Ethics
Today’s Kansas Government Ethics teleconference meeting dealt with two requests for waivers of civil penalties for late lobbyist reports, and two opinion requests about outside employment by state workers.
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In a case involving widespread rumors at the state capitol, politics, and an exception provided by an old law, the Kansas Ethics Commission ruled that House Speaker Mike O’Neal (R-Hutchinson) had not violated state ethics laws.
The complaint was brought by Democratic State Rep Marti Crow (D-Leavenworth) after O’Neals wife was hired by the chief of [...]
Frustrated that the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission took no action on a complaint, last August Kris Van Meteren talked to the press explaining some details in his complaint. But, Kansas law currently gags someone after filing an ethics complaint — even after the Commission fails to act — and Van Meteren was fined $7500 [...]
On Wednesday, at the monthly meeting of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission, Executive Director Carol Williams explained three changes to ethics laws in Kansas recently enacted by the Kansas legislature.
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After a secret Executive Session held by telephone conference call today, the Ethics Commission announced the complaint was being dropped against Kris Van Meteren for violation of Ethics Commission confidentiality rules. Van Meteren was fined $7500 in Feb. by the Ethics Commission.
The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission released an opinion from the Attorney General’s office about [...]
Kris Van Meteren was fined $7500 by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission in February in somewhat of an unusual case.
In March Van Meteren filed a law suit in Shawnee County District Court asking for judicial review of the case.
There was secret hour-long Executive Session during the April Ethics Commission meeting, with a member of the [...]
The Ethics Commission announced this morning a change in the location and the agenda for their monthly meeting scheduled for Wednesday. The meeting is back in the Commission’s conference room and will now only be a telephone conference call.
One big item has been dropped from the current agenda: The public hearing of complaint No. 443 [...]
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Mark Simpson was introduced as a new member of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission at its meeting last week. Simpson was appointed by Kansas House Minority Leader, Paul Davis, and replaced Carol Zimmerman on the Commission.
Simpson gave this short introduction to other members of the Commission:
“I live in Lawrence … I’m an Assistant District Attorney [...]
After a second secret executive session today, the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission announced that one of the hearings next month will involve the Kansas Speaker of the House, Mike O’Neal (R-Hutchinson).
The Ethics complaint alleges that that O’Neal violated Kansas law “by advocating or causing the transfer of employment as well as participating in an action [...]
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