Kinky thinks so.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman on Thursday asked Travis County prosecutors to investigate Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, accusing her of possibly misusing state employees to help her campaign.

Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle responded by distributing to reporters his office's policy manual, which states that criminal complaints filed by one candidate against another will not be investigated until after the election.

"It's typical mudslinging politics. So much for Kinky not being a typical mudslinging politician," Strayhorn spokesman Mark Sanders said, referring to the complaint.

Friedman filed his complaint based on reports in the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News that Strayhorn's state staff was preparing briefing papers for her to use even when she was making political appearances.

Strayhorn's campaign has defended the use of state employees, saying she is frequently engaged to discuss state business no matter where she is.

So Strayhorn is using state employees for campaign purposes, but Ronnie Earle is not willing to investigate it now. I suppose if she had the GOP nomination it would be different.

Maybe a few of us "just plain folks" should get a copy of Kinky's complaint and file it ourselves, just to ensure that the ciminal activities of "One Tough Grandma" get investigated and prosecuted in a timely fashion by the partisan hack prosecutor in Austin.

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