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Ethics Reform
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| Ethics and Ethics Reform must be a top
priority for Connecticut
Dear Friend, Prior to my ten years of service on the Litchfield Board of Selectman, I served as a member of our local Board of Ethics. Close to one-third of our cities and towns here in Connecticut do not have local Codes of Ethics and Ethics Commissions. My town of Litchfield, population approximately 8,500, has had a locally written and adopted Code of Ethics and a volunteer Ethics Commission for almost 15 years. It has served our community here in Litchfield very well, and is something that I support for communities throughout our state. Municipal Codes of Ethics are important because they provide a forum for all citizens to be heard on issues of concern to them regarding ethics and their elected public officials. I fully support the bill enacted into law S.B. 0001 AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF STATE ETHICS AND THE CITIZEN'S ETHICS ADVISORY BOARD. This act requires a study of the manner in which the State Ethics Commission should be reformed. We need to be sure that all of our elected officials are held to the highest ethical standards possible. Let me be clear, however, that I am in no way supporting a state-mandated Code of Ethics for every municipality. This is an issue best left to local control, allowing towns and cities to develop Codes of Ethics within our state guidelines suitable for individual use in our cities and towns. As your Secretary of the State, I would use the power of the Secretary of the State's office to help and encourage our cities and towns to develop their own Codes of Ethics, either on an individual or regional basis. As candidates and elected officials, the public has a right to expect nothing short of the highest standard of ethics from who seek to serve and hold public office. Please feel free to contact me at anytime by phone (860) 489-8997 or e-mail at: audrey@audreyblondin.com
I welcome any questions, comments or ideas you
may have regarding our campaign, or regarding any
other issues or concerns you might have.
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