Comments for Ethics: Board subject to disclosure rule at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.theind.com Tue, 21 May 2013 06:56:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8757-ethics-board-subject-to-disclosure-rule#comment-20337 Too bad Governor Jindal doesn't have to follow his own rules... - Yahoo Wahoo Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:18:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8757-ethics-board-subject-to-disclosure-rule#comment-20324 ...or as an episode of Star Trek asked, "Who Will Watch the Watchers?" - Jason D. Faulk Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:13:03 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8757-ethics-board-subject-to-disclosure-rule#comment-20323 I wonder if Governor Jindal obtained his "gold-plated platinum standard" or whatever he is still referring to this as, from ALEC the American Legislative Exchange Council, a fake "non-partisan" education organization that has been responsible for propagating offensive legislation into law across the country at the state level via our legislators. I say offensive, because it is offensive to me to see anyone with personal prosperity marginalized out of public service in this way. It is offensive to me to see cities and public services privatized for financial gain by a narrow set of interests looking for new "growth" opportunities while using the public realm to stick regular working people and out of work people with the tab. Yes, if you are out of work, you are getting the tab too, in reduced street maintenance, policing, fire, university funding and tuition, public health and affordable universal access to health care, and a sustainable environment instead of one being pillaged and undermined for short term gain. It's not entirely accurate when they say money doesn't grow on trees. Cut the tree down, no more money, cut the whole forest ecological economy down, where will it regrow from? Take from the forest for its ability to regenerate and provide more life, it would sustain us. Just a metaphor to put all this mess into context. If I was a conspiracist, this personal financial disclosure requirement, while activating our noblest notions of undoing public corruption would instead seem all part of a well orchestrated sleeper move to push good people out of government leaving only knuckleheads, numbskulls and know-nothings behind while the puppetmasters do their dirty work. This is not a good direction we are going in. Check out the recent LCG minutes, another person resigned from a city-parish volunteer committee for needs of privacy of financial assets, mind you, not active dealings and contracts and personal relationships. If the public continues to have fewer and fewer outlets to civic participation, and few trade unions and other civic associations, we may yet see more sufferable alternatives pop up. We're better than this. - Jason D. Faulk Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:12:12 +0100