &
Linda Stuckey – $1,170
Vince Ross –
$70
Linda Mock –
$160
Kristi
Leggett – $75
Mark Holt –
$100
Michon
Kingsley – $170
Debbie Glenn
– $55
Duke Coon –
$1,000
Timothy
& Marlene Weems – $1,000
Omero L Del
PAPA, III – $1,000
Henry Brooks
– $1,000
Richard
Sheldon – $3,000
.
