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Friday, June 24, 2016

MarylandReporter.com: A new process for taking the politics out of ethics won support from the Frederick County Council

ETHICS IN FREDERICK: A new process for taking the politics out of ethics won support from the Frederick County Council on Tuesday, but some council members had critiques.The council voted 6-1 to affirm the confirmation of Chris Glass and Ernest Heller to the Frederick County Ethics Commission, the first nominees recommended through a five-person pilot committee that Democratic County Executive Jan Gardner empowered earlier this year, with the aim of creating a more independent ethics commission. The process found some allies on the council, Danielle Gaines of the Frederick News Post reports.

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Friday, December 09, 2011

Gazette.Net - Sarah Breitenbach: Legislators look to move ethics disclosures online

Legislators look to move ethics disclosures online

Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online

Transparency, campaign finance issues will take more time, committee work

By Sarah Breitenbach, Staff Writer

Friday, December 09, 2011

http://www.gazette.net/article/20111209/NEWS/712099599/1034/legislators-look-to-move-ethics-disclosures-online&template=gazette

…Joseph M. Getty (R-Dist. 5) of Manchester, who sits on the ethics and transparency committee, said he doesn't think much will come from the committee before...

The 2012 legislative session could bring a change in public access to documents that detail the occupational and financial interests of lawmakers.

A proposal previously supported by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Dist. 27) of Chesapeake Beach, and spurred by the corruption trial of Sen. Ulysses S. Currie, could lead lawmakers to consider putting their ethical disclosure forms online in the upcoming legislative session… http://www.gazette.net/article/20111209/NEWS/712099599/1034/legislators-look-to-move-ethics-disclosures-online&template=gazette

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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Sacramento Bee Editorial: House's integrity hinges on ethics

Editorial: House's integrity hinges on ethics

One of the sad truths of our democracy is that in some congressional districts, incumbents are so entrenched that they can get away with almost anything. -Read More

Sacramento Bee Editorial: House's integrity hinges on ethics

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Saturday, July 31, 2010

California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial

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By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 47 mins ago

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_go_co/us_waters_ethics

WASHINGTON – A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.

People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted about charges before they are made public, say the allegations could be announced next week. The House ethics committee declined Friday to make any public statement on the matter... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_go_co/us_waters_ethics

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Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Daily Caller: Another Democrat admits Obama White House offered jobs to get him out of Senate race

By Jon Ward - The Daily Caller 06/02/10

Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado, said late Wednesday that deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina said he could be given one of three high-ranking federal jobs if he gave up his candidacy.

Romanoff said he was told by Messina that two high-ranking positions at USAID and the director’s position at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency “might be available to me were I not pursuing the Senate race.”

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency director’s position would have been a post in charge of a $55 million budget and a staff of 78 people, which requires Senate confirmation.

It is now the second confirmed Senate race in which the Obama administration has tried to lure challengers to Democratic incumbents out of their races with offers or potential government jobs, flirting with ethical and possibly even legal violations that have besmirched a president who based much of his candidacy on changing the way Washington operates.

Romanoff’s bombshell comes days after White House counsel Bob Bauer confirmed last Friday that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel went through former President Bill Clinton in an attempt to move Rep. Joe Sestak out of the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary.

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