In terms of the types of uses that constitute potential personal use of campaign funds, this case doesn’t seem so outrageous. Dallas City Council member Carolyn Davis used campaign finance money to fix her car’s brakes — a potential violation of state ethics rules prohibiting candidates from using political funds for personal expenses
A SamCorp executive pleaded guilty in connection with a case involving items of value given to school board trustees in exchange for contracts, according to this report. Two prominent El Paso businessmen pleaded guilty on Monday to a mail fraud charge – admitting they gave items of value to several South Texas school board trustees […]
The Texas Ethics Commission apparently fined a Justice Nathan Hecht for campaign finance abuses, according to this report. The Texas Ethics Commission fined Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht $29,000 after finding that he broke campaign finance laws by accepting and then failing to report an excessive political contribution from a major Texas law firm. Hecht, […]