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Baltimore City Council Approves New Ethics, Disclosure Rules After ‘Healthy Holly’ Scandal
CBS Local ^ | 8/19/19

Posted on 08/20/2019 2:35:12 AM PDT by Libloather

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City Council Monday unanimously passed new legislation requiring certain public servants to disclose all outside directorships, salaried employment and other potential conflicts-of-interest in an effort to prevent situations like the “Healthy Holly” scandal from occurring in the future.

The legislation requires disclosure of all outside directorships, even if the group does not do business with the city.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimore.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baltimore; ethics; holly; pugh
The new rules come in the wake of the “Healthy Holly” scandal involving former mayor Catherine Pugh and her deals with numerous groups to sell her self-published children’s’ books.

Bribery must be really bad. Cutting edge stuff. So, when does Pugh start doing her time in the big house?

1 posted on 08/20/2019 2:35:12 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

She bought a bigger house?


2 posted on 08/20/2019 2:36:10 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: dp0622

Good one.


3 posted on 08/20/2019 2:53:47 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." Walt Whitman)
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To: dp0622

In an effort to prevent situations, another words criminal law breaking that deserves jail time


4 posted on 08/20/2019 3:12:25 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: dp0622

In an effort to prevent situations, another words criminal law breaking that deserves jail time


5 posted on 08/20/2019 3:12:25 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: ronnie raygun

Are you using voice-to-text technology? That would explain “another words,” which I assume was intended as “in other words.”


6 posted on 08/20/2019 4:37:05 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." Walt Whitman)
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To: ronnie raygun

Yeah I wished they’d just say it and be honest :)


7 posted on 08/20/2019 4:56:09 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: ronnie raygun

If we got caught robbing a store I doubt the cops would tell us, after they beat us for 10 minutes with their batons :), that it was an “issue”.


8 posted on 08/20/2019 4:57:18 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Tax-chick

Every now and again i get lucky :)


9 posted on 08/20/2019 4:57:43 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Libloather

That’s nice. Now can they see to the streets being maintained and do something about crime!?


10 posted on 08/20/2019 5:45:03 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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