Sounds like the Ethics Commission once again issues faulty advice. Aburd!

Posted by Another Erroneous Item | reply to this comment
June 10, 2008 1:52 pm

Just goes to show the waste that is the Ethics Commission budget. Someone else did what the research a staff of six couldn't. Didn't know the City Council's role??? Wasn't aware of State Law??? Just because someone didn't ask about 1090 means they think everything is OK. So, just because someone else doesn't research the entirety of the law which applies, the Ethics staff just makes an opinion based on what they know - which was "not much". sheesh.

Posted by Tom S. | reply to this comment
June 10, 2008 1:53 pm

What on earth qualifies Toni Atkins to be the CEO of the Housing Commission??? Or anything else for that matter?? She was on the City Council, and she was a poor elected official while she was there. What would make her think she is qualified to lead any private company or public agency?????????????? Ditto Scott Peters and Brian M. (cant spell his last name).

Posted by Billy Bob Henry | reply to this comment
June 10, 2008 2:59 pm

1) Maybe the Ethics Commission could talk to ethicist JoAnn SawyerKnoll over at the Mayor's office when it needs help. 2) Does this mean Toni Atkins will have to go to Sempra for a job? Or is the job of privatizing and running Balboa Park still open? Maybe she could do press relations for Blackwater, now seeking to establish itself as a private trainer of military personnel right on the Mexican border at Otay Mesa. 3) BBH: it's spelled Maienschein and I'm with you on both Brian and Scott Peters. Adios.

Posted by Fed Up | reply to this comment
June 10, 2008 9:00 pm

Has the Ethics Commission done ANYTHING right? So far it has ignored blatant conflicts of interest, lies, and deceptions...and when it is asked a very simple and obvious ethics question it cannot figure out the obvious answer? How much are we paying for this?

Posted by Fred Williams | reply to this comment
June 11, 2008 5:44 am

WE are paying $1,009,463 for the Ethics Commission in FY 2009 link and WE are paying $2,108,323 for the Office of Ethics and Integrity - including a $20,000 raise (adjustment?) for the Assistant Deputy Chief link Which is odd don't you think since Mayor Sanders is on record saying there would be no pay increases for non-public safety staff.

Posted by This is how much we are paying | reply to this comment
June 11, 2008 7:35 am

WE are paying $1,009,463 for the Ethics Commission in FY 2009 link and WE are paying $2,108,323 for the Office of Ethics and Integrity - including a $20,000 raise (adjustment?) for the Assistant Deputy Chief link Which is odd don't you think since Mayor Sanders is on record saying there would be no pay increases for non-public safety staff.

Posted by This is how much we are paying | reply to this comment
June 11, 2008 7:35 am

Regretfully, SawyerKnoll would get things more wrong than the Ethics Commission. Not a lit bulb in that head organ of hers. Yet she's still there after all these years. Yeah, Sanders' raises comment was a lie (are those paying attention really surprised?) So.. over $3 million and clearly faulty advisers are hired. But he wants to cut parks and libraries.

Posted by Tom S. | reply to this comment
June 11, 2008 10:14 am

Thanks for the link to the Ethics and Integrity stuff. Looks like Ethics and Integrity is a bargain-- $570k goes to Ethics, compared with the more than $1M for the Ethics Commission.

Posted by Money's Worth | reply to this comment
June 11, 2008 10:39 am

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