Texas fines San Antonio police union $5,000 over its financial reports in 2021 election

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Texas fines San Antonio police union $5,000 over its financial reports in 2021 election
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Prop. B, which would have stripped the union of its collective bargaining power, was narrowly defeated in 2021. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX PoliceAccountability PoliceUnion CrimeNews Texas

Opponents of the petition drive to put Proposition B on the ballot in 2021 hold signs at a polling site where volunteers collected signatures.

Prop B, rejected by voters on a narrow 2% margin, would have stripped the powerful union of its collective bargaining power. The union spent freely to combat the grassroots effort, which arose from a petition drive from the accountability group Fix SAPD. Sanchez's accounting practices violated Section 254.261 of the Texas Election Code, which states that a person must disclose the entity of the source of the campaign expenditures, the Texas Ethics Commission ruled.However, police accountability group Act 4 SA said the state's decision to fine SAPOA shows that the union wants to shield its expenditures from public scrutiny.

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