A Council-Controlled Ethics Process Can Be a Real Battle Ground
It is difficult to emphasize too much that council control over the
ethics process is not only inappropriate and ineffective, but harmful.
The first use of a new ethics ordinance in the aptly named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Ground,_Washington" target="”_blank”">Battle
Ground, Washington</a> (pop. 18,000) provides yet another example of
the problems that may arise.<br>
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