Insight: On Ethics, Things Have Changed, Dilligence Needed to Keep it That Way

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Amy Jeffries ,

Robert Travis Scott

Published March 21, 2014 at 6:03 AM CDT

This week the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana put out a commentary on state ethics policies.

PAR President Robert Travis Scott says tweaks are needed to require officials to disclose their reasons when they recuse themselves from a debate or vote. And he says the state needs to be careful not to create an environment ripe for corruption by allowing even modest gifts worth up to $25, as is being considered by the legislature this session.

The discussion comes in light of former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who was convicted of racketeering, announcing a Congressional run and Gov. Bobby Jindal touting his record on ethics reform.

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Amy Jeffries

Amy started her career in public radio at WNPR in Hartford, CT more than a decade ago. NPR flew her in to Baton Rouge to help WRKF cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while she was still based in the North. Here she found her journalistic calling.

Robert Travis Scott

Insight: On Ethics, Things Have Changed, Dilligence Needed to Keep it That Way

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