Fwd: [DemocraticResearch] Bad check axes governor hopeful, Democrat Alvarado says he knew filing fee would bounce.

> Bad check axes governor hopeful
> Democrat Alvarado says he knew filing fee would
> bounce.
> By W. Gardner Selby
> AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
>
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/20alvarado.html
>
> Friday, January 20, 2006
>
> A Fort Worth man, the only Hispanic person to
> declare for governor, was
> bounced from the ballot late Thursday after his
> check to the Texas
> Democratic Party for the $3,750 filing fee bounced.
>
> The name of Felix Alvarado, a middle school
> administrator, will not
> appear on the March 7 party primary ballot, said
> Charles Soechting, the
> party's state chairman.
>
> "The position I would have to take is, the filing
> fee wasn't paid,"
> Soechting said. "It's sad. I hate to see that happen
> to anybody."
>
> Thursday evening, Alvarado, 63, confirmed submitting
> his check for the
> filing fee without sufficient funds available.
>
> "I take full responsibility for that. That's my mea
> culpa. I overplayed
> my hand," he said. "I'm disappointed."
>
> In his campaign's contribution and expenditure
> report covering July
> through December, Alvarado reported no money in his
> treasury as of Dec.
> 31. The report shows that he's taken two campaign
> loans: $1,000 from a
> brother and $300 on a credit card.
>
> Democratic consultant Kelly Fero said that Alvarado
> not making the
> ballot means other candidates won't have to worry
> about Latino voters
> favoring the little-known Alvarado because of his
> last name.
>
>