Texas Ethics Commission data Release v1.4 Source snapshot September 17, 2026 Latest eligible reported transaction September 15, 2026

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Canonical Vendor

THE BAYTOWN SUN

Resolved vendor identity assembled from reviewed Texas Ethics Commission payee records.

Canonical vendor · Vendor ID 316187 · Resolution: Indexed Canonical Identity

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Total Payments

$12,661.38

Client Filers

Payments

Activity Range

04/05/2005–10/31/2023

Largest Payment

$3,103.00

Graph: 10 connected filers · 14 payments · $12,661.38 represented

Canonical vendor assembled from reviewed Texas Ethics Commission reported payee identities. Source records remain unchanged.

Reported Names

Payee names preserved from the reported/curated source layer and resolved to this canonical vendor.

The Baytown Sun

Top Client Filers

Canonical client relationships from vendor_clients_canonical.

#	Filer	Paid	Payments	Last Payment
1	GC Bond 23	$4,203.00	2	10/31/2023
2	Friends of Goose Creek Schools 2018 Bond	$3,798.73	2	05/04/2018
3	Citizens for a Better Baytown	$1,099.48	2	04/25/2011
4	PEACOCK, JIM (Mr.)	$1,064.50	1	03/31/2010
5	Baytown Fire Fighters Political Action Committee	$801.02	2	10/18/2007
6	Baytown Municipal Police Association Political Action Committee	$733.00	1	10/28/2015
7	Baker, Richard (Mr.)	$593.25	1	04/10/2012
8	Whitmire, John	$161.40	1	04/05/2005
9	Smith, Richard Wayne	$123.00	1	10/03/2005
10	Cain, Briscoe R. (The Honorable)	$84.00	1	03/06/2020

Shared Client Network

Other canonical vendors paid by the same filer clients. Ranked by shared-client count. This is a structural overlap measure, not evidence of affiliation or coordination.

Vendor	Shared Clients	Focal Coverage	Peer Clients	Network Overlap
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE Vendor ID 338453	5	50.0%	1,445	0.3%
Baytown Chamber of Commerce Vendor ID 29469	4	40.0%	17	17.4%
BAYTOWN SUN Vendor ID 29509	4	40.0%	22	14.3%
TEXACO Vendor ID 308023	4	40.0%	329	1.2%
STARBUCKS Vendor ID 294631	4	40.0%	690	0.6%
BEST BUY Vendor ID 32133	4	40.0%	1,101	0.4%
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Vendor ID 289694	4	40.0%	1,077	0.4%
TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION Vendor ID 311217	4	40.0%	1,368	0.3%
FACEBOOK Vendor ID 109240	4	40.0%	1,638	0.2%
USPS Vendor ID 340732	4	40.0%	1,958	0.2%
OFFICE DEPOT Vendor ID 230284	4	40.0%	3,017	0.1%
EL TORO Vendor ID 102147	3	30.0%	16	13.0%

Method: Focal Coverage = shared clients ÷ this vendor's client count. Network Overlap = Jaccard similarity: shared clients ÷ union of both client sets.

Recent Reported Payments

Date	Client Filer	Amount	Description
10/31/2023	GC Bond 23	$3,103.00	Full Page and Half Page Ads in the Local Paper
10/24/2023	GC Bond 23	$1,100.00	Half page ad in local newspaper
03/06/2020	Cain, Briscoe R. (The Honorable)	$84.00	Ad
05/04/2018	Friends of Goose Creek Schools 2018 Bond	$1,950.98	Political Advertising
04/13/2018	Friends of Goose Creek Schools 2018 Bond	$1,847.75	Newspaper Advertising
10/28/2015	Baytown Municipal Police Association Political Action Committee	$733.00	Advertising in support of CCPD Prop 1.
04/10/2012	Baker, Richard (Mr.)	$593.25	adv.
04/25/2011	Citizens For A Better Baytown	$300.00	Political Advertisement
10/22/2010	Citizens for a Better Baytown	$799.48	Vote Against Prop #1-Keep Red LIght Cameras
03/31/2010	PEACOCK, JIM (Mr.)	$1,064.50	POLITICAL AD IN THE BAYTOWN SUN
10/18/2007	Baytown Fire Fighters Political Action Committee	$640.64	Advertisements in support of BaytownProp 2.
04/24/2006	Baytown Fire Fighters Political Action Committee	$160.38	Three ads in support of establishing a fire district funded by a 1/8 cent sales tax increase.
10/03/2005	Smith, Richard Wayne	$123.00	Newspaper Subscription
04/05/2005	Whitmire, John	$161.40	subscription

Evidence basis: A canonical vendor identity was resolved using the curated vendor layer. Raw reported-payee statistics remain separate from canonical vendor statistics so the source record and analytical identity are distinguishable.