HD-46: Ethics Complaint Dismissed

by: Matt Glazer

Sun Mar 02, 2008 at 10:40 AM CST

"I would like to thank Ms. Wilhelmina Delco and the other members of the Texas Ethics Commission for acting quickly to dismiss this frivolous and politically motivated complaint in a prompt and professional manner," said Democrat Brian Thompson.  "The complainant all but acknowledged to a member of the media last week that he had ulterior motives for filing the bogus complaint.  It is very reassuring that Ms. Delco and her fellow Ethics Commission members acted so quickly to ensure that a bogus ethics complaint did not impact this election."

The Dukes campaign asserted "Thompson did not clearly state his ads were political ads and who paid for them, even though his commercials ended with a message saying 'political advertisement paid for by the Brian Thompson campaign'"

In contrast, the Dukes campaign still has questions looming on an ethics complaint that was filed against Rep. Dukes for not reporting 8 years and $89,000 worth of credit card expenses is still pending before the Texas Ethics Commission.  Despite repeated promises by Ms. Dukes to correct her 8 years worth of improper ethics reports, she still has yet to file a single corrected ethics report.

According to a Thompson press release this bogus complaint filed by a Dukes supporter against Thompson is just one more example of the misleading tactics being used by a desperate campaign.  Dukes's record of deception includes:

• continuing to run ads that lie about Thompson's voting record
• denying voters the opportunity to see how she spent $89,000 on 18 different credit cards, for which a legitimate ethics complaint is still pending
• offering three different excuses for why she failed to pay her taxes.

It's a shame that a seven-term incumbent has resorted to lying about everything from my voting record to the reason why she didn't pay her taxes," said Thompson.  "She needs to be held accountable for not telling the truth."