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Campaign Finance

Vela takes big lead in fundraising for D4 special election

Seven candidates vie to replace Council Member Greg Casar This story was updated at 4:35 pm, December 30th to reflect corrected fundraising totals for Monica...

Council candidates raised nearly $1.2 million

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Council candidates so far raised $930,000

District 10 candidates pulled in 43 percent of all contributions The 19 candidates running for five seats on the Austin City Council have so far...

County attorney candidate a law breaker?

This story was updated at 12:15pm February 11, 2020, to include reference to the statement that Garza signed when appointing a campaign treasurer. Delia Garza...

The $2 Million 2018 Election

The power and fundraising ability of incumbents prove to be insurmountable The 28 candidates who ran for mayor and City Council seats last year collectively...

Dafoe Hires Law Firm Over Mayor’s Misreporting

Dafoe Hires Law Firm Over Mayor’s Misreporting

Clay Dafoe, third-place finisher in
2012 mayoral election, first to act

by Ken Martin
© The Austin Bulldog 2013
Posted Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:12pm
Corrected Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 9:45pm

Clay DafoeClay Dafoe has followed through on his previously stated intent to take legal action against Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell.

Bill AleshireThis afternoon, Austin attorney Bill Aleshire of Riggs Aleshire and Ray PC told The Austin Bulldog, “Our law firm has been retained by Clay Dafoe to hold Lee Leffingwell accountable for violating the state campaign finance laws in the mayoral campaign of 2012.”

In a phone interview this evening Aleshire added, “We will let the facts take us where they go and we will not take any action that’s not in good faith.”

“That’s all we have to say at this point,” Aleshire said, “but there will be more later.”

(Disclosure: Aleshire is The Austin Bulldog’s attorney in a Texas Public Information Act lawsuit that is still pending.)

Lee LeffingwellAttempts to reach Mayor Leffingwell this evening for a comment were unsuccessful. A listed home number has been disconnected. A phone call to his chief of staff, Andy Mormon, was not answered. A text message sent to Mormon’s cell phone requesting a comment from the mayor was not promptly answered.

Two phone messages left for Dafoe were not returned. Aleshire later informed The Austin Bulldog that, “Mr. Dafoe will not be commenting directly.”

Grounds for lawsuit

Mayor Responds to Red Flags Report

Mayor Lee Leffingwell’s amended campaign finance reports address his unaccounted for campaign funding.

Mayor’s Campaign Reports Raise Red Flags

A total of more than $72,000 in campaign funds were not properly accounted for in Lee Leffingwell’s two mayoral campaigns and the true source of a $30,000 loan the mayor reported making to his 2012 campaign may have been concealed.