SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Ethics Review Board voted 3-0 to fine District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez $1,000 after finding he violated the city’s ethics code by sharing a constituent’s private email address in a Facebook post.
The penalty stems from a post McKee-Rodriguez made in May. The board found two ethics-code violations connected to the post and assessed the maximum fine of $500 for each violation.
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The fine will be paid to the city’s general fund. No payment deadline was specified.
On June 1, San Antonio resident Juan Rider Mireles II filed the sworn ethics complaint against McKee-Rodriguez, alleging he misused official city resources and violated the city’s ethics rules by publicly exposing a constituent’s private information on Facebook.
According to the complaint, a constituent posted a comment on social media that used a racial slur against McKee-Rodriguez.
McKee-Rodriguez, who is Black, then published three images on his Facebook page in response — including a screenshot of the constituent’s comment, her profile picture and a screenshot of an email from the Council District 2 office sent to her on Sept. 12, 2024.
The complaint states the email screenshot appeared to have been accessed through a Microsoft Outlook application on an iPhone and exposed the constituent’s full email address, which the complaint said McKee-Rodriguez obtained through official council channels.