[Vision2020] A Local Ordinance Perhaps?

[bear at moscow.com]

Perhaps in the interest of Open Government, Moscow should take the lead in
Idaho and pass a Public Disclosure Law. And perhaps a residency
requirement for top administrators. After all, shouldn't the advocates of
tax costing measures be subject to those same taxes?



BOISE (AP) — Idaho is last again.

The state's financial disclosure laws for lawmakers got zero points from a
national group that ranks legislatures' accountability to voters.
Idaho, Vermont and Michigan tied for the worst position on the Washington,
D.C.-based Center for Public Integrity's annual survey of disclosure laws.
Senators had tried to remedy the situation, passing a measure in the 2009
Legislature to require elected officials and candidates to publicly
disclose some details about their and their spouse's business interests.
But House Speaker Lawerence Denney was miffed at not being more actively
included in the drafting of the bill and held it at his desk without a
House vote.
Louisiana and Washington state ranked highest on the list, which the
Center for Public Integrity has compiled for a decade; in all, 20 states
flunked.