Sunday 1 November 1998

i,,J ., ~ I I I J3 Director, FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 999 E Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20463 I Dear Director,

FORMAL COEYLPLAINT IS WEFOR TIIE FOLLOiidFNG:

Demand is made to contest the election for Representative to the of Representatives, Washington, DC, for the 20th Congressional District of . Investigation and legal action is demanded.

_. 7-:.. and Bexar County is plagued by a corrupt political machine. The same congressman 1 - * :i ?a sat in the same office for 36 yeas; and now that congressman wants to install his own son ! ...i/ :: without question. does not even live in the congressional district and has entered into a marriage of convenience merely to "look good" for the voters. Most of dl Charlie Gonzalez is prohibited from even running for a legislative office, this election cycle, by the Texas Constitution.

It appears a iarge public endorsement notifying &most one million persons was made under coercion of an adulterous sexual afFair that involves the marriage of convenience of the Democratic Party candidate Charlie Gonzalez, Becky Whetstone Schmidt. A sexual affair between Becky Whetstone Schmidt, formerly of the San Antonio Express-News, and a Robert Rivard, presently with the San Antonio Express-News. The attached "vote this way" (coercion as defined under Texas law) article was publicized to nearly one million persons. Political expenditures or in-kind contributions also under Federal Election Commission jurisdiction. Further complaints have been made to the Federal Election Commission. The voting public should be aware of the aduhxous sexual &air and a determination should be made if it had any determination on the article published so as to coerce voters on who to vote for.

Demand is made to VOID the election due to the corruption HJ------Sincerely, Michael IIdrogo 3 17 West Rosewood Avenue San Antonio, Texas 78212 Elector. District 20 me on this 4ay of 1995.

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~’.. Public officials must follow certain Fund. ...;. laws when they meet behind closed Tovar was ousted last year after a !’ doors. Ignorance of those laws is no district judge ruled he didn’t live in :.;.: excuse for breaking them, the Texas the district. However, the appellate ;’’. . ,Court of Criminal Appeals ruled ruling stands as a warning to other Wednesday. elected officials. The decision should close one Tovar’s supporters call the convic- .1...~ ’ stormy chapter in the Somerset tion a political vendetta, noting that =:... .. School District’s tumultuous political other trustees who participated in the i ~ : history. closed-door session, including Tovar’s :- The details: Joe Tovar, ex-presi- board opponents, were not prose- ?.-. dent of the Somerset board, was cuted. ;.; ;.; -. found guilty of knowingly calling and The observation is not insignificant, -:.: knowingly participating in a special, bat it does not absolve Tovar or, for .< :. closed-door school board meeting in -?. 1994 that violated the Open Meetings that matter, any other public official of the responsibility of keeping gov- :.. Act. He appealed to the state’s highest ernment proceedings above-board. criminal court, contending he didn’t A naive wish? how such discussions were iliegai. Only if YOU believe government of- The court Wednesday unanimously ficials shouldn’t be held accountable nlled against Tovar, whose support- for their actions. ers included the Texas Municipal That’s not naive. On the contrary, League and the Texas Association of as the court ruling affirms, it should School Boards Legal Assistance be expected.

I believe President Clinton’s legacy is as- Early voting ends at 8 p.m. today. We encourage all Texans to participate in sured As noted in a recent Wall Street the democratic process by casting a ballot. Jounial item, use 01 the word “Clitones- is to que” is rapidly gaining currency around the Early voting the most convenient way make your voice heard. world. The official Election Dag is Nov. 3. In recent dags, we have detailed our rec- I wold propose “Clitonesque” as an ad- ommendations in specific contested races. A full list of our endorsements: jeetive with the following definitions: US. Hoase musing ae English language in such a way as to obfiseate. confuse and generally District 20 - Charlie Gomlaez (D) beuilder the listener as to the lrue meaning District 21 - (R) of the words spoken. District 2.3 - (R) m Use of words to convey the lmprcssion District 28 - CUo Rociriguez (D) of telling the uulh when clearly I@g. S Use of language to perpetraw a eon job Statewide offices and persuade the lislener that mutually in- Governor - George W. Bush (R) consispent propositions are Consistent Lieutenant Governor John Sharp (D) aQueslioning universally accepted &eft - nitions of words to cover up pemn.?tI mis- Atlorney General - (R) behavior. Comptroller - Paul Hobby (D) Clinton can look forward to Wire- Land Commissioner - David Dewhurst (R) membered in dictionaries as the etymalogi- Agriculture Commissioner - (R) cal source of the word “Clintonque.” if Railroad Cornmissioner - Tony Gama (R) nothing else. Well, maybe also for a previously un- Supreme Cow% thought of and truly innovative use of ci.- Place 1- Mike Westergren (B) gars. Place 2 - Rose Spector (D) Rabeot F. mgan P1-*.n9 P..rirr Ai\hn+4 /l7\