Waiving the Privilege and The Extent of Withdrawal
According to an
article in yesterday's Business Journal Daily, the Ohio Ethics
Commission, which has jurisdiction over local government ethics, is
investigating the Western Reserve Port Authority's lease of property at
the local airport near Youngstown. Two controversies have arisen from this investigation...
In March, I wrote a blog post
about a nepotism situation in Valparaiso, IN. The city's ethics
commission found that the hiring of the fire chief's son would be in
violation of the ethics code, because the chief would be directly
involved in personnel matters involving his son.
According to an
article in the Billings Gazette last week, the Montana Political
Practices Commissioner will have to step down from her position, because
her nomination by the governor was not approved by the state legislature. Her office,
which handles ethics, campaign finance, and lobbying matters, has
jurisdiction over local elected officials...
An
article
in yesterday's Stamford Advocate keeps asking the question,
Who should pay? The article is referring to attorney's fees
related to an ethics proceeding. Most ethics codes do not deal with
this issue, and therefore it often turns into a big political
controversy after the fact,
leaving a...