Posted by Phil Lee (216.250.238.31) on September 28, 2000 at 22:55:
21 LAWMAKERS CITED BY ETHICS PANEL
SIX WEEKS AFTER FILING DEADLINE, FINANCIAL-DISCLOSURE FORMS STILL NOT RECEIVED
Friday, June 16, 2000
Section: METROPOLITAN MARYLAND, Page: C1
Margie Hyslop, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Twenty-one Maryland General Assembly lawmakers had not delivered their financial-disclosure reports to the State Ethics Commission as of yesterday , more than six weeks after the deadline, The Washington Times has learned.
The 21 legislators - 20 Democrats and one Republican - have failed to provide reports despite receiving letters May 16 from the Ethics Commission's staff reminding them of their obligation.
The lawmakers' delinquency comes in the wake of intense debate over ethics and public disclosure in recent Assembly sessions and related court cases, including one that began last week in Baltimore.
At least 29 legislators, or more than 15 percent of the 188-member General Assembly, had not submitted their financial-disclosure forms by the April 30 deadline.
And "some are not new to being late," said John E. O'Donnell, executive director of the Ethics Commission.
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Another - state Sen. Ulysses Currie, Prince George's County Democrat and chairman of the county's Senate delegation - said he put his disclosure report in the mail Tuesday, calling his tardiness "an oversight."
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