A candidate for presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) spent political funds to pay property taxes on his Austin home, which he uses for his campaign headquarters.
Reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission show that CCA Judge Lawrence Meyers, who is challenging CCA Presiding Judge Sharon Keller in the April Republican primary, used political funds to pay $3,285.68 in property taxes on his Austin home in January 2011 and $2,929 in property taxes in January 2009. On the reports, filed in July 2011 and July 2009, Meyers listed the property tax expenditures for “office overhead.”
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