Post by pavel on Apr 11, 2016 19:08:55 GMT -6
Texas’ Agriculture Commissioner Spent State & Campaign Money to Go Calf-Roping
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s recent visit to Mississippi has him bucking big criticism.
Miller went to compete for prize money – netting over $800 in winnings for calf-roping – and paid for the whole thing using a combination of state and campaign funds
It wasn’t his first rodeo. All this seems a little too familiar given that recently Miller agreed to pay the state back – this time, for a separate trip to Oklahoma for a medical procedure. For an agricultural commissioner barely through his first year in office, this could mean trouble.
Brian Rosenthal, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, says Miller used taxpayer money – the Agriculture Commission’s department credit card, to be exact – to book his flight to Mississippi, a hotel and a rental car. He paid the charges back with campaign funds.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-agricultural-commissioner-sid-miller-rodeo-campaign-finance/
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s recent visit to Mississippi has him bucking big criticism.
Miller went to compete for prize money – netting over $800 in winnings for calf-roping – and paid for the whole thing using a combination of state and campaign funds
It wasn’t his first rodeo. All this seems a little too familiar given that recently Miller agreed to pay the state back – this time, for a separate trip to Oklahoma for a medical procedure. For an agricultural commissioner barely through his first year in office, this could mean trouble.
Brian Rosenthal, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, says Miller used taxpayer money – the Agriculture Commission’s department credit card, to be exact – to book his flight to Mississippi, a hotel and a rental car. He paid the charges back with campaign funds.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-agricultural-commissioner-sid-miller-rodeo-campaign-finance/