State Representative Garnet F. Coleman (D-Houston) refuted the statement made by House Speaker Tom Craddick's spokeswoman, Alexis Delee, claiming that ethical allegations against Ron Wilson were false.

"Mr. Wilson cannot ignore the paper records of the Texas Ethics Commission any more than he should be able to ignore the rules of the Texas House," Rep. Coleman said.

In addition, Rep. Coleman announced that in the coming days he intends to file at least fifteen more ethics complaints against House Parliamentarian Ron Wilson. Those ethics complaints are based on incidents, going back to as far as 1993, where Mr. Wilson consistently failed to file his campaign finance reports on time.

"Mr. Wilson has shown blatant disregard for ethics in the past," Rep. Coleman said. "I believe our House Parliamentarians resigned late last night because they could no longer stand by Speaker Craddick's disdain for the rules. So what happened? Speaker Craddick went out and found Parliamentarians that have shown they have no problem showing disdain for the rules."