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2008-04-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-

New Ethics Law Causes 150 Government Resignations

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-22 09:54|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Problem: Too many public officials resigning because of potential ethics violations.
(Democratic)Solution: Change the rules to redefine "ethics violations".
Disclaimer: actually, the story says they resigned rather than reveal personal information, so it may not be that they resigned because of ethics violations. It is possible that they just didn't want to reveal personal information.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-04-22 11:19|| 2008-04-22 11:19|| Front Page Top

#2 You mean like the blood relations or marriage relations they've hired or directed contracts to? Blood can be very personal.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-22 11:47|| 2008-04-22 11:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Probably similar to why contracting-specialists are leaving the government. The threat of legal liability should you be defined as having 'screwed up' just isn't worth it.

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-22 22:18|| 2008-04-22 22:18|| Front Page Top

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