The Sandwich Democratic Town Committee

An opinion piece in this morning’s Cape Cod Times, “Is Ethics Commission crying wolf,” makes for interesting reading. It seems to raise questions and concerns that Democrats have raised ever since the Commission’s ruling was announced. See the recent post by Alex Morash in the Free Press for an example: A Question of Ethics in the Ethics Commission.

In the editorial, the Times asserts:

From our point of view, it appears the Ethics Commission is taking a rather strict and narrow view of state conflict-of-interest laws. After all, the airline’s contracts with Massport have been renewed month to month and year to year since 2002. The rental rates are the same for each airline operating out of the same terminal. So if the Massport contract with Cape Air is essentially fixed and nonnegotiable, and all airlines get the same deal, where’s the conflict of interest?

Check out the editorial and join the conversation.