A shadowy political fund with ties to one of the world’s largest casinos has poured nearly $100k into a local City Council race.
Financial records available on the Texas Ethics Commission website show the Las Vegas Sands-tied Lone Star Conservative Action Fund spent $93,430.36 to support council candidates Priscilla Vigliante, Tony Grimes, and David Pfaff, outpacing their combined expenditures of $74,391.50 from July 2024 to April 2025.
The document indicates that Lone Star Conservative Action Fund made several payments to Colorado-based Gear & Lever Consulting, LLC, for various items listed as “Advertising Expense.”
Individually, Vigliante spent approximately $9,044, Grimes about $3,886, and Pfaff roughly $61,460 over the same period, according to their campaign reports.
