Complaint Opinion 96-08
- Date
- 10/29/1996
- Number
- 96-08
- Topic
- Normal and regular conduct - caucus talking points - partisan document
- Respondent
- Rep. Marlin Appelwick; Rich Nafziger
- Question/Complaint
Was it a violation of RCW 42.52.180 to use state resources to prepare and distribute early in a legislative session a partisan document to be used as caucus "talking points" attacking the legislative proposals of the other party?
- Summary
No. The purpose and use of the document was to assist the Democratic Caucus in partisan legislative debate. Citing C96-03, the Board found there was no indication that the partisan material was intended for other than legislative purposes.
- Document
- ETHICSCOM1996.08 (PDF 7.1 Kilobytes)