Criminal Court of Appeals Judge Sharon "The Killer" Keller is screwed after her $100,000 fine by the Texas Ethics Commission for withholding information on her Personal Finance Statement. Like Commissioner Jerry Eversole who spent his donor's money ($162,000+) on personal items like authentic western wear, western art, cows, and more, she can pay this fine with her donor's money, right out of her campaign war chest.
Unfortunately, and unlike Jerry who has millions in his account, Keller's war chest is empty. Absolutely completely empty. As of the last reporting period, Jan 2010, Keller has a balance of $0 in her latest ethics report. According to the agreement, she has until August 10th to pay this fine. The TEC did not require that this fine be paid out of her personal funds, so she has an opportunity to start raising money from her Republican donors, but she has yet another problem.
Over the last 10 years Keller has raised only $32,000. It is obvious that she does not have the ability to raise the $100,000 to pay the fine and I am not sure if she can ethically raise money for the sole purpose of paying this.
But who cares about ethics anyway? You don't hear the republican party calling for her to step down do you?
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