False Presentation of an Ethics Ordinance - In Jackson County, MO, Of Course

Every time I check up on Jackson County, MO, I find something more that's shameful, if that word can be used anymore. This time a blog sent me to a You Tube video of the county legislature passing the new ethics ordinance, which I discussed in a blog entry earlier this week. Eight minutes of parliamentary procedure and slapping each other on the back amounts to one simple fact:  the change in the law removing its application to members of the county legislature as well as to county lawyers is not only ignored, but is baldly misrepresented.

The acting chair of the legislature (the chair was not present) as well as what appears to be a county attorney both say that the ethics ordinance applies to all employees and elected officials, including the legislature. Although many people in that room must have known that these men were lying, not one said a word. Except in praise of themselves.