Empty ethics board irks D.C. councilwoman

D.C. Councilwoman Muriel Bowser went public Thursday with her frustration with Mayor Vincent Gray for failing to nominate an ethics board on time, facing top Gray staff members for the first time since the missed deadline.

At a Thursday committee hearing meant to hash out the mayor’s recent budget proposal, the Ward 4 Democrat instead began by pressing Gray’s chief of staff, Chris Murphy, as to why his boss has failed to comply with the legislation, which Boswer and her committee had been charged with shepherding. Gray was given 45 days once the law took effect to find three candidates for a new Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. It has been nearly a month since those nominations were due on March 14.