Ethics rules for Seattle Council could change under new proposal

Ethics rules for Seattle Council could change under new proposal

It’s hard to convince the public that you’re changing city ethics rules for the right reasons.   Certainly the more than 50 people who testified with concern and scorn for the proposal during two City Council meetings and a Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission meeting this week were not convinced.  Councilmember Cathy Moore introduced legislation Thursday to modify Seattle’s ethics rules to allow Councilmembers to disclose conflicts of intere…

Council Faces Constituents Opposed to Weakening Ethics Rules

By Erica C. Barnett Over the past few weeks, the Seattle City Council has fast-tracked legislation that would allow…