Saturday, February 6, 2010

Barrera's Luck

Looks like Tax Assessor Patricia Barrera is going to avoid jail time, but she will have to forfeit the money she raised from selling raffle tickets.
"Ms. Barrera acknowledges that the selling of raffle tickets by county
employees is a violation of the gambling laws of the State of Texas...
Yeah, you think? It's been a little more than two years since state officials launched an investigation into the alleged gambling activity going on at the tax assessor's office. As of today, a settlement of over $900,000 has been handed out, thanks to the county's insurance policy, and Barrera will be watched closely for the next year. In all, look for her to be re-elected with no problem whatsoever.

Quote courtesy of the LMT.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

___next time i get picked up for DUI i am gonna plead that "i didn't know it was against the law " . . .

KeyRose said...

It was against the law?

Pleading ignorance.

Nice.