Quintanilla Raises Ethics Concerns; May Have Told on Himself Too
State Rep Chente Quintanilla attended Commissioner's Court today to raise an issue with the court about a possible violation of the County Ethics Code by his opponent in the run-off Vince Perez.
Apparently in the new ethics code which was first implemented in 2010 election there is a provision that says if you receive contributions from a donor that reach $2500, it has to be reported to the Ethics Commission within 30 days.
Its a little know provision of the Ethics Code and hasn't really come in to play until this election because this is the first election with competitive races for County Commissioner's Court. County Offices are the only races the code applies to.
Perez did in fact receive contributions that would have required him to report to the Ethics Commission. One of which was from his father.
Interestingly, so did Dora Oaxaca and Carlos Leon. They apparently didn't know about the provision either. But in an interesting twist, State Representative Chente Quintanilla, who voted for the bill as a member of the state legislature, may also be in violation.
The provision states it needs to be reported within 30 days. If my math is correct, Representative Quintanilla may actually have exceeded the 30 day deadline himself.
To be fair to all of the candidates, this is really the first competitive race that the code has been applied to and the race has drawn out longer than expected because of redistricting so there is a longer period of fundraising.
I should also point out that the contributions are actually made public on their campaign finance reports (Quintanilla, Perez, Oaxaca, and Leon), but they didn't do the additional step of reporting the contributions within the 30 day period.
Apparently in the new ethics code which was first implemented in 2010 election there is a provision that says if you receive contributions from a donor that reach $2500, it has to be reported to the Ethics Commission within 30 days.
Its a little know provision of the Ethics Code and hasn't really come in to play until this election because this is the first election with competitive races for County Commissioner's Court. County Offices are the only races the code applies to.
Perez did in fact receive contributions that would have required him to report to the Ethics Commission. One of which was from his father.
Interestingly, so did Dora Oaxaca and Carlos Leon. They apparently didn't know about the provision either. But in an interesting twist, State Representative Chente Quintanilla, who voted for the bill as a member of the state legislature, may also be in violation.
The provision states it needs to be reported within 30 days. If my math is correct, Representative Quintanilla may actually have exceeded the 30 day deadline himself.
To be fair to all of the candidates, this is really the first competitive race that the code has been applied to and the race has drawn out longer than expected because of redistricting so there is a longer period of fundraising.
I should also point out that the contributions are actually made public on their campaign finance reports (Quintanilla, Perez, Oaxaca, and Leon), but they didn't do the additional step of reporting the contributions within the 30 day period.
open mouth insert foot...that's a shitty one!
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