Reply #13: Craddick was the dirty money delivery man

[sonias]

It was one of the reasons Craddick should have been indicted as well. We also have a law on the Texas books that prohibits a person running for the Speaker of the House to "buy" votes for that position. Even though it was not his personal money, it was clear that Craddick was signaling that he was responsible for getting these candidates this money, so they should be beholden to him.

Here's the Texas Observer link

http://www.texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleFileName=040227_f1.htm
Scandal in the Speaker's Office
Craddick didn’t just receive TRMPAC money; he handed it out too. On October 18, 2002, as the machine was scrambling to shift money into key races, TRMPAC executive director John Colyandro e-mailed TRMPAC accountant Russell Anderson with specific instructions for cash disbursements for Craddick to hand out. The e-mail’s subject line was “Hard $ checks.” Colyandro wrote, “You should receive a check from Jim Leininger today. I have another $100,000 that I will give you this morning. You need to cut checks for the following totals and have them Fed Ex’ed for Monday delivery to Tom Craddick at the following address.”

Sonia