Our program on the 24th was a talk by Dr. Richard Painter.
He is a law professor at the U of M, and has been in Washington as a member of ethics committees.
He started out by saying that “ethics in government” is an oxymoron. He cited some of his experiences as ethics advisor to the president, and went on to say that ex- senators and representatives should not be allowed to become lobbyists after their terms of office.
Most of the group stayed until 1:30 to hear his answers to questions from the group.