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U.S. Rep. Kay Granger’s financial investment in Oktoberfest, coupled with J.D. Granger’s employment contract and Shanna Granger’s permit agreement, could create a perception among the public that nepotism is influencing how decisions are made at the water district, said John Pelissero, a senior scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. 

“It undermines the public’s confidence and trust in the (water district) and the congresswoman herself more specifically,” Pelissero said. “There seems to be an effort to advance some private interest and private benefit, rather than the public’s interest and benefit here.”

John Pelissero, senior scholar, government ethics, quoted by the Fort Worth Report.