Seriously (Where's the Beef? Part III)

Yesterday's article, Where's the Beef, Philip? (Pt II), challenged Klein's evidence in his allegations of an "illegal" filing by incumbent Jefferson County District Attorney Tom Maness, Philip R. Klein responded with this article on the Southeast Texas Political Review today:

Now many of you have been asking us about the document we hold regarding Maness's original filing. And we do not want to be unfair and not release it. We want Maness to have time to call the folks at the other Web sites (it is amazing that they have that pipeline isn't it) to do their biding for him. You know - keeping the fold tight?

So - here is the official document we obtained from the Jefferson County Clerk's office that was now considered a "typo" or "not a legal document" regarding how Maness filed for office :

Philip did not post an "official document," but a manipulated graphic image of a purported notation in an unidentified and spurious document:




I've reduced the size to fit on this page, but here is a copy of the actual image as posted by Klein.

With the most cursory of examinations, a few things are immediately obvious:

1) Whoever wrote this can't spell very well. Presumably, Tom Maness knows how to spell his own name. 

2) Tom Maness had nothing to do with this spurious document. He filed during the first week and Cornelius Williams filed on the last day. Maness would not have known for sure if Williams would run, unless the DA consulted a political analyst who has psychic powers.

3) Philip's confusion over basic high school civics is evident again. In a party primary election, Texas election code requires candidates to file with the county chair of the political party, not the county clerk as Klein claims.

In this case, Maness had to file with Gilbert Adams, the chair of the Jefferson County Democratic Party:

§ 172.022 AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED.
(2) the county chair or the secretary, if any, of the county executive committee, for an office filled by voters of a single county.

4) As party chair, Gilbert Adams did not file this document, since this isn't the official List of Candidates which must be sent to the county clerk no later than 10 days after filing ends. Note the requirements:

§ 172.029. LIST OF CANDIDATES.
(a) For each general primary election, the state chair and each county chair shall prepare a list containing the name of each candidate who files an application for a place on the ballot with the chair, as the name is to appear on the ballot, and containing the candidate's address as shown on the application.

5) Whoever wrote this document can't spell very well. Presumably, Gilbert Adams knows how to spell the Jefferson County District Attorney's name correctly.

Philip still has time to officially contest Maness' filing if this so-called "evidence" is real. If Klein doesn't file an official grievance, then his taste for chicken is confirmed.

So, where's the beef, Philip?