SA Current Explores Abbott-DeLay Links

The San Antonio Current has an interesting article up right now on AG Greg Abbott’s lack of effectiveness in some areas, not to mention his ties to Tom DeLay:

Texas Democratic Party Chairman Charles Soechting echoes Van Os’ charge. “Ask him how much he spent with Andy Taylor,” says Soechting. According to the Los Angeles Times: $772,399. Taylor was a lawyer with Locke Liddell & Sapp who advised the Tom DeLay-founded PAC Texans for a Republican Majority, which spearheaded the Texas takeover during the 2002 elections. Abbott subsequently hired Taylor to defend the new GOP-favorable map in court.

Taylor isn’t the only figure that connects dots between Abbott and indicted House member DeLay. In 2001 and 2002, Texans for Greg Abbott, the attorney general’s campaign-fundraising arm, hired lobbyist John Colyandro, who is indicted in the TRMPAC case for allegedly violating Texas election law by funneling corporate money to candidates. Former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, who lost to Abbott in the 2002 election, sued Colyandro, identifying him as the link between Abbott’s campaign, TRMPAC, and the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, which reportedly spent $1.5 million campaigning against Watson and for Abbott. A federal judge removed Colyandro from the case in November, but he is still under indictment in the TRMPAC investigation.

David Van Os has some good quotes in the Currant article, too. And, check out Annatopia’s post on the Tarrant County Democratic Party’s Counter SOTU Party, at which she heard some disturbing gossip about union support for David. BTW, you can give to David here.

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