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Quote of the Day

<h2>"The worst thing you can do is read the [ethics] law like a lawyer and
look for loopholes."<br></h2>
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—Richard H. A. Washburn, training manager with the New York State <a href="http://www.nyintegrity.org/&quot; target="”_blank”">Commission
on Public Integrity</a> in a training session with St. Lawrence
County's new ethics board and other officials, according to <a href="http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20100828/NEWS05/308289960&qu…; target="”_blank”">an
article in this week's Watertown <i>Daily Times</i></a>.<br>
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Washburn also told the reporter, "I tried to instill to them that it's
to their benefit to have someone objective to ask and get an honest
answer."