Ethics Commission rejects Travis GOP complaint against anti-Perry PAC

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A lawyer with the Texas Ethics Commission has told Travis County Republican Party Chairwoman Rosemary Edwards that a complaint she filed against the Back to Basics PAC “does not comply with the legal and technical form requirements for a complaint filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.”

Edwards complained last month that Back to Basics did not wait the required amount of time between when it established its initial paperwork with the state and when it made its first political expenditure. Cliff Walker, the director of Back to Basics, promptly noted that the waiting period does not apply to political committees that take money from federally registered PACs, which his group did.

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In a June 30 letter to Edwards, Brad Johnson, assistant general counsel at the Ethics Commission, wrote to Edwards, “The Ethics Commission must reject a complaint if it does not comply with certain form requirements. These requirements are meant to guarantee fairness and due process to all persons involved.”

In other words, the commission did not rule on the merits of the complaint itself, but rather said Edwards did not file it properly.

Said Walker, “They were in such a hurry to get a headline that they didn’t even bother to fill out the form correctly.”


http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2010/07/08/ethics_commission_rejects_trav.html

Chomping at the bit so hard to get their press on they didn't even fill out the form correctly. It says a lot about how the Texas GOP operate.

[sonias]

1. ROFL

I love that Back to Basics PAC - they have a wicked sense of humor!

Whether Edwards and her literacy challenged GOP party can actually follow instructions, is a moot point. The complaint was going to be rejected on principal too. Back To Basics had a federal donation from a union that exempts them from the 60 day limit. :P :rofl:

Postcards from the Lege blog AAS 7/6/10
Anti-Perry group says it will buy more air time


Back to Basics PAC, which has been running a television spot that mocks Gov. Rick Perry for the amount of taxpayer money he’s spending on his rental home, plans to purchase more air time for the spot because Republicans have not withdrawn an ethics complaint against it.

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Walker writes, "I regret to inform you that Back to Basics PAC now intends to purchase additional air time in additional markets across the state for the ad illustrating Governor Rick Perry’s hypocrisy of sparing no expense for his rental mansion while pinching pennies from the pockets of Texas families… The Governor may not like our ad, but it stems from his own tone-deafness and hypocrisy. Ask nearly any Texan whether it is justifiable to spend $8,400 in tax money on maintenance for a politician’s private heated pool during a severe budget shortfall. It is plainly wrong, and Texans have a right to know about it."

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