Former state ethics chairman explains why some board members resigned

wafb.com 04-Jul-2008

By Caroline Moses BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - For the first time since ten ethics board members resigned, former board chairman Hank Perret comments why. Perrett also responds to Governor Jindal's take on the mass exodus. Hank Perret strongly disagrees with Governor Jindal's comments that board members resigned because of new financial disclosure laws. Perret says most board member resignations have nothing to do with the new board regulations. Right now, only one member of the ethics board is still in place. Does that concern you with enforcement? "Yes, we've seen a number of people step down because of the new requirements that have to disclose, financial disclosure was never in place before." That's what Governor Jindal told me Wednesday. However, Thursday, recently resigned ethics board chairman Hank Perret says Jindal's... [read full story]

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Gov. scrambling to replace decimated ethics board

wwltv.com 02-Jul-2008

07:47 AM CDT on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- With 10 vacancies to fill on the 11-member state Ethics Board, Governor Bobby Jindal's office is scrambling to fill the posts at a time when tougher ethics...

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Milwaukee County: Eye on board ethics

jsonline.com 03-Jul-2008

The Milwaukee County Board gets it just about right: The new ethics reform package isn’t ideal, but it’s a vast and belated improvement over the current code. From the Journal Sentinel Posted: July 2, 2008 Milwaukee County...

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J/S Editorial Board gives kudos to County Supervisor Joe Rice

badgerblogger.com 03-Jul-2008

We at BadgerBlogger have respected Supervisor Joe Rice for quite some time now. And in an editorial published this morning regarding recent reforms to the county ethics code, the J/S Editorial Board agrees: “Milwaukee County...

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