Harris County Tax Accessor and Collector, Leo Vasquez, has reassigned Ed Johnson, the associate voter registrar, away from Harris County voter data.The Lone Star Project has learned that Republican Tax Assessor-Collector Leo Vasquez has reassigned Associate Voter Registrar Ed Johnson from voter registration duties to a communications role. Johnson was exposed by the Lone Star Project as "the inside man" to Republican elected officials, particularly State Rep. Dwayne Bohac (HD138-Houston).Johnson was found to be moonlighting and selling the voter registrar data to political clients. Lone Star Project has also found that he accessed drivers license data and if he sold or profited from this activity, he is in violation of Federal laws. And if any of this was done on County time, well, he might want to contact former District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal for some advice.
All of this may be up and up, but reassigning Ed doesn't look good. In fact it raises more questions. What did Bettencourt know about all this? Did this situation lead him to quit like Sarah Palin? How does State Representative Bohac fit into all of this? Vazquez isn't talking and has yet to clear this up.
Only a lawsuit will tell, and one has been filed.
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