KCMO City Manager Brian Platt Earns Missouri Ethics Wrist Slap

Campaign season is upon us and it seems that 12th & Oak is getting push back from competing candidates. 

This is fun but not really as important as locals might think given that "Missouri ethics" is kind of a contradiction in terms. 

Nevertheless . . .

The city manager gets left holding the bag in this online smackdown . . . Take a peek:

In an action filed Tuesday, the Missouri Ethics Commission found that the city’s official website linked to the social media pages of elected officials “which supported and/or solicited contributions for candidates for public office.”

The website is ultimately under the direction of Platt.

This is a violation because the city manager used public funds “in support of the election of candidates,” according to MEC filings.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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