Strike two

Austin solo Karyl Krug, a Democratic candidate for the 427th District Court bench, has struck out at the 3rd Court of Appeals. On Feb. 5, Krug filed a petition for writ of mandamus, asking the 3rd Court to require the Texas Ethics Commission to take immediate action on her complaint that Democratic primary foe Jim Coronado, the Travis County criminal magistrate, is violating state election law by calling himself a judge in campaign materials. As alleged in Krug’s complaint, filed Jan. 17 with the ethics commission, Coronado is not a judge and violates Texas Election Code §255.006 by representing himself as one in campaign advertising and on his Web site. Coronado says he is a judge. Krug originally filed her writ petition with the Texas Supreme Court on Jan. 29. The high court denied that petition without prejudice on Feb. 1. The 3rd Court denied Krug’s petition on the merits about two hours after she filed it Feb. 5. But Krug isn’t giving up. On Feb. 6, she filed another petition for writ of mandamus at the state Supreme Court. In In Re Karyl Anderson Krug, she is asking the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus against the 3rd Court for denying her writ petition “without due consideration, oral argument, or explanation.”
-- Mary Alice Robbins