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In December 2023, the Bankruptcy & Collections Division of the Texas Attorney General’s Office issued a demand letter to Eric Dick, Trustee of the Harris County Department of Education, requesting payment of the $40,000 in outstanding fines imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission.

The letter demanded payment within 10 days:

 If payment is not received in ten (10) days from the date of this letter, or if arrangements are not made within that time to satisfy the debt, our office will consider filing suit to recover the full amount owed plus any attorney’s fees and court costs that can be recovered. This is the only letter you will receive from us relative to the unpaid fines so it should be considered a final demand. 

As of today there is no record of his payment. Dick was fined $30,000 for hiding his role in 2019 concerning a misleading mailer and another $10,000 in 2022 for hiding expenditures. He signed an agreement to accept the $10,000 fine in lieu of moving the case to a formal hearing. He has yet to pay this fine. I have searched the civil cases in Harris and Travis Counties and have not found any action against Dick.

So the party of “Law and order” is letting those who break the law off the hook. If he has made arrangements to pay his fines I will update immediately.

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