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Speakers defend campaign contributions and urge ethics-code review after complaint
Summary
Public commenters at the June 26 Irving City Council meeting defended a candidate and urged the council to strengthen or clarify the city’s ethics code. A statement read on behalf of Sergio Perez cited section 253.15(b) of the Texas Election Code and asked the council to dismiss an ethics complaint.
During the June 26 public-comment period, speakers urged the council to treat an ethics complaint as a partisan attack and to consider revising the city’s ethics code.
Fergus Scully read a statement on behalf of Sergio Perez, who asked the council to dismiss a complaint about campaign contributions. The statement said the contribution in question was intended to retire campaign debt from…
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