Frank Gutierrez and His Illegal Signs
The race for Lubbock County Commissioner Precinct 3 is heating up. Perennial Republican candidate Frank Gutierrez is running against Democrat Gilbert Flores for the seat. Neither candidate is the incumbent; the office is currently held by Democrat Ysidro Gutierrez.
However, there’s a problem:
Frank Gutierrez’s signs, seen above, are illegal and misleading.
The signs are illegal because the word “For” does not appear between the name of the candidate and the office sought. This is necessary since Frank Gutierrez is not the incumbent.
The signs are deliberately misleading because Frank Gutierrez is a Republican, not a Democrat. Nowhere on the sign does it say that he is a Republican, and the sign has the word “Democrats” in big letters. Precinct 3 is a heavily Democratic precinct, and Frank Gutierrez is likely trying to pass himself off as a Democrat.
Lubbock County Democratic Party Chair Pam Brink held a press conference two weeks ago to address this issue, and she indicated that Gutierrez had a week to remove the signs before the Party filed an official complaint with the TEC. Two weeks later, the signs are still up.
I hope the Party has filed the appropriate complaint.
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September 24th, 2008 at 7:22 am
In the 1982 Mark White/Bill Clements race there were bumper stickers with Democrats For Clements all over Lubbock. I suspect that Frank Guiterrez saw those years ago. So far democrats have complained about Bill McCay and Frank Guiterrez campaigns and neither complaint appears to have any substance. Democrats didn’t deal with Gilbert Flores sign “irregularity” until another democrat(Ysidrio Guiterrez)brought a complaint. I’ve spent 3 days at the “Fair” talking politics at the (R) cube and we’ve given so many bumper stickers(McCain)away and free “R” little cubes with peanuts free that half of the county will have yardsigns,bumper stickers or cube-doorhangers. I even had 3 elected republicans “quiz” Chris Winn on “Why Is Clif Burnett here?” Those 3 republicans were Bill McCay,Patti Jones and David Guiterrez. Patti Jones even went as far as to say,”Clif,I am going to work here(at the “Cube”)on Thursday”. I ask Chris Winn,”Who invited her,Chairman?”. He couldn’t answer that one but he did shrug his shoulders and smile. The “Fair” continues through Saturday and most of the action will be at the “R” cube behind the restaurants before fairgoers get to the building where “Women Democrats” booth is. I was selling yardsigns for $1 and $2 but Chris Winn said “$5 on the signs Clif,we have to pay our rent here.” The next “exciting thing” at “R” cube could be the long awaited Clif Burnett/Patti Jones “screaming match” over “big government”(Patti Jones vs “small government”(Clif Burnett). Head out to the “Fair”!