In The County Where I Live Our Commissioners Are In The Process Of Inventing Ethics. It Has Not Been An Easy Task.

In my local newspaper I was just read where our County Commissioners are about to take under consideration A New Ethics Policy.

They are to be commended … Or are they?

Here is the rub. They have been involved in coming up with this Ethics Policy for a year.

My question for them is, What Took You Guys So Long? Ethics is obvious … Or it used to be.

The newspaper article reported…

The resolution proposed to change the ordinance said the intent is “to strengthen the public’s integrity of county government”.

I don’t want to be picky but I don’t think the above is even good English! Have they been working for a year to improve the public’s ethics?

I feel a rush of Foolishness overtaking me. What if this bunch of Ethics Seekers were assigned the task of putting together step by step instructions directing their constituents about How to Properly Put On A V-Neck Tee Shirt? Would the final product look something like this?…

• Hold the yet-to-be-put-on tee shirt upside down with the V facing towards your unshirted body.
• Insert arms and pull shirt over your head and down your body.
• After you are shirted, make sure that the V is on the same side of your body as is your navel with the V pointing downward towards your navel.

One final thought and possible justification for their year long ethics deliberation. One of our commissioners has been accused of taking a $1,000,000 bribe. Maybe they were trying to determine how close they could get to $1,000,000 and still be considered “ethical”.

Would I kid u?

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Update October 26th…

Yesterday I was complaining about the Ethics Board taking so long to invent Ethics. Today this Herculean Effort got even longer. The headline in today's newspaper reads as follows, "Board delays vote on new ethics law”.

Would I kid u?

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Update November 16th…

I am so relieved! They have done the deed! We now know right from wrong … Or do we?

Here is a  quote from today’s newspaper, "changes adopted during the last month were mostly clarifications and housekeeping, though a few tweaks were included”. 

I’m sure glad they threw a few “tweaks” in there. Tweaks are famous for getting to the heart of the matter. Tweaks are hard hitting for sure. Tweaks are a part of the fabric of America.

Best of all, Tweaks are written by Twits. If you can’t trust a Twit, who can you trust?

Would I kid u?

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