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Texas Ethics Commission Orders Record Fine Against Sharon Keller

By Steve Hall

The Texas Ethics Commission Final Order is in Adobe.pdf format. Texans for Public Justice, which filed the initial ethics complaint against Keller, issued a news release, "Texas Regulators Slap Top Criminal Judge With Biggest Ethics Fine in State History."Texas regulators assessed a $100,000 civil penalty against Texas Criminal Court Presiding Judge Sharon Keller on April 28 for failing to disclose nearly $3 million in real estate, as well as $183,000 in income from 17 different sources. The fine against Texas? top criminal judge was the largest ever levied by the Texas Ethics Commission. Judge?s Keller?s disclosure lapses occurred in legally required personal financial statements that she filed with the Ethics Commission in 2007 and 2008...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 03, 2010 (boomark / email).