Pearce Ethics Complain Dismissed

Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Coeur d’Alene, moved to dismiss the ethics charges against Senate Resources Chairman Monty Pearce. “In terms of public perception, he would’ve been well-served to disclose in committee,” Hammond said. “That would have helped the situation. But what I don’t want to do is get us in a situation where when we pass a budget for education, I’ve got to disclose because my children or my grandchildren go to school in the state of Idaho. Or when we pass the higher education budget, I’ve got to disclose because my wife is an employee of Lewis-Clark State college. There is a huge disconnect, and that’s a huge class of people who benefit from that budget. Do we need to disclose for every one of those? I don’t think so”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here.

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