Jonetta Rose Barras: Delaying ethics, ensnaring private citizens

By Jonetta Rose Barras Examiner Columnist D.C. Council staffers this week participated in ethics training, Chairman Vincent C. Gray boasted. Yet, don’t declare this an era of superior integrity.

Gray also announced the long-awaited report on the investigation of contracting by council members wouldn’t be available until early next year. That probe started after revelations that Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry Jr. awarded a sole-source contract to a paramour. To get the issue out of the news, the council started an “independent” probe, which has been conducted by famed lawyer Robert Bennett behind closed doors. The report was due in September. Now, who knows when it’ll be released?