The Baltimore City Council! Here is an email I just sent to my council members:
Council Members:
I am writing to strongly encourage you to pass a new ethics code that bans employment of any family members by the City Council.
The new code should not have a grandfather clause exempting current employees who are relatives of City Council members. In addition, violations of the existing code (such as employment of siblings by members Cain, Carter, and Dixon) should be swiftly punished.
The employment of family members and the efforts of this council to pass a watered-down ethics code only reinforce the popular image of the council as corrupt and ineffectual.
Isn't $48,000 a year enough for you people? You have to get your relatives a spot at the trough, too? When considering the state of the City Council, my only consolation is that there will soon be four fewer members.
Write to your members, fellow citizens! Here they are: Tony Draper
Marc
