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  • Rep. Dawnna Dukes Has 48 Hours To Resign In Plea Deal

    The Travis County District Attorney’s office has given State Representative Dawnna Dukes until the end of business on Tuesday to resign and have her felony charges dropped.

    A grand jury indicted Dukes on over a dozen felony charges just before the legislative session was set to begin. Dukes had planned to be sworn in and then resign, but decided against it angering many in her own party. She is charged with two misdemeanors for abuse of her office and 13 felony counts of tampering with public records.

    Rep. Dukes had delayed her corruption trial by claiming a legislative continuance which protects legislators from being kept from their legislative duties. Now that the regular session is over the DA is hoping to move forward quickly.

    Along with her resignation, the plea deal requires:

    Dukes submit to a drug and alcohol assessment and complete any treatment and counseling recommended as a result of the assessment.
    Pay restitution in the amount of $3,000 related to charges of tampering with governmental records and abuse of official capacity.
    Pay a $500 fine to the Texas Ethics Commission. Dukes was sued by the TEC earlier this month for missing a deadline for an elections finance report and then not paying the fine.
    Waive her right to a speedy trial in any future litigation related to these matters.
    The grand jury charged Rep. Dukes for converting campaign expenditures that were earmarked for the African-American Community Heritage Festival as personal use. Dukes co-founded the East Austin event 18 years ago, but it ended last year due to negative attention. Dukes had listed nearly $18,000 in campaign expenditures for the festival.

    Her legislative staff started the investigation when they questioned if they were supposed to be working the festival and running personal errands for Rep. Dawnna Dukes.

    Even though she lives in Austin, Rep. Dukes has the worst record of attendance in the legislature. According to recordvotes.com, she missed over fifty percent during the regular session.

    In all fairness, Rep. Dawnna Dukes was in a vehicular accident when she was rear ended by a large truck, which may have lead to her absences and lapse of judgment due to pain medication. In one committee hearing, she was forced to apologize after asking an incoherent question and admitted she was on morphine at the time.

    Rep. Dukes has said she has no plans to accept any plea bargains and pleaded not guilty to all charges in June.

    The 12 term Austin Democrat won re-election with 70% of the vote in November even after the charges were announced.

    Texas Representative Dawnna Dukes has less than 48 hours to resign in a plea deal to drop 13 felony charges of corruption and abuse of power.
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  • #2
    Man. Good way to show our elected officials not to mess with shit. $3,500 in fines?

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    • #3
      Sounds also like politicians should submit to a drug and alcohol screening prior to doing their voting.
      Originally posted by MR EDD
      U defend him who use's racial slurs like hes drinking water.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Craizie View Post
        Man. Good way to show our elected officials not to mess with shit. $3,500 in fines?
        In all fairness I don't think state rep's are paid very much are they?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by jewozzy View Post
          In all fairness I don't think state rep's are paid very much are they?
          Googled it..

          State legislators in Texas make $600 per month, or $7,200 per year, plus a per diem of $190 for every day the Legislature is in session (also including any special sessions). That adds up to $33,800 a year for a regular session (140 days), with the total pay for a two-year term being $41,000.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Chili View Post
            Googled it..
            So roughly 9% of her pay will be in fines. That is a lot if you think about it. Obviously, she should be charged a lot more but it is what it is. The major issue is that she has 22 years worth of terms which equates to a retirement of roughly $63,250 a year that she can take starting at age 50 (not sure how old she is now.)

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Chili View Post
              Googled it..
              and a $74k annual pension. At least according to the one website I visited.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by jewozzy View Post
                So roughly 9% of her pay will be in fines. That is a lot if you think about it. Obviously, she should be charged a lot more but it is what it is. The major issue is that she has 22 years worth of terms which equates to a retirement of roughly $63,250 a year that she can take starting at age 50 (not sure how old she is now.)
                53. That fucking pension should be forfeit.

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                • #9
                  get a rope
                  WH

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                  • #10
                    Try her case in any other (other than Harris or Dallas) county, and her sorry ass would be spending a couple of years in prison. Fuck her.
                    "It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."

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