An investigation by the Dallas Morning news has raised questions about constables towing practices, campaign fundraising, off duty business relationships, SWAT teams and the unprecedented expansion of their traffic enforcement duties. A special investigation ordered last year by county commissioners concluded that Cortes office was rife with corruption. The investigator, former FBI agent Danny Defenbaugh, said in his reports that Evans and Cortes may have abused their offices by requiring their deputies to fund their reelection campaigns by selling raffle tickets or buying the tickets themselves.

Campaign irregularities in those two constable precincts go back 13 or 14 years. County Judge Jim Foster, a former deputy constable said he was relieved to hear the matter is finally coming to a resolution. He also added that he expects indictments will be handed down.

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Double dipping probe comes as House looks at ethics rule changes. Texas prosecutors are stepping up their investigation of stte rep. Joe Driver of Garland, who has admitted he pocketed thousands of dollars in state travel reimbursements. The push comes just as officials are laying out plans to tighten ethics rules at the Capitol.

Assistant Travis County District Attorney Gregg Cox, whose public integrity unit oversees official corruption cases, said that even before the November elections prosecutors had already begun to look into the Garland lawmakers travel practices.

Driver has acknowledged that for years he collected reimbursements from taxpayers for travel expenses already covered by donated campaign money. He paid for luxory hotel stays, airline tickets, meals and conference registration fees with campaign funds and then submitted receipts for the same expenses to the state.

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After a week deliberating jury convicts Denton man of funneling bribes to officials. Denton County developer Ron Slovacek on Friday became the 14th and final defendant convicted in the largest public corruption investigation in Dallas city history. The jury found that Slovacek 42 conspired to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and commission appointee. Slovacek faces a statutory maximum of 35 years in prison on charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

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