Trish DeBerry, a former county commissioner and public relations specialist, cited “multiple sources” tying Henry and Bob Wills, the head of the PM Group, to the “dark money” sponsor of recent television attack ads against her, Friends of Bexar County LLC.
The GOP candidate for Bexar County judge is accusing a local media company and a well-known lawyer of running a"dark money" attack campaign against her and challenging her Democratic opponent to end it.– With no proof but plenty of outrage, the Republican candidate for Bexar County judge accused personal injury attorney Thomas J. Henry and the head of the advertising agency he uses of being behind attack ads targeting her.
Online records from Delaware, the state in which DeBerry said the group was formed, show a “Friends of Bexar LLC” was formed on Sep. 19 - the same day Federal Communications Commission records show it started contracting with San Antonio television stations for advertising time. The actual ads list the name of the group as “Friends of Bexar County, LLC.”, which did not determine who was behind its funding.
Meanwhile, FCC records show it was a Connecticut-based media buying company, ICON International, that purchased the spots for “Friends of Bexar LLC” at the four major English-language news stations: KSAT, KENS, WOAI, and KABB. “So you have to ask yourself the question, what does he have against women? I’m not sure about that - particularly strong women,” DeBerry said.
“This is nothing more than a political stunt to bring attention to her campaign that is far, far behind. The truth is, she wants to be Bexar County judge, but she is acting like a desperate candidate, praying for a miracle,” Wills said.