HOUSTON – Mayor John Whitmire is facing a formal ethics complaint filed with the Texas Ethics Commission over allegations tied to the city’s podcast, “901 Bagby: Inside the Mayor’s Office.”
According to the notice, the commission is looking into allegations that Whitmire “spent or authorized the spending of public funds for political advertising,” a potential violation of Section 255.003 of the Texas Election Code.
The Texas Ethics Commission oversees and enforces Texas laws governing ethics and campaign finance, including restrictions that prohibit the use of public funds for political advertising…