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Article: County Board panel rejects ethics code proposal
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- April 28, 2000
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County Board panel rejects ethics code proposal
By JEAN MATHESON
Special to the Journal Sentinel
Friday, April 28, 2000
Elkhorn -- The Walworth County Board doesn't need its own code of
ethics, according to members of a board committee whose members
include three county supervisors who were accused last month of
meddling in the operations of county departments.
The board's Administrative Committee voted unanimously Thursday to
recommend to the full board that it reject a proposed code of ethics
for county supervisors and rely instead on a state ethics code for
local government officials.
A county code is "unacceptable and not necessary" because of the
state ethics code, said Supervisor Odell ...