Ethics complaint filed against Galveston City council member

I thought elected government officials required ethics complaints to come from their cronies, thereby eliminating the mechanism to file ethics complaints.  Who knew.

Following what some city officials called “unprofessional” behavior from council member Chris Gonzales in February, an ethics complaint has been filed against the District 4 councilman for violation of the city charter.

Linda Gonzales-Rains, a Galveston resident, submitted the complaint March 22, according to a city affidavit. Gonzales-Rains said Gonzales violated the charter “by asking the city manager to remove the police chief from his position, directly contacting the police chief to retire or resign and doing so publicly through a city email account and to the local newspaper.”