Quote of the Day

<h4>"Trying to protect public officials from warrantless ethics
complaints is a fruitless task; there will always be some who make
outrageous claims about the behavior of those at city hall.<br>
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"Hiding such complaints from the public view, however, will not
make them go away. It’s better for the public to learn who is
crying wolf — along with those who have discovered a fox in the
henhouse — than to shield such things under the cloak of secrecy
and the notion of protecting reputations."</h4>
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—<a href="http://www.bainbridgereview.com/opinion/158178115.html">Editorial
in the Bainbridge Island (WA) <i>Review</i></a>, in response to a call
by a council member to make ethics board proceedings more
confidential.<br>
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