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Judge Donald Floyd of Beaumont, TX; serial scofflaw
The state of Texas presented Donald J. Floyd with a law license in 1972 after he graduated from Texas Southern University Law School.
Donnie has had his significant snout firmly implanted in the public trough for the past thirty-five (35) years. Apparently, no self-respecting law firm in the greater Beaumont area was about to offer Donnie a good paying job.
The Texas Ethics Commission found Donnie guilty of accepting campaign contributions that were in excess of the statutory amount allowed of $2,500 per contributor for his re-election. It should be remembered that Donnie was running unopposed in the November 2014 election
Subsequently, Donnie acknowledged that he accepted political contributions that exceeded the statutory limitations on contributions to judicial candidates.
As a direct consequence of his violations of campaign laws, the apologists for Public Official Misfits sitting on the Ethics Commission punished Donnie by imposing a complimentary $3,970 civil penalty. He was also ordered to refund $34,375 in contributions he illegally accepted to the donors.
And lastly, how is it possible for someone who took an oath to uphold the laws of Texas to engage in such egregious misconduct? Could it be that Donnie is intellectually incapable of comprehending the meaning of the campaign election laws?
As we speak (ca. May 2017), Donnie continues to sit as a 172nd Judicial District Court Judge in Beaumont, Texas.
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