MontCo Commissioners Herald 'New Era'
New policies governing bids for county business, employee ethics introduced as new administration marks 100 days in office.
The current Montgomery County Board of Commissioners marked its first 100 days in office Thursday morning with a special meeting that introduced new county ethics and procurement policies intended to increase transparency and eliminate patronage and corruption from county government. Board chairman Josh Shapiro said Thursday marked the beginning of a "new era" for Montgomery County. Reading from a prepared statement, Shapiro said the new procurement policy will "ensure a level playing field and a good value for the taxpayers" while the "totally revamped" ethics policy will "value integrity and not one's political agenda." New procurement policy favors local businesses, punishes misconduct The new procurement policy replaces a policy passed…
John Sailor
12:43 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012
Castor is involved in a quid pro quo with former mobsters that he made a sweetheart deal with years ago, only fining them, and then later when the feds caught the mobsters doing the same thing and hiding money in pipes underground on their property, he now defends them in court. Too bad the other republican was a teaparty person, or would have voted for her instead of withholding my votes. more ›