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Taxpayers won't pick up Sharon Keller's legal tab

Taxpayers won't be paying for Sharon Keller's legal fees, reports the Austin Statesman's Chuck Lindell:Clearing up confusion in its order dismissing an ethics rebuke against Judge Sharon Keller, a special court of review has issued a new order that no longer makes taxpayers liable for Keller?s legal costs.The court?s original Oct. 11 order said Keller could recoup legal costs from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct - estimated by her lawyer to be ?in the six figures? but probably less than $1 million.State law, however, specifies that court costs and attorney fees cannot be awarded in judicial conduct proceedings. The new order deletes the reference.Between her legal fees and being ordered to pay the largest ever ethics fine in Texas history, Keller's hubris has cost her a great deal financially if not politically...continue to full post

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