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“The fact that they only gave money when he was doing these final rules,
that more than ever really raises flags. There’s something fishy going
on.”
Ethics panel OKs Ritter's free trip to Israel
By Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post,
July 3, 2010
An ethics panel created in the aftermath of Amendment 41 has made three rulings in recent weeks, including permitting Gov. Bill Ritter and his top staff to travel to Israel on someone else's dime.
The Independent Ethics Commission, however, rejected a request from a Colorado Department of Education employee who wanted expenses covered for a trip to Turkey. That's a change from last year when the commission approved a similar trip.
Voters in 2006 approved Amendment 41, which, in part, outlawed government employees' receiving of gifts of $50 or more. Exceptions included fact-finding trips where the expenses were paid for by nonprofit organizations that received less than 5 percent of their money from for-profit sources.
For the full story, please visit http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15432430
