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"Who has oversight over the Ethics Commission?...I'm struggling with this...it almost feels like the Ethics Commission has an assumption of guilt, and sometimes we take these things too far."~ Shanon Materio, West Palm Beach City Commissioner
The West Palm Beach and County Commissions are used to the "free lunch" just like all city/county commissions across the country. So, nothing new here. But their travel and fun stuff included their spouses or "significant other" with the City and/or County picking up the tab. Even the Mayor of West Palm Beach, Jeri Muoio questioned whether the Ethics Commission understood the "nitty gritty" effect it could have on people by the Commission coming down this hard if they can't pad the system.
The Palm Beach County Ethics Commission said, "no, no. no." Spouses and family members of County and City employees should not be able to stay in hotels on the taxpayer's dime if that hotel charges more for a double occupancy nor should they be able to receive reward credits on their personal credit cards for work-related educational and fun stuff.
Elected officials just LOVE that free lunch. If it benefits them in some way, they are all for spending taxpayer money. Some elected officials will even go so far as to stop democracy--stop the people's right to vote on how their city should look but they sure like that taxpayer paid martini.
How does this woman's mouth have room for her entire foot?The one word that Materio should avoid like the plague is "ethics". What a hypocritical fool. Maybe if Materio has any questions about government and ethics ,she should ask her father. He has had LOTS of experience with ethics issues. Both in front of and behind bars.
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