Barras: D.C. Council ethics is all illusion -- Part 2

The Board of Ethics and Government Accountability should be commended for its decision to investigate whether Jim Graham violated the city’s Code of Conduct when he “bartered” his vote on a 2008 D.C. Lottery contract for changes to a Metro development project. But the three-member panel, headed by Robert Spagnoletti, can’t stop there. There are other issues that compel examination, including the role played by the legislature’s general counsel.