Is it required? No, of course it isn't
Was this technically legal?
Of course it was. There's nothing technical about it. In fact if you have such a problem with it, (and are so connected in Houston) why don't you file a lawsuit and have your day in court? Otherwise, your protestations that a legitimate contractor didn't file a press release announcing their contribution to Metro's PAC are just so much meaningless hot air.
Is it required? No, of course it isn't
That was not the original issue. The issue was whether or not STV had been forthcoming on an ethically conflicted political contribution. The other poster said that they had publicly indicated their support, to which I responded that their "public notification" was nothing more than an involuntary single line entry buried deep in the PAC's ethics commission filing - i.e. they intended that nobody but the most astute political observers would ever know about it.
Of course it was. There's nothing technical about it.In fact if you have such a problem with it, (and are so connected in Houston) why don't you file a lawsuit and have your day in court?
Lawsuits take time and money, and in this case the proper route would be a complaint to the ethics commission, not a lawsuit. It is doubtful at this time that they would take much interest in a moot case over an election that was conducted 6 months ago.