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It’s never a dull moment over at city hall. Republicans and Democrats got into it last night over an ethics investigation concerning Council President Monroe Gray. Republicans want an investigation into Gray’s business practices, citing a business ties to a city contractor that Gray failed to disclose. Gray held a news conference shortly the meeting saying he would be willing to go along with an ethics investigation, as long as it was done with the Ethics Board and the investigation was limited to him and not his business dealings.
This is where things get interesting. The head of the Ethics Board is city attorney Kobi Wright. Wright has already said in interviews that although Gray should have disclosed his relationship, he was not under any legal obligation to do so. In addition, the Council President also has a selection on the Ethics board as well.
The best solution is to appoint an independent board to look at this. The Democrats and Republicans get one pick each and then agree on a third. This is not rocket science. This is simple. Which would probably explain why no one has been able to figure this out yet.
March 27th, 2007 at 6:33 am
When the GOP dominated the Council, they supported the Ethics Commission process. Now that they are on the outs, they want to invent some new weird headlines-entity during an election year.
The Council voted down this new oddball system, juryrigged at the last minute for partisan political purposes. Great!
March 27th, 2007 at 7:49 am
Go ahead Democrats keep shooting yourselves in the foot. It’s going to make the Republican’s job of reclaiming the council just that much easier.
March 27th, 2007 at 7:57 am
I think you and everyone involved has figure this out.
March 28th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
The Republicans are surely using this issue with Monroe Grey for headlines, but is it not true what he has done?
Kobi Wright, the head of the ethics commission stated in the Indianapolis Star that he did not see anything wrong with what Grey did.
How could the Republicans want Grey to go to an ethics commission when the commission itself has no ethics.
Maybe a better way would be a seperate committe with a Republican, Democrat, and a Libertarian.
Oh well the Republican Gay haters will never get Monroe Grey. Too much Pea Shake money inolved.
March 29th, 2007 at 2:24 am
Momroe Gray should disclose and answer every allegation made against him. If he does not. He should be willing to step down as president of the City-County Council. Mr. Gray has forgotten that in this position, he represents the entire county, and not the Democrat Party. The pressure is on for the truth to be told. If Mr. Gray does not want the public in his business, he should not run for a public office paid for by taxpayers. While he is in a leadership role, his personal affairs will become public business.