No Strings Attached?
by Greg Dale
Has anyone ever offered you a gift or favor because you're a planning commissioner? asks Greg Dale.
From PCJ #25, Winter 1997
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How do you handle gifts or other offers of value that are made to you in your capacity as planning commissioner?
Consider this scenario. You are invited to attend a local
sporting event by a developer who has a development approval
pending before the planning commission. The offer involves
dinner in the private box of the developer. What is your
response? Does your response change if the invitation comes from
a local developer who does not have an item pending before the
commission? Does it change it if the entire commission is
invited?
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