Peggy Kerns

Peggy Kerns
increasing laws mean public step toward
These laws show the public we mean business. It will probably be a step toward increasing public credibility toward the legislature.
ethical public skeptical states view
States are doing this for two reasons. They want to be ethical institutions, and they want the skeptical public to view them as ethical institutions.
bothering chose public service
It was bothering her, so she chose public service.
commission cut ethics gets happens mad states
What happens in the states too often is that when the ethics commission oversees the Legislature, and the Legislature gets mad at them, they cut their budget.