Olson tries typical D.C. dirty tricks in desparate attempt to get attention

Pete Olson may have moved back to CD22 a few months ago, but he sure didn't need to bring the Washington-insider dirty tricks with him. Olson tried to tie a criminal investigation involving a Corpus Christi businessman to Lampson.

As reported in San Antonio Express News commentary:

In an attempt to break out of the pack, Olsen called on Lampson to return $4,600 in donations to Mauricio Celis.

"That's a nonstory," said Trevor Kincaid, a Lampson spokesman. "We gave that money back a week ago."

Celis is under investigation by the state attorney general and a grand jury over allegations of fraud and other felonies involving a law practice and a sheriff deputy's badge.

None of the allegations involves Lampson or other Democrats who received campaign contributions from Celis.

Meanwhile, Olson, a former aide to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, could be one of the least-known candidates in a claustrophobic race for the GOP nomination that includes former Pasadena Mayor John Manlove."

Pete -- maybe you haven't gotten the message yet, but the folks here are really tired of typical political "gotcha" games.