Posted on 10/13/2015 6:56:33 AM PDT by thetallguy24
As we have pointed out extensively in the past, there are major ethical concerns over the campaign finance reporting being performed by past and current members of the Texas House and Senate, covering areas such as unreported campaign loans, payments to relatives, and using campaign cash for personal expenses. The government entity responsible for overseeing these issues is the Texas Ethics Commission, but in less than 48 hours, they quickly dismissed our meticulous, months' long endeavor and defended their “important work.”
Over the last two legislative sessions, several attempts have been made to increase accountability through ethics reform. In his first State of the State address earlier this year, Gov. Greg Abbott listed ethics reforms as an emergency item, including “more disclosure of campaign finance information.” Just last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick included in his interim charges demands for ethics reforms. However, nearly all past reform attempts have come to a screeching halt. Why? The short answer is Joe Straus. The long answer is, like Congress exempting themselves from certain onerous laws, the Texas Legislature doesn’t want to scrutinize itself and play by the same rules everyone else does.
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He is a democrat pretending to be republican for power’s sake. Shame on any proclaimed republican that votes for Straus for Speaker.
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