Discount Electorals

Courtesy Austin Political Report  Mon, 04/14/2008 - 1:39pm

Austin City Council hopeful Jason Meeker says he wishes his former campaign treasurer wouldn’t try quite so hard to help him in his race against Lee Leffingwell, the once-and-future-mayoral-candidate who has to win re-election to his current council seat first.

An ad in this week’s Austin Chronicle features Discount Electronics chief Rick Culleton backing Meeker.

A similar ad earlier prompted Leffingwell’s campaign to argue that it was paid for with corporate money, a charge usually leveled against the Texas...


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