Meredith Mechling’s rant regarding Monroe’s Ethics Board is so fraught with errors that I am surprised The Herald published it (“Ethics Board plays a vital role,” Tuesday).
There was no effort to change the ethics rules. The only suggestion was to replace the highly politicized Ethics Board with a fair and impartial judge.
The current board has at least one member who is aggressively seeking to unseat officials he and the mayor do not like. The fact that Mayor Donnetta Walser abused her power and placed a political assassin on the board is what gave rise to concerns that the Ethics Board might be used for nefarious political purposes.
If Mrs. Mechling will explain how it is a bad idea to eliminate politics from an issue as important as ethics in government, I’m listening.
Chad Minnick
Monroe City Council member
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