Current Revolt spills the beans on Shelby Williams

 Dear Friends and Neighbors,

I subscribe to Current Revolt, an online political periodical.  You usually have to be a subscriber to read their newsletter, so it cannot be forwarded.  You should be aware of a recent issue, which came out Tuesday 4/9/2024.

Here's a quote from the article by Current Revolt about a letter from the Secretary of State's office to the office of the Attorney General.

         In the letter, it alleges that Williams, who is a candidate for Collin County GOP Chair, “engaged in actions aimed at coercing and bribing his runoff opponent Ellen Loveless to withdraw” from her race.

       The letter goes on to state that this offense would qualify as a Class A misdemeanor, and potentially a felony in the third degree. It goes on to ask that a criminal investigation be opened by the Texas AG.

You can download the image of the letter mentioned in the article if you have a subscription.  Assuming you don't, I'll attach a copy for you to read.

Here is the background to the story.  To a room full of precinct chairs (PCs), Shelby Williams explained that he offered Ellen Loveless an honored position in the party if she would quit the race.  He told the PCs that he made the proposition twice, before and after the primary race and he seemed kind of whiny that she refused the offer.

Then after this meeting, we all heard the new temporary party chair take the oath of office, which says that the party chair did not did not offer anything to anybody in the race.  A whole bunch of us thought to ourselves, "Shelby will have to perjure himself if he wins and takes the oath."

My understanding is that someone asked the State of Texas about the potential for perjury with the oath, and the response was that there were more serious issues than perjury with an oath.  The result was a letter sending the matter to the office of the Attorney General, which Current Revolt has spread far and wide.

As much as I personally like Shelby Williams, I've made my position clear that I believe Shelby Williams not only cannot do the job, but he would be a disaster for the party, making really big mistakes.

It looks like Shelby has exceeded my fears even before the primary runoff.  Felony or misdemeanor?   This is just the prelude to the disaster that would befall the party if the leadership role fell into his hands.

Robert

Click on the image of the letter to see a larger version, which you can download.