Transparency in the Williamson County JP, Pct. 2 race

Truth and transparency are essential to sustain the civil process of electing those who would govern and rule over us. Voters now have more tools and resources than ever to better research the facts that provide visibility on the values, character and competencies of candidates.

The below links will acquaint you with some of those publicly-available resources, using research on Judge Edna Staudt’s Republican primary opponent as a case study. This will enable you to perform your own comparison of the values and backgrounds of the candidates:

• his website endorsements are primarily from outside Precinct 2 and outside Williamson County. Most endorsers listed  will not be impacted by the consequences of the outcome of the election which they are attempting to influence.
• The first person listed is  Darrell Apffel, a long-time Democrat  in Galveston County.

  

• Others in or close to  Williamson County include:
  • Round Rock Attorney, Ryan Willett – there is a Ryan Thomas Willett residing in Precinct 1 who is an attorney in Round Rock. Voter Registration records show him voting in the past 3 Democrat Presidential primaries
  • Cedar Park, Celeste Havis – the most recent Voter Registration list does not show this individual to be registered to vote
  • Round Rock, Dallas Osborn – address listed is in Precinct 4
  • Liberty Hill, Fred and Lisa Fierro – the most recent Williamson County Voter Registration database shows no listing for a Fred or Lisa Fierro
  • Pflugerville, Wendy Russom – Travis County Voter Registration database shows Ms. Russom as having voted in just one election.
• he is an avid gambler
• photocopied/handwritten letters (see below) from several of his supporters from outside the county are being sent to voters in Williamson County Precinct 2; all the return addresses on the envelopes show the same P.O. Box 3594, Cedar Park, the same mailing address listed on Mr. Tucker’s Campaign Finance Reports (you might want to hang on to those letters and the envelopes in which they came if you are one who wants to see candidates abide by the law…especially judicial candidates)
• the letters do not include the mandated campaign finance disclosure.  Missing is the required statement “Paid political advertising” and disclosure of who paid for the photocopies, printing, or stamps.
• according to the most recent campaign finance reports he has filed, ~40% of his donors are from out of state, and all but two reside outside Williamson County. See itemized listing below.
• according to Williamson County Court records, a divorce decree was issued in April, 2015 for Bronson and Wendy Ruth Tucker.
• the author of “Dead Sea Games” included a “Bronson and Wendy Tucker” in his special thanks for their support in helping make the novel possible. ***WARNING*** extremely graphic, violent, sinister, among other things. I recommend reading only the Acknowledgments page.
• according to Williamson County Voter Registration records, another voter by the name of Amy Parker shares his physical address.  There is also an Amy Parker listed as an endorser on his website.
• he is an attorney. Nothing necessarily wrong with being an attorney. However, the office of Justice of the Peace in Texas was created to be a court of the people, by the people, for the people without requiring formal legal training. Accomplished attorney’s typically aspire to offices other than Justice of the Peace.
• according to property tax records,  Tucker has owned a house in Williamson County since 2012

Following are images of items referenced in the above bullet points:

 

Tucker’s Campaign Donors

Campaign Donation Date	Donor Name	Address	City	State	Zip	Amount
1/18/2018	Josh Kumarek (Komarek)	3806 Pine Lake Ct	Owensboro	KY	42303	$50
11/14/2017	Tom Seiter	705 W Granger	Broken Arrow	OK	74012	$250
1/3/2018	Renee Hall	209 N Geary Ave	OKC	OK	73104	$100
1/12/2018	Carolyn Wade	1923 NW 20	OKC	OK	73106	$50
12/30/2017	Mike Taylor	6704 Edgewater	OKC	OK	73116	$500
12/30/2017	Roy and Charlotte Maughn (?)	1604 SW 40th	OKC	OK	73119	$500
9/7/2017	Brian Maughan	1521 SW 40	OKC	OK	73119	$500
12/30/2017	Barbara Chishko	357 Ranchwood Manor	OKC	OK	73139	$100
12/30/2017	Dustin Hester	11316 Cedar Hollow Rd	OKC	OK	73162	$100
1/3/2018	Casey Ross	13225 EastValley Rd	OKC	OK	73170	$100
1/12/2018	Daniel Dawson	3245 River Walk Dr	Nashville	TN	37214	$100
11/27/2017	Ben Logan	PO Box 111917	Nashville	TN	37222	$150
12/31/2017	Robert Danel	3820B Ridglea Dr	Austin	TX	78731	$100
1/20/2018	Dottie McDonald	6111-B Shadow Valley Dr	Austin	TX	78731	$100
11/14/2017	Kerry O’Brien	8017 Ladera Verde Dr	Austin	TX	78739	$50
12/22/2017	Kerry O’Brien	8017 Ladera Verde Dr	Austin	TX	78739	$200
11/28/2017	JC Casarez	7001 S. Congress	Austin	TX	78745	$100
12/16/2017	Craig Holmes	PO Box 29598	Austin	TX	78755	$100
12/31/2017	Jessica Foreman	11119 Alterra Pkwy #2466	Austin	TX	78758	$100
12/23/2017	Robin Wellmann	200 McNeese	Brenham	TX	77833	$100
12/28/2017	Ransome Tucker	4402 Spanish Gold Ln	Cedar Park	TX	78613	$500
11/9/2017	Bay Haught	8844 Whiddon Rd	Chappell Hill	TX	77426	$100
11/38/2017	Bay Haught	8844 Whiddon Rd	Chappell Hill	TX	77426	$200
11/13/2017	Calvin Gray or Grant?	2117 Cambridge	Corsicana	TX	75110	$100
12/17/2017	Mike Peevy, Sr.	18040 Midway Rd #150	Dallas	TX	75287	$100
12/20/2017	Clark Turner	1104 Buckingham Dr	Forney	TX	75126	$100
1/20/2018	Marilyn Parker	2826 Dove Meadow Dr	Garland	TX	75043	$250
11/28/2017	Lisa Lively	111 W. Crews	Hamilton	TX	76531	$100
12/20/2017	Kitty Nelson	112 W Vienna Dr	Hutto	TX	78634	$250
11/28/2017	Ross Wells	1700 Redbud, Ste 300(?)	McKinney	TX	75069	$250
1/19/2018	Nikki Ashley	PO BOX 1221	Mineral Wells	TX	76068	$40
11/28/2017	Dallas Osborn(?)	3 Bluff View	Round Rock	TX	78664	$200
1/31/2018	Rocky Hollingsworth	2229 SW 113th Pl	Oklahoma City	OK	73170	$100
2/7/2018	Tom Seiter	705 W Granger	Broken Arrow	OK	74012	$100
2/21/2018	Jeremy Bryant	423 NE 21	Newcastle	OK	73065	$100
2/12/2018	Mack Dawson	2705 Crownspoint Dr	Austin	TX	78748	$100
2/11/2018	Aaron Williams	PO Box 2	Wolfe City	TX	74960	$400
2/13/2018	E. Jeffrey Wentworth	PO Box 6274	San Antonio	TX	78209	$250

All above information was extracted from publicly available sources. It is public for a reason. Voters have a right to know who from outside Precinct 2 is attempting to influence an election, especially a local election.  This might especially help those who have been asking, “Why are so many people from outside our Precinct, outside Williamson County, and even outside of Texas so interested in this local election?”

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Transparency:  My family and I are long time friends of Judge Edna Staudt and her late-husband.  We are volunteering on her re-election campaign for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2.

 

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