The following elected officials and candidates have hired Royger Harris to either serve as their political consultant or to not find an opponent to run against them.
Bill Gravell: J.P., Precinct 3 and current candidate for County Judge – $17,986.35
Heather Peal: current candidate for County Commissioner, Pct. 4 – $46,578.28
Brandy Hallford: current candidate for County Court-at-Law Judge – $8,286.45
Rick Kennon: District Judge running for re-election – $18,766.10
Landy Warren: former candidate for County Commissioner, Pct. 1 $32,363.00
Shawn Dick: current District Attorney – $4,575.48
Stacey Mathews: District Judge – $500.00
Bart Turek: candidate for County Commissioner, Pct. 2 – $500.00
Dale Ross: current Mayor of Georgetown – $6,000.00
Total of verifiable money paid to Royger Harris $ 135,555.66
Additionally, Sheriff Robert Chody paid over $400,000 to Murphy Nasica in his recent campaign. Royger Harris has bragged to numerous people that he was Murphy Nasica’s sub-contractor during the campaign and that a large part of that money went to him. Sheriff Chody has been a very vocal supporter for Harris’s other clients.
The Hutto City Council members below have also stated that Harris was their political consultant. The City of Hutto does not post Campaign Finance Reports on their website so the dollar amounts are unknown.
Tim Jordan: current Hutto City Council member
Terri Grimm: current Hutto City Council member
Nate Killough: current Hutto City Council member
The monies for Gravell, Peal, Hallford, Warren, Dick and Turek can be seen on their campaign finance reports which are available at the Williamson County Elections page:
On February 1, the Sun City Republicans held a candidate forum. The co-moderator of the forum was Betsy Lambeth. It was her job to pose questions to candidates. Bill Gravell and his opponent, Frank Leffingwell, were the County Judge candidates. As the night went on it appeared to some observers that Gravell was being served up softball questions that he was well prepared for. It was almost as if he knew what the questions were going to be. Leffingwell was asked questions that oddly paralleled the things that Gravell had been saying in his campaign against Leffingwell.
Considering Gravell’s and Lambeth’s history, I wonder how she was chosen to be an objective moderator. You can read about their history below. Oh yeah, the other co-moderator was District Judge Stacey Mathews. Mathews’ paid political consultant is Royger Harris who is also Gravell’s old employee and current campaign consultant. Cozy, isn’t it?
As Bill Gravell’s church, Sonterra Fellowship, was failing in 2011, he pivoted and became a political consultant. It quickly became clear that politics was Gravell’s true calling. Prior to this his sermons had become more and more political. He certainly did not mind mixing in his strong political views with the teachings of the Bible. Finally, politics trumped religion.
Gravell was hired by several candidates for school board trustee. He also was hired by Betsy Lambeth who was running for District Judge.
In late 2011, Lambeth hired Gravell as her campaign manager. She paid him $5,000 in 2011.
In 2012, Lambeth paid Gravell $37,924.99 to be her campaign manager. She also paid $497 to Jill Gravell, Bill’s wife.
In May of 2012, Lambeth won the Republican Primary for District Judge. She did not have a Democratic opponent in the general election. Gravell is named in a May 30, 2012 Austin American Statesman article as Lambeth’s campaign manager. In the article,
Gravell is quoted as saying, “I am a political expert.”
On July 19, 2012 (after winning the primary but before the general election) Bill Gravell, Betsy Lambeth and Shannon Way signed before a Notary Public and filed with the County Clerk’s office an Assumed Name Certificate of Ownership for Unincorporated Business. Gravell, Lambeth and Way were listed as the owners of Integrity Consulting, a political consulting business.
One month later on August 20, 2012, Betsy Lambeth signed before a Notary Public and filed with the County Clerk’s office a Certificate of Withdrawal of Assumed Name. In the Certificate, Lambeth states that as of this date she does dispose of her ownership interest in Integrity Consulting. Seems a bit odd doesn’t it?
In November of 2012, Betsy Lambeth was elected as District Judge. Upon taking office, she hired Bill Gravell to be her Court Administrator. Only three months later, on February 25, 2013, the Williamson County Commissioners Court appointed Gravell as Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace. The Justice of the Peace position comes with a salary of $83,714 and tremendous benefits.
Bill Gravell went from being the preacher at a failed church to being Justice of the Peace in just over one year. He didn’t even have to run a pesky campaign. He was appointed. It pays to have friends.
Another interesting “coincidence” is that at 10:16am on the same day that the Commissioners Court appointed Gravell to be J.P., he filed with the County Clerk’s office a Certificate of Withdrawal of Assumed Name. In the Certificate, Gravell states that as of this date he does dispose of his ownership interest in Integrity Consulting. Seems a bit odd doesn’t it?
Considering that Betsy Lambeth hired Gravell as her campaign manager, paid him and his wife over $40,000, owned a business with Gravell and then hired him as her Court Administrator, it just doesn’t smell quite right that she was the moderator for Gravell and his opponent, does it?
Wilco Truth 