Ponton fined by state ethics commission

ALPINE, AUSTIN – Alpine attorney and runoff candidate for 83^rd state judicial district attorney Rod Ponton has been fined by the Texas Ethics Commission for filing two different campaign finance reports beyond the filing deadline.

Ponton was a day late in filing his “30 days before election finance report.” He was assessed a $500  fine by the regulatory agency.

He also was late in filing his 8-day-Pre-Election Report.

That carries an initial penalty of $500 for the first day late plus $100 every subsequent day the report is not turned in.

Ponton said this week that it was a simple matter of turning in the paper work late.

“It’s just one of those things where there’s just so much to keep up with,” he said. “It’s nothing sinister. I was late and I confess. What can I say, I was late.”