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Final Approval Expected For Casino Ethics Ordinance

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published March 1, 2015 at 12:30 PM EST
Springfield City Council President Michael Fenton who sponsored the casino ethics ordinance. Fenton originally proposed a five-year cooling off period for elected officials, but the full council endorsed an amendment changing it to three years.
Springfield City Council President Michael Fenton who sponsored the casino ethics ordinance. Fenton originally proposed a five-year cooling off period for elected officials, but the full council endorsed an amendment changing it to three years.
Springfield City Council President Michael Fenton who sponsored the casino ethics ordinance. Fenton originally proposed a five-year cooling off period for elected officials, but the full council endorsed an amendment changing it to three years.
Springfield City Council President Michael Fenton who sponsored the casino ethics ordinance. Fenton originally proposed a five-year cooling off period for elected officials, but the full council endorsed an amendment changing it to three years.

The city council in Springfield, Massachusetts is expected to give final approval Monday to an ordinance restricting public officials from obtaining casino jobs.

The casino ethics ordinance has received two affirmative votes by the city council has part of a required three-step process.  The ordinance prohibits the mayor and city councilors from taking a casino job for three years after they leave public office.  Certain appointed municipal officials would face a two-year ban.  City Council President Mike Fenton said the ordinance he sponsored is intended to bolster public trust in the municipal decision making surrounding MGM’s Springfield casino project.

" Springfield has led the state and the region in casino development for the last two years and now we will lead when it comes to casino ethics," said Fenton.

The ordinance does not specify any penalties for a violation.

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Paul Tuthill
Paul Tuthill is WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief. He’s been covering news, everything from politics and government corruption to natural disasters and the arts, in western Massachusetts since 2007. Before joining WAMC, Paul was a reporter and anchor at WRKO in Boston. He was news director for more than a decade at WTAG in Worcester. Paul has won more than two dozen Associated Press Broadcast Awards. He won an Edward R. Murrow award for reporting on veterans’ healthcare for WAMC in 2011. Born and raised in western New York, Paul did his first radio reporting while he was a student at the University of Rochester.
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