Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Texas Conflicts of Interest Laws
By Office of the Attorney General.Here are some that we really need to look at and be concerned with how Johnny Cuellar and some other commissioners have voted on several contracts:
7. Is the fact that a local official is employed by a business entity sufficient to create a potential conflict?Being employed by a business entity will prevent a local official from discussing or voting on his governmental unit’s contract involving that business, provided 10 percent or more of the official’s previous year’s income came from his employment with that business.
9. May an indirect benefit from a contract with a business constitute a possible conflict of interest?In certain situations, an indirect benefit that a local official may receive regarding a business entity may be sufficient to constitute a conflict of interest. For example, the Dallas Court of Appeals concluded that the definition of “substantial interest” did not distinguish between funds received directly from a business entity and funds received indirectly. Whether a particular interest was a “substantial interest” was a question of fact.
15. May a local official deliberate about an issue for which the official has a conflict of interest if the official abstains from voting on the issue?A local official may not discuss an issue for which he has a conflict of interest even if he abstains from voting on the item. If a conflict of interest exists, the official must file the required affidavit, and both abstain from discussing the matter and abstain from voting on them.
A member of a governmental body does not participate by merely attending an executive session on the matter and remaining silent during the deliberations. However, it may be wise for the interested public officer to refrain from attending open or closed meetings that address the matter in which he is interested.Here I am going to provide a link for both city commission meetings where they gave the enterprise fund away without discussing numbers or even soliciting bids.....5 citizens spoke against giving it away but they didnt mind them they had there agenda and this was decided long time ago....
Please look carefully on who is making the motions etc. etc. ITs Johnny Cuellar and its Robert J. Garza....Rumor has it that Rey Alegria (who was working for BFI during these discussions, he might still be but better yet he is a school board member in Donna and used to be a city commissioner there....he is known to make back room deals....he did it in Donna and I caught him in one....)....
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