Filed by attorney Martin Phipps, the complaint alleges Whyte abused his office by asking SAPD and BCSO to send officers to Phipps' home.
The City of San Antonio’s Ethics Review Board voted to hold a hearing on Aug. 14 to further investigate a complaint made against Councilman Marc Whyte by San Antonio attorney and former bar owner Martin Phipps.Filed by Phipps in early May, the complaint accused Whyte of abusing using his office and access to law enforcement when he asked both San Antonio Police Chief William McManus and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar to send officers to Phipps’ home to check on his children in April.
“I received those texts showing the girl saying she wasn’t safe, was hurt and scared,” Whyte told the San Antonio Report on Wednesday via text message. “So I took the quickest action I knew how to find out what was going on and make sure she was ok.” This appears to be the second time Whyte sought to connect with McManus directly over an issue. In December, after Whyte had been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, he asked to speak with McManus, the arresting officer saidPhipps’ complaint charges that Whyte violated several provisions of the ethics code, including conflicts of interest and improper influence.
When an ethics complaint is filed against a city council member, the city hires an outside lawyer to review the complaint to determine whether it might constitute a violation of the city’s ethics code and warrant further review.The City Attorney’s Office said Wednesday in a statement that the Ethics Review Board’s decision to hold a hearing “does not mean the ERB has made any determination on the merits” of the complaint, and the board won’t issue a ruling until after the hearing.
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