Councilman Johnson Responds to Recent Ethics Reprimand

Wausau Ethics Board wants more answers from city staff

Every once in a while I have a number of items start adding up that don’t quite fit into the Weekly Wausonian but aren’t quite significant enough for a full story on their own. I try to wrap some of them in a theme and deliver them to you this way. The Ethics Board met again Thursday evening ahead of the hearing it plans to hold later this month. The topic: The incomplete responses from the city attorney and city clerk. And the board would like …

Councilman Johnson Responds to Recent Ethics Reprimand

Wichita City Council member Brandon Johnson has responded to a  finding he violated the City’s ethics ordinance during his altercation with KS Rep. Ford Carr at a Topeka bar earlier this year.  The Wichita Ethics Board heard a complaint filed by Brad Couch, a Wichita police officer,alleging Johnson violated four standards of the city’s ethics code of conduct.  After a hearing that included testimony from several witnesses and a statement by John…