Cathy Cox on ethics reform
For all of the talk from our government's leaders about ethics reform, we have seen our government become less accountable and ethical
Instead of working for all Georgians, our government has become focused on helping the insiders. Under the Perdue administration, corporations have underwritten research to benefit their bottom lines. And within the last few weeks, we saw the need for change when Governor Perdue's political team forced out our state's top non-partisan ethics watchdog.
We can do better.
Today I unveiled my plan to promote government reform, accountability and responsibility. This far-reaching proposal will close the revolving door of government, put ethics law enforcement in the hands of a truly independent body, create a tough code of ethics, and reform the way state contracting is done.
You can download your own copy of the plan by visiting our web site.
Among the specifics of this plan are proposals to:
• Make the State Ethics Commission and the State Elections Board non-political and independent, with their members appointed by the judiciary rather than the governor, House and Senate leadership or political parties.
• Keep partisan politics out of county-wide offices so people are more effectively served.
• Prohibit corporations from underwriting state research that could benefit their own bottom line.
• Require Legislators and state elected officials to disclose whether their personal business, family's business or their employer has done business with the state in the past five years or is soliciting business with the state.
• Create an independent State Contracting Standards Board.
I hope that you will take a few minutes to download this plan and share your thoughts with me. I will need your support to make these changes a reality. We deserve a government that works to create opportunities for all Georgians, not just the insiders. My plan will make government more accountable to the people it serves.
Thank you again for all the help you have provided to our campaign. This is just the first of several plans that we will lay out during this campaign. But none of them can come to be without your continued involvement and support.
Sincerely,
Cathy Cox
Instead of working for all Georgians, our government has become focused on helping the insiders. Under the Perdue administration, corporations have underwritten research to benefit their bottom lines. And within the last few weeks, we saw the need for change when Governor Perdue's political team forced out our state's top non-partisan ethics watchdog.
We can do better.
Today I unveiled my plan to promote government reform, accountability and responsibility. This far-reaching proposal will close the revolving door of government, put ethics law enforcement in the hands of a truly independent body, create a tough code of ethics, and reform the way state contracting is done.
You can download your own copy of the plan by visiting our web site.
Among the specifics of this plan are proposals to:
• Make the State Ethics Commission and the State Elections Board non-political and independent, with their members appointed by the judiciary rather than the governor, House and Senate leadership or political parties.
• Keep partisan politics out of county-wide offices so people are more effectively served.
• Prohibit corporations from underwriting state research that could benefit their own bottom line.
• Require Legislators and state elected officials to disclose whether their personal business, family's business or their employer has done business with the state in the past five years or is soliciting business with the state.
• Create an independent State Contracting Standards Board.
I hope that you will take a few minutes to download this plan and share your thoughts with me. I will need your support to make these changes a reality. We deserve a government that works to create opportunities for all Georgians, not just the insiders. My plan will make government more accountable to the people it serves.
Thank you again for all the help you have provided to our campaign. This is just the first of several plans that we will lay out during this campaign. But none of them can come to be without your continued involvement and support.
Sincerely,
Cathy Cox
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