If transparency in government is not ethics, then I don't know what is.

The public has a right to know whether the government is doing what it's supposed to in cases like this, ... If the government has the power to squelch all that information under the guise of attorney-client privilege, that doesn't instill confidence. It says, 'Don't file the compliant, it can be covered up.'

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

This is being done consistent with government ethics, rules, regulations and also with what is obviously the proper way to do business,

Most of this council believes a stronger ethics code will go a long way toward promoting transparency in Marietta government.

Many of the scandals sweeping over Capitol Hill are the product of loose ethics enforcement in Congress. No one is watching because the ethics committees too often act like lap dogs rather than watchdogs.