“Official actions have an imprimatur that makes them seem weightier,” she said, and comments disguised as or mistaken for official action likely will be given more weight than they’re due.
Conflicts of interest
A Feb. 10 motion by Grange Solar’s developer says township and village trustees have conflicts of interest where they or their family members own property next to a project. Support for the developer’s argument comes from a January advisory opinion from the Ohio Ethics Commission, which found that a Knox County commissioner, Drenda Keesee, is prohibited from “from voting, discussing, deliberating, recommending, formally or informally lobbying, or taking any other action” in her official capacity on the Frasier Solar case.
According to the motion in the Grange Solar case, that problem applies to people…
