The Bruce Parrott Ethics Complaint
Submitted by Allen Gwinn on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 05:00.
DISD school board candidate Bruce Parrott has made "conformance" with election laws, and "fiscal accountability" cornerstones of his campaign.
Records show, however, that Parrott failed to file his own campaign report on time.
Parrott's last campaign report, known as an "8-day candidate / officeholder" report, was supposed to have been received by the Dallas Independent School District on October 26.
DISD, according to the document, did not receive the report until October 30.
When the issue was first raised, the Parrott campaign was dismissive indicating that the report merely needed to be postmarked by the 26th.
However, the Texas Ethics Commission recently fined Dallas County Tax Assessor John Ames $1,000 in a similar matter involving Ames' late 8-day campaign report.
"The runoff election report must be received by the authority [Emphasis added] with whom the report is required to be filed not later than the eighth day before runoff election day," the Texas Ethics Commission noted in its decision to fine Ames.
The full text of the complaint against Parrott appears below:
Parrott Complaint
The filing deadline was a Sunday and Mr. Parrott sent this in on Monday. He was late. Dude, that is NOT an ethical lapse since the report was filed.
You may get him fined - he was late - but, again, so what?
[Ed Note: I'm not following. You mean he's likely going to get fined for doing nothing wrong?]
Surely you jest?
If he gets a fine, it means he violated state law! This is not an ethical lapse, it is a breaking-the-law lapse! I imagine what you would have said if Leigh Ann Ellis had filed a late campaign report instead of your darling Bruce! Doesn't this go on his record?
[Ed Note: Yes, if the Texas Ethics Commission finds he violated Texas Election Laws and fines him, the order is published here. The process takes about a year in most cases.]
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