Texas AG Finds Tax Officials Can't Marry

AUSTIN -- When Kerr County Tax Assessor-Collector Paula Rector decided to get married, she sought permission _ not from family or friends, but from the state attorney general.

And she didn't get it.

Rector, 54, wanted to marry one of the district's tax appraisers. But the couple worried that their marital union would violate the state's nepotism law, so they brought the case before Attorney General Greg Abbott.

In an opinion released Tuesday, Abbott confirmed their fears, ruling that the couple could not marry and simultaneously retain their positions.
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Rector said she was disappointed with the ruling but would wait until her retirement to marry her fiance. She has served five terms in office and said she may not seek re-election when her current term ends in three years.

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favoritism anyway, since they're as good as married.

Yet another case where upholding the law doesn't really make any difference to the intent of the law.

If my boss is having a relationship with one of my co-workers, I'm not going to be too thrilled about it.