– The chairman of the Medina County Republican Party has stepped down, amid questions from KSAT Investigates about his past.
Prosecutors dismissed the forgery charge against Kanke in June 2002, days after he pleaded no contest in the theft cases, Williamson County court records show.It is unclear if Kanke was forced to serve a total of 146 hours of community service or if his hours qualified for both theft pleas. The 2007 lawsuit was dismissed in March 2009 for want of prosecution, meaning a judge tossed it out due to a lack of movement in the case, records show.
The note called for Kanke to pay back Ebelt in monthly installments with 10% interest compounding monthly, records show.That note had an annual interest rate of 10% and stated that Ebelt would be entitled to a small percentage of gross profits from the fishing business, records show.Kanke wrote Ebelt three checks between October 2009 and August 2010 totaling $5,805.73.
The criminal counts included filing or maintaining false public records, engaging in business without a contractor’s license, misapplication of payment by a contractor and contractor’s fraud, records show. Clark, who self-funded much of her congressional campaign in the form of in-kind contributions, did not respond to a message seeking comment for this story.
“It’s a change you’ve seen among Republicans over the last 20 years or so. We have gone from being the character matters party when Bill Clinton was president to character now doesn’t matter at all. You are solely judged on your fealty to a Make America First agenda and Donald Trump at the top of the ticket,” said Morgan, who estimates that about 95% of his work is done on behalf of Republican candidates.