Town of Mount Hope to Form New Ethics Board

Published on March 12, 2024

The Mount Hope town board unanimously passed a new ethics law on March 4, authorizing an ethics board to hear citizen complaints and render advisory opinions. Updating the decades-old ethics law was a key campaign promise of the new town supervisor, Paul Rickard. In the coming weeks, Mr. Rickard will consider candidates for the five-member board and submit a list to the town board for final approval. The only hard rule is that members must reside in the Town of Mount Hope, cannot hold office in any political party or political action committee, and cannot be employed as lobbyists. “What I am looking for in candidates is that they are sincerely committed to an ethical and transparent government and have the town’s best interest at heart,” he told The Epoch Times on March 12....

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