City attorney David Fiddle-Faddle proposing some interesting changes to the ethics board procedures

l3wis

12 years ago

I found some of his proposals to be very interesting, especially in this section;

FIRST PARAGRAPH: What confidentiality rules? A private citizen is protected by the US Constitution and the 1st Amendment. They don’t have to keep ANYTHING confidential. If I file a complaint against an elected official for a certain reason, I can tell anyone I want to about the complaint. City charter and ordinance does not trump the US Constitution. Sorry Fiddle-Faddle, you are not fooling anyone with this proposal.

SECOND PARAGRAPH: The word frivolous means all kinds of things to all kinds of people, as defined in the dictionary;

1.Â characterizedÂ byÂ lackÂ ofÂ seriousnessÂ orÂ sense:Â frivolousconduct.

2.Â self-indulgentlyÂ carefree;Â unconcernedÂ aboutÂ orÂ lackingÂ anyseriousÂ purpose.

3.Â (ofÂ aÂ person)Â givenÂ toÂ triflingÂ orÂ undueÂ levity:Â aÂ frivolous,empty-headedÂ person.

4.Â ofÂ littleÂ orÂ noÂ weight,Â worth,Â orÂ importance;Â notÂ worthyÂ of seriousÂ notice:Â aÂ frivolousÂ suggestion.

What may be important to you, may not be important to me. This proposal is just an out for the ethics board to throw out complaints they don’t want to deal with. I can see why Fiddle-Faddle was unemployed when he came crawling to the city for a job.

ENTIRE PROPOSED CHANGES;Â ethicchanges