Texas Ethics Commission Fined JTFA Spokesman

Records in the Texas Ethics Commission reveal that James B. Cardle, spokesman for the controversial "Just The Facts America" entity that is attacking Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland in television commercials and on a website, was fined $500 earlier this year for failure to file a report on time.

Cardle, a conservative Republican activist who apparently heads the mysterious JTFA, was levied the fine for failure to file a semiannual report that was due on January 17, 2006 for his Texas Free Enterprise Fund.

He apparently appealed the fine, but the Ethics Commission voted 7-0 to enforce it, minutes of its May 12th meeting report.

JTFA was formed about 36 hours before the Holland attack commercials began to air. Its members, and thus the source of the $150,000-plus that's being spent in an effort to defeat Holland, are not known. It is registered in Texas as a non-profit entity.

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