PRESS RELEASE

 For immediate release
Contact:  Thuy Nguyen (802-828-2148)
April 16, 1999

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Task Force on Ethics

The Office of the Secretary of State will be holding a meeting of the Task Force on Ethics on Tuesday, April 27, 1999 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM at the Secretary of State’s Office in Redstone Building, 128 State Street, Montpelier. The Task Force on Ethics will be meeting to develop and consider conflict of interest guidelines for local officials and possible legislation to enable communities to prevent ethical problems in their towns. The task force members are

Paul Gillies, Esquire, Berlin, Chair
David Grayck, Deputy Secretary of State
Toby Young, Common Cause, Putney
Bridget Collier, VLCT, Greensboro
Colleen Haag, Shelburne Town Clerk
Charles Safford, Village Manager, Essex Junction
Ed Daniels, Former Village Trustee, Swanton
Tom Durkin, Esquire, Brattleboro
Margaret Hummel, Selectboard/Legislator, Underhill
Ted Kramer, Esquire, Brattleboro
Ann Cookson, City Manager, Winooski
Heather Blair, Citizen, Wells River
Don Milne, Selectboard, Washington
Douglas Graham, Planning Commission, Goshen

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