Harris County Voter Registrar, Leo Vasquez, should resign.

Leo Vasquez, the Tax Assessor Collector and Voter Registrar should resign while another lawsuit against him and his office for voter suppression winds its way through the United States Department of Justice. Vasquez, after surrendering in a settlement in 2009 for voter suppression, cost the taxpayers over $70,000 in attorney's fees and agreed to abide by 29 specific rules.

Yet instead of acting  like a selected Official of Harris County, conducting himself in a honorable manner, he continued running off at the mouth, holding a tea party pep rally, and conducting himself with the tact of a political blogger. Vasquez, for whatever political payback he has been promised, has soiled the office of which he inherited. He was given a chance by the Harris County Commissioners to amend the ways of his predecessor, Paul Bettencourt who quit two weeks after being re-elected, and he failed.

This latest political, grandstanding stunt, a method Vasquez is known for, clearly shows Vasquez is more interested in stopping organizations from registering new voters, then doing his own job of.... registering new voters. Vasquez has turned a tax funded office into a circus of dueling press conferences, political pep rallies, and grandstanding stunts, instead of doing the job he was selected to do. His actions, if not dealt with immediately by the County Commissioners, has destroyed any chance of Judge Emmett's ethics reform to be called anything but pure hypocrisy.

Over the last few years Harris County has been plagued with serious political scandals from former District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal, County Commissioner Jerry Eversole, former Tax Assessor Paul Bettencourt, and former Sheriff  Tommy Thomas. Vasquez has joined this group of the unethical by disgracing his office and the County.

Vasquez should resign the remainder of his short term and spend the next few months in prayer so he doesn't spend the next few years in jail.