When the city’s attorney general, Irvin B. Nathan, testified earlier this week before the D.C. Council on the Comprehensive Ethics Reform Act of 2011, he was made to “swear to tell the truth, the whole truth.” That a legislature, with six of its 13 members currently or previously under investigation, including the chairman, would swear in the District’s top lawyer seemed ludicrous and suggested legislators a tad out of touch with the reality of their own tainted ethics. Nathan may have more credibility on ethics reform than the council at this moment in history.
After all, not one legislator has publicly suggested that Harry Thomas Jr. resign, following disclosure he allegedly diverted $300,000 meant for youth for his personal use. Not one legislator has chastised Michael A. Brown for his cozy relationship with key individuals in the gaming industry even as he persuaded his colleagues to approve Internet gambling in the city.
