To the Editor:
Congratulations to Mayor Silberberg for proposing to establish an ethical standard to which our elected officials must adhere, and for choosing now — when there are no ethical conflicts or controversies — to design and implement this standard. Who in their right mind would oppose it?
If there was ever an instance in which council members should keep quiet and let the the public they serve postulate the standard, it's now. And if there was ever a time in which council members should stand foursquare for an ethical standard, it's now. To do otherwise suggests they are looking for escape clauses or wiggle room to justify less than admirable conduct in their capacity as elected representatives
My only complaint: Our new mayor wants the public to dedicate part of their Saturday to tell in person the council members that it's wise and reasonable to promulgate a standard of ethics for elected representatives. Better would be to appeal to the citizenry to send emails to the all-Democrat city council.
No citizen should have to set aside all or part of a precious weekend day to tell the council members to support what is a patently reasonable initiative. A simple message in an email to each council member should be sufficient.
Jimm Roberts
Alexandria