Complaint Opinion 05-03
Date
04/09/2005
Number
05-03
Topic
Failure to respond to constituent - constitutional duty
Respondent
Rep. Tami Green
Question/Complaint
Complaint asserts that legislators have a constitutional duty to respond to constituents and by failing to do so they fail to represent their constituents.
Summary
RCW 42.52.320 defines the jurisdiction of the Board and the Ethics Act does not address constitutional allegations that a legislator is unresponsive to constituents. Dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.