Monday, November 21st, 2011
Here's the situation. There is a state ethics program that applies
to local governments, and an ethics issue relating to a local law
arises. There is no local ethics commission to enforce the local
law, so what happens?
This is the situation in Cincinnati. The issue involves a charter
provision that prohibits city funds from being disbursed for the
purpose of a political campaign. This is usually an ethics matter
(misuse of city property), but since there is no ethics commission
in...