Short excerpt from CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Attempts and Obstacles to Reform
The Ethics Commission and Statewide Prosecutorial Power
The West Virginia Ethics Commission has become a joke throughout the country. A few years ago, the Washington-based Center for Public Integrity found that after nearly five years of existence, the Commission had not cited a single legislator for any ethical infraction. The group said that this “defie[d] imagination.” The lapse in activity made the West Virginia Ethics Commission the “only such body in the nation that had not cited a legislator in the past five years.” Unless the Legislature and Governor are serious about legitimate ethics enforcement, the entire Ethics Commission should be disbanded. It is disingenuous to the people of West Virginia to continue this charade. The Governor should call a special session of the Legislature as soon as possible to deal with nothing but ethics reform. Everything should be placed on the table and openly debated. Among the changes should be . . . .To read Chapter Eighteen in its entirety, get your copy of "Don't Buy Another Vote. I Won't Pay for a Landslide." today!
