Tag Archives: Harris County Tax Assessor

What about Dwayne?

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

The Lone Star Project turns its attention to Ed Johnson‘s partner, State Rep. Dwayne Bohac. [Friday], the Lone Star Project formally submitted open records requests of Dwayne Bohac, Tax Assessor Collector Leo Vasquez, Harris County DA Pat Lykos -a CDS … Continue reading →

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Chron reports on Ed Johnson

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s their story about Ed Johnson and his questionable side venture as a Republican consultant. It doesn’t add much to what we already know, but it does get some local reaction, including from Johnson’s boss, Harris County Tax Assessor Leo … Continue reading →

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More on Ed Johnson

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

As expected, the Lone Star Project adds quite a bit to the Ed Johnson story from yesterday. Boy, do they ever. [Johnson] is a paid Republican campaign consultant. His company, Campaign Data Systems (CDS), has numerous Harris County Republican candidate … Continue reading →

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Ed Johnson’s conflict of interest

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, there was a lawsuit filed against Paul Bettencourt and the Harris County Tax Assessor’s office over allegations of illegal mishandling of provisional ballots in the past November election. That suit was later expanded to include allegations of … Continue reading →

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Vasquez responds to Coleman and Hernandez

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I received the following statement from the office of Harris County Tax Assessor Leo Vasquez, which was sent to KHOU and Fox 26 in response to the charges made by State Reps. Garnet Coleman and Ana Hernandez about the voter … Continue reading →

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Dems versus Vasquez

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Looks like we’re not ready to make nice with the Harris County Tax Assessor’s office over their handling of voter registration last year. Any honeymoon between Democrats and the new Harris County voter registrar ended suddenly today. Democratic state Reps. … Continue reading →

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Making reregistration easier

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

This is a positive step. In Harris County, the voter registration office is starting to anticipate your next move. County Tax Assessor-Collector Leo Vasquez has put together a coalition of private organizations and large employers to make sure that residents … Continue reading →

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Voter ID: On to day two

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Looks like things wrapped up in the Senate at about 2:30 AM. It’s not clear to me if they got through all of the expert testimony, or if they plan to get to the public testimony, assuming anyone who signed … Continue reading →

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Vasquez officially selected to replace Bettencourt

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

As expected. Harris County Commissioners Court today appointed Republican businessman Leo Vasquez to fill the vacancy left by resigning tax assessor-collector Paul Bettencourt. […] Vasquez said he first will focus on customer service and efficiency and plans to meet with … Continue reading →

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More Bettencourt

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

We need to get a replacement for Paul Bettencourt soon, if only to stop the wild speculation about who that replacement might be. The most intriguing scenario mentioned so far involves the possible nomination of Commissioner Sylvia Garcia, who would … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Bettencourt speaks

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron is finally able to reach Paul Bettencourt for a comment on his sudden resignation. “I’ve had a wonderful 10 years of service with great people at the office who have done good things for the taxpayers of Harris … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Still more on Bettencourt

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

PDiddie, Greg, and Burka all comment on the Bettencourt resignation, with the latter positing a reason for the sudden departure: [I]f he had remained in office, the chances were that things would have gotten rather unpleasant for him. Democrats had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A little more on Bettencourt

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

The updated version of the Bettencourt resignation story has his statement, a brief summary of his career, and a couple of statements from folks like Jared Woodfill (who not too surprisingly loved him) and Gerry Birnberg (who not too surprisingly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Bettencourt resigning

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Whoah. I did not see this coming. Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt has resigned, effective Dec. 10. Bettencourt, who was elected to his third term last month, turned in a letter of resignation to Harris County Judge Ed Emmett … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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