As they target South Texas, Republicans say one Democratic county isn’t maintaining campaign finance records
Starr County, one of the four counties that make up the Rio Grande Valley, has not been able to produce campaign finance reports that it is required to maintain, according to a GOP group targeting the area.
County judge fined for campaign finance violation
The Texas Ethics Commission fined Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra $500 after he failed to file two semiannual reports on time. Texas Ethics Commission convened on Dec.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comPolitical contributions link ERCOT board to Abbott and the state committee now investigating the troubled entity
AdWalker, the chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and a former senior policy advisor to Abbott, contributed $7,620 to Texans for Greg Abbott from 2009 to 2015, state campaign records show. Oliver told KSAT that he was also unaware of any recent criticism levied toward ERCOT by Abbott. Texas Ethics Commission records, however, show that three of the 13 representatives on the House Committee on State Affairs have accepted contributions from ERCOT board member Clifton Karnei. Rep. Chris Paddie, chair of the state affairs committee, also did not respond to calls and an email seeking comment. Other ERCOT board members are listed in TEC records as having contributed to several energy-related PACs.
Greg Brockhouse Clears Ethics Complaint Hurdle
If the complainant wants to further pursue the issues with the Ethics Review Board she can re-file the complaint, a City spokesperson said. And in good faith.Candidates have 10 days to correct campaign finance reports after they are alerted to possible errors. More than half (61) were misspelled donor names and addresses, most of which Brockhouse corrected Feb. 12 and 13 with revised campaign finance reports and correction affidavits. Misspelling a name or address is not blocking transparency.The 10-day grace period exists because [campaign finance reports] are very tedious, she said. Clerical and typographical errors are exceedingly common in campaign finance reports, Strother said.
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