Former Mayor and Democrat William McNamara resigned as chief of the Ethics Commission. This action was taken in response to the February 11th decision by the Democrats of the City Council to reject the Commissions unanimous recommendation to reprimand alderman Paul Catanzaro. While the commission’s Republicans and Democrats voted unanimously to reprimand Mr. Catanzaro, the Democrats used their majority on the City Council to reject the allegations.
To read more about this decision and William McNamara’s comments check out this article published in the New Britain Herald.
I’m curious…who besides William MacNamara is (was) on the Ethics Commission at the time of Catanzaro’s hearing? How many Democrats, how many Republicans?
Looks like it is a panel of five with three Republicans and two Democrats – what I find striking is that all five voted to reprimand Catanzaro.