Dear Friends,
Someone recently asked me what is the concern about Stephen Kallas's address. There are residence requirements for running in a race for a precinct or district position, like Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 (JP4). You must establish a permanent residence 6 months before the filing date for that race. And you have to swear an oath on the ballot application about your residence.
Here is what the ballot application oath says: “now duly sworn, upon oath … I further swear that the foregoing statements included in my application are in all things true and correct.”
You can download the document yourself:
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE GENERAL PRIMARY BALLOT
https://www.sos.state.tx.us ›
Here's a picture of the oath:
The concern is that candidate Stephen Kallas used his brother-in-law's address to pretend to qualify for the JP4 race.
Here is Mr. Kallas's treasurer's appointment using his brother-in-law's address:
You can check property records and see that this address is not Mr. Kallas's property:
With a little digging on the internet you can discover that this address belongs to Mr. Kallas's brother-in-law, Eric Purdin, and that the Purdin family does live at the Tanglewood address.
Here is their name, Purdin, at their front door:
A high school kid lives here
So you can see that these ladies are sisters.
Now we see that the Purdin's are a family unit living at the Tanglewood address being used by Mr. Kallas.
But if you look at the voting records you will see that Mr. Kallas changed his voter's registration to the Tanglewood address belonging to his in-laws, but his wife and daughter sill list their real address.
So it appears as though Mr. Kallas is pretending to live at the Tanglewood address belonging to his brother-in-law in order to run for JP4.
It seems to me that involving another family, the Purdin's, and playing games with what is his true permanent residence is just unheard of. Is your life this complicated?
A judge should be above reproach. Breaking your oath on your ballot application is a terrible way to start a career as a judge. A Justice of the Peace is a judge. Some people find this outrageous. All this information is on the internet and you can double-check it all.
If you start your career as a judge by breaking your oath on the ballot, can you be counted upon to always be trustworthy?
I hope this answers your questions. And if you have endorsed Mr. Kallas, you might want to withdraw your endorsement.
Robert
