LaFortune violates City/State Ethics Laws

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As reported by the TW:
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Mayor Bill LaFortune unintentionally violated city and state ethics laws by signing a contract between the city and Metro Tulsa Chamber of Commerce while being a member of the chamber's board of directors, the city auditor has found.

In December, City Councilor Jim Mautino filed an ethics complaint against LaFortune that questioned whether the mayor had an organizational interest in the chamber, which would create a city ethics violation if the mayor entered the city into a contract with the chamber.

The City Council approved the ethics ordinance and the mayor signed it June 30, despite claims that the rush to get it in place might be setting up unforeseen consequences that could be avoided with a longer review of the ordinance.

"We all agreed that if unintended consequences occurred, we'd all work together to address them. This is precisely the type of unintended consequences that nobody could have foreseen that is not an ethics violation as people understand as an ethics violation," LaFortune said.
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Although the city ordinance was new, state ethics laws were already in place.

LaFortune signed it and still snubbed his nose to the ordinance. They City Officials continue to pick and choose the ordinances they will and will not enforce.


LaFortune says it's politically motivated.