The Texas Independent has reported that executives from Taxmasters, a company charged by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot in May with illegally defrauding customers seeking help for tax problems has contributed over $160,000 to State and Federal Republican politicians and political organizations. This includes the FEC maximum of $4800 to Michael McCaul, my republican opponent for Texas Congressional District 10 this November. Mr. McCaul is using potentially illegally obtained money to influence the electorate and he should immediately return it.
The Congressional newspaper "Roll Call" has just caught Texas Congressman Michael McCaul, representing the Tenth District running from the Houston suburbs to the Austin suburbs, under reporting millions of dollars in 2008 and 2009 income and assets. Representative McCaul is the ranking Republican on the trial of Democratic Representative Charles Rangel, to be held later this month, on charges of not reporting income from a rental property.
BOR recently featured a story based on a press release from the DCCC on Mike McCaul's "Vote against the troops before Memorial Day". I asked the DCCC why they made this press release in a race about which they have been largely silent since Jack McDonald dropped out. The answer: "WE SEND THEM OUT FROM TIME TO TIME IN ANY DISTRICTS THAT WE THINK COULD BE COMPETITIVE".
On a related note: On Memorial Day, I made the Keynote speech at the Burleson County Courthouse in Caldwell, a county I might have won in '06 except for Mccaul showing up just before early voting began with a $200K Homeland Security grant for the local Volunteer Fire Department. McCaul made his speech in hard Republican Washington County. When our campaign volunteer videographer gets back from his family summer vacation, we'll be posting a video contrasting the two speeches, and superimposing how McCaul voted, just three days before his speech. The contrast will be startling. It's what makes this district competitive: McCaul says one thing and does another. I need your help to expose this to the voting public!
"Your Congressman" Michael McCaul has been asleep at the switch, allowing the only defense contractor in the district to lose it's only contract, directly costing the district 5000 jobs.
We're printing these signs and posting them throughout the district. This is only a sample of what we'll be doing with your support.
This is a 100% volunteer campaign. We have a virtual office with zero overhead; no consultants or paid staffers. Every penny we raise goes right into the campaign.
We'll continue to create ads like this;
We've spent zero dollars on our website, graphics design or the ad you saw above and we've just begun.
Do you want to see these types of signs throughout the district, stretched down 290 between Austin and Houston?
Ted Ankrum, Democratic Party Candidate for Congressional District 10, congratulates Austin for bringing a Formula 1 auto racing event to the Central Texas area.
"Being an auto racer myself, I fully support this exciting racing event. This World Class auto racing series schedules events around the world. I attended my first Formula 1 race in 1959 at the Avus track in Berlin, Germany and also attended the 1960 race in Monaco and the 2002 race in Melbourne, Australia. This annual event will bring jobs and fans to Austin and the economic impact to the area will be like having the Superbowl in town every year." Ankrum said.
Until 2007, the US event in this race series was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Now Austin has stepped up to the plate and this race will again be held in the USA, starting in 2012.
Ankrum is an avid auto enthusiast, running his Nissan GT-R at track events at the Texas World Speedway in College Station, the GrandSport Speedway near Galveston, and most recently, was sponsored by Baker-Jackson Nissan in Cypress at the Texas Mile event at Goliad, Texas in March. "I set the fastest time in my class with a speed of 167.2 MPH and have a certificate to prove it."
Ted with Mr. Brad Baker, general manager of Baker-Jackson Nissan in Cypress, TX prior to the Texas Mile event
Ted running ahead of a Ford GT at the Texas World Speedway in College Station, TX in 2009
Many people in US House District 10 have received fund raising letters from incumbent Republican Michael McCaul. They open with "I've been targeted by the National Democrats for defeat in 2010. First, they recruited an Austin tech millionaire who raised more money than any challenger in the country, over $1 million in cash. Now, they found an attack dog who professes that his one goal is to tear down my record, using the money from the millionaire to fund his initial efforts." The letter goes on to highlight some of his "accomplishments"
(Allright Team Ted. Good to see things are getting up and running in TX-10. - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
Barely two weeks from the launch of the campaign and we've hit the ground running! This is an impressive feat given the late withdraw of Jack McDonald. Ted is a man who has served his country and yet in retirement is ready to serve his country again.
The grassroots infrastructure from the 2006 campaign became TrueBlue10, a Texas general PAC, and they've continued to work to win back Congressional District 10 from Mike McCaul. This campaign is a force to be reckoned with, but we still need your help. Signup on the website, follow Ted on Facebook, twitter, but more importantly, take out your wallet. Please make a secure online contribution at:
I disagree with those who think this district is not winnable. Regardless of their opinion those who have announced such publicly do a grave disservice to the voters of this district who deserve a candidate who'll represent them, and not the interests of big business and Wall Street. We have that candidate in Ted Ankrum and are excited that he is running. We will take back Congressional District 10.
