The Speaker of the Texas House faces allegations regarding his use of campaign funds, according to this report. Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick is facing an ethics complaint over campaign payments and state health insurance benefits he has provided for his daughter, a former lobbyist who’s employed by her father as a political consultant. Filed […]
Category: Texas
“The Pond”
How a Texas power company allegedly hosts lobbyists at a location called “The Pond” is the topic of this story. Known as “The Pond” off Trinity Bay in Chambers County, the resort includes a cabin with sleeping quarters and many other amenities near the desirable fishing spot. Cooling water flows from a nearby power plant […]
Texas Association of Business: Case Closed
The Austin Business Journal reports: TAB President Bill Hammond says the entire case was the result of an accounting error. “Six years of political persecution by Ronnie Earle has come to an end with a misdemeanor over a bookkeeping error,” says Hammond. ” Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars that could have been used to […]