One lawmaker says top officials knew about ghost employees.
By Mike Ward
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
As some Texas House members began changing their payroll practices amid an investigation into allegations of ghost employees, others on Monday criticized House Speaker Tom Craddick and other top officials for "trying to start a bonfire" on a practice they approved.
Craddick aides denied that assertion, in the latest signal that the issue is boiling into a political fight in a House deeply split since a year ago, when Craddick opponents challenged his leadership in a public revolt that has triggered an ongoing campaign to unseat ...
