I guess I struck bone with my previous writings in this space and it's important to try to discredit me. I thought Claude Hunter was above using a drive-by personal slur, but I guess he lent his name to this likely ghostwritten letter.
First: On the Federal Election Commission matter, Catherine Dominguez, of The Courier, asked me about some expenses she couldn't find in an FEC report during another election. I checked and she was correct. It turns out the FEC had no knowledge of this discrepancy which came about by my using an FEC program, that I had never used before and haven't since, which overwrote and eliminated all of my previously listed expenditures. What did I do? I immediately contacted the FEC and advised them of the situation. Within the next 24 hours, the report was corrected. The PAC was fined, but I paid it personally, though the PAC could have done so. It's called doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
I am surprised with Hunter's moral outrage; he is associating himself with a group hiding their donors. Their slime is now getting on him. You can find everyone that has made a donation to us of $100, or more. They are listed on our Federal Election Commission reports or Texas Ethics Commission reports. They are available online. They are not hidden. By the way, with the FEC, you only have to report excess of $200.
Second: The problems the four indicted individuals have has nothing to do with me or the PAC as they have found we were not indictable, and thus exonerated. I can say little about this because of the impending trial.
However, we were asked to craft and submit a bond we could support and get other opponents to support. We crafted a bond and signed a memorandum of understanding indicating that support. Included in that bond were nine of the 10 items the board of directors of The Woodlands Township wanted to see included in a new bond. They did this through a unanimous resolution. The 10th was time barred. Though there was nothing we could do if the commissioners changed what we had agreed to support, we made the leap of faith, supported it, and it passed with our support and over 60 percent approval. Unfortunately, the Woodlands Parkway extension, which Hunter supported, was not included and will not be on the proposed bond in two years. Instead of whining, we accomplished something and got this county its first new financed roads in 10 years.
The next time you want to let some consultant write something for you as part of a slur campaign, get the facts straight before you lend your name.