City of Sachse Ethics Void in Council

Certain Sachse City Council members may face questions of ethics or even more serious questions with regards to campaigning for Rep. Joe Driver.

As reported by Jay Root of the Associated Press and the The Dallas Morning News There is an active investigation underway by the Travis County District Attorney as evidenced by the halting of the destruction of state records as reported by the DMN. Rep. Joe Driver admitted to double submitting receipts to his campaign fund and to the State for luxury hotels and travel expenses. The expenses collected from the State of Texas were pocketed by Rep. Driver , although his campaign had already paid his expenses. The admission from Rep. Joe Driver that he didn't report the money he pocketed, would naturally interest the IRS, if you ever watched the "Untouchables" remember this is the way they sent Al Capone to prison. This might explain the response from the United States Attorney's Office in Dallas with a no comment when ask if they are investigating Rep. Joe Driver.

Now, why would Sachse Council members Patterson and Smith who availed Themselves to Rep. Driver to make automated calls to his constituents,  representing Themselves as a Sachse City Council person? Maybe there is a "Quid Pro Quo" or a past favor that needed to be repaid. Then we have Sachse Council person Timm who put pen to paper and told the citizens of Sachse not to believe the News papers or their lying ears when Rep. Driver confessed to pocketing almost $50,000 in the last five years while being interviewed on TV.

Folks, here is the problem we elect our representatives and council people the be of high moral, ethical character, which lends itself to a honest person. If we have elected leaders in our community that use the office to support those who would corrupt our government and pocket our tax dollars, it's time that they were investigated and removed from office if malfeasance is discovered. I do believe the old saying that "Birds of a feather flock together". "No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community" - Theodore Roosevelt

We did observe one favor or debt whichever it might be, provided by Council member Smith and shown in the following photograph. Where is the councilman's sense of decency and respect? Who allows campaign signs at the cemetery entrance?

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.
John Caldwell Calhoun