Posted on January 24th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
Dallas Morning News | Liquor wholesalers ply legislators with cash
AUSTIN – Liquor wholesalers dumped nearly $1.7 million on Texas lawmakers in the weeks leading up to the 2007 Legislature while pushing for changes that would allow them to sell booze directly to restaurants and bars.
The law now allows only package liquor stores – not wholesalers [...]
Filed under: Liquor, Texas Ethics Commission, Texas House of Representatives, Texas Legislators, Texas Legislature, austin, campaign contributions, texas | No Comments »
Posted on December 8th, 2006 by TechDigger
Looks like Miller can’t sue individuals afterall.
MySA.com: Metro | State
District Judge Karen H. Pozza ruled Thursday that all of the defendants in a lawsuit filed by restaurateur Balous Miller over his failed plans to sell a tract of Helotes land to Wal-Mart should be excluded from the suit.The defendants’ request to be excluded was based [...]
Filed under: Balous Miller, First Amendment, Free Speech, Frivolous Lawsuit, Helotes, Helotes Heritage Foundation, Lawsuit Reform, Lawsuit abuse, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Texas Ethics Commission, Wal-Mart, Walmart | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 2nd, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
Dallas Morning News | House gifts draw fines
Legislators get message: Ignorance of the law is no excuse
AUSTIN – Leading lawmakers discovered in harsh terms this week that they better pay closer attention to the ethics laws they wrote – and that ignorance of the law is no excuse.For generations, members of House and Senate [...]
Filed under: Texas Ethics Commission, Texas Legislators, Texas Legislature, Uncategorized, ethics, financial disclosure, politics, texas | No Comments »
Posted on November 28th, 2006 by TechDigger
This is unbelievable except for the fact that we live in Texas.
MySA.com: Politics
A Texas official who receives any sum of cash as a gift can satisfy state disclosure laws by reporting the money simply as “currency” without specifying the amount, the Texas Ethics Commission reiterated Monday.
Why bother with being even as specific as “currency?” Why [...]
Filed under: Bob Perry, Perry Homes, Rick Perry, Texas Ethics Commission, Texas Legislature, bribe, campaign, campaign contributions, election, ethics, politics, texas, texas politics | No Comments »
