State Rep. Sylvester Turner has been in the news lately, defending normal people against those mean utility companies. None of the local stories we’ve seen mentioned one very interesting fact that Texas Watchdog‘s Jennifer Peebles pointed out here.
That interesting fact may not raise the question of conflict-of-interest so much as the question of whether a truly good investment has been made!
Elsewhere on the Texas Watchdog site, Peebles calls attention to an AP story by Jay Root that explores the appearance of conflicts of interest raised by Sen. Hutchison’s advocacy of projects that sometimes have connections to her husband’s work (including past dealings with METRO, an organization that Sen. Hutchison has boosted).
Ethics watchdogs question the appearance of some of the dealings. The Hutchisons say everything is aboveboard and their dealings are separate. And Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign staff is surely smiling tonight.
