Report a Comment

@ freely:Their income and the way they spend their own money is completely relevant to the policies they present.

No. It is not. You continue to list financial missteps of CMs, which are very relevant. But I would not know how someone being sued by a credit card company shows up on your tax forms. Barry doesn't even file tax forms. What point is there then asking for them?

@ SJE: If not all the minutiae, we should know
(a) any history of financial or legal problems
(b) assets
(c)investments they have and how much they make from them, and so whether there is some conflict of interest.

(a) is relevant, but you don't need tax forms. Credit reports would be more relevant. (b) & (c) are only relevant for conflict of interest issues. Personally, I would not want those published, but recorded by a external legal person/institution whose job it is to prevent conflicts of interest. Make it so that they have a financial interest in finding conflicts of interest. They can publish data if the CM protests the supposed conflict of interest.

by Jasper on Jun 14, 2011 3:27 pm • link • report

Does this comment violate Greater Greater Washington's comment policy? If so, you can report it using this form and an editor will take a look.

What is the major reason you believe the comment violates the policy?
Comment is spam.
Comment attacks other individuals personally.
Comment criticizes the level of knowledge of another commenter or contributor.
Comment discourages others from posting their ideas.
Commenter is impersonating someone else.
Comment uses profanity or abusive language.
Comment advocates violent acts or harm to another.
Comment was posted in multiple areas of the site.
Comment is arguing about the comment policy.
Other:

Your name:
Your email:

Administrator page • spam