On September 28, 2009, Montgomery County resident, Jim Doyle, requested land-line and cell phone bills for 2008 and portions of 2009 from Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner, Ed Rinehart.
In response to the request, Montgomery County Attorney, David Walker, asked for a ruling from the Texas Office of the Attorney General (AG).  Walker sought to withhold [...]

The file below contains the Texas Ethics Commission’s Order and Agreed Resolution for Montgomery County, Texas, Precinct 3 Commissioner, Ernest “Ed” Chance.
Commissioner Chance agreed to pay a $500 civil fine for various alleged mistakes made on campaign finance reports.
ed_chance_tec_resolution.pdf

The file below contains a Notice of Complaint from the Texas Ethics Commission to Ed Rinehart, Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner.
The complaint alleges Mr. Rinehart violated certain campaign finance statutes.  Some of the alleged infractions include failing to properly report, total political contributions, total political expenditures, outstanding loan totals and the payees of political expenditures.  [...]

The file below is the Personal Financial Statement filed by Precinct 3 Commissioner, Ed Chance.
The filing of a personal financial statement is required by law for certain public officials.
comm_chance_pfs_09.pdf

The file below contains a copy of the campaign finance reports for Ed Chance, Montgomery County Commissioner for Precinct 3.
Campaign finance reports are required by law to be submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission on a regular basis.
These reports cover 2006 through 2007.
Please also note the spreadsheet version of this data which is attached at [...]

The file below contains a copy of the campaign finance reports for Ed Rinehart, Montgomery County Commissioner for Precinct 4.
Campaign finance reports are required by law to be submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission on a regular basis.
These reports cover 2006 through 2007.
pct4_cam_finance_rinehart_2006_2007.pdf

The file below contains a copy of the campaign finance reports for Craig Doyal, Montgomery County Commissioner for Precinct 2.
Campaign finance reports are required by law to be submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission on a regular basis.
These reports cover 2006 through 2007.
pct2_cam_finance_doyal_2006_2007.pdf

The file below contains a copy of the campaign finance reports for Mike Meador, Montgomery County Commissioner for Precinct 1.
Campaign finance reports are required by law to be submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission on a regular basis.
These reports cover 2006 through 2007.
pct1_cam_finance_meador_2006_2007.pdf

The file below contains expenditures from the Road and Bridge Fund for Montgomery County Commissioner for Precinct 4, Ed Rinehart.
Precinct 4 covers the East County area.   This data covers Fiscal Year 2007.
expense_pct4_fy2007_road.pdf

The file below contains expenditures from the Road and Bridge Fund for Montgomery County Commissioner for Precinct 3, Ed Chance.
Precinct 3 covers South County/The Woodlands area.This data covers Fiscal Year 2007.
expense_pct3_fy2007_road.pdf