June
4, 2008: Ethics
panel rethinks
so-called loophole … HERE
April
8, 2008: OCG
statement on settlement
of the ethics
complaint against
Senator Frank
Ciccone... Read
about it here
January
3, 2008::
OCG reacts to Ethics
Commission
action on Ciccone... Read
about it here
January
3, 2008:: Ethics
Commission to prosecute
former
senator and union
chief Ciccone ... Read
about it here
December
20, 2007:: Former Senate
President Irons sues
RI Ethics
Commission... Read
about it here
November
21, 2007 :: OCGs 2004 complaint
against Senate
President Irons takes another
step forward ... Press
release here
November
21, 2007 :: Ethics Commission
denies Irons request... Read
about it here
November
8, 2007 :: The Operation
Clean Government annual meeting
on November 1 was a big success
... Read
about it here
October
7, 2007:: Watch Chuck Barton
on Channel 12
Newsmakers. Click HERE to
view the show online!
October
2, 2007 :: FBI investigating
Sen. Alves role in derailed
tax
legislation. Read
more from the Providence
Journal ...
October
2, 2007:: Operation Clean
Government reacts to news
of Sen. Alves
investigation. Read
our press release HERE
September
12, 2007:: Montalbano settes
OCG-initiated ethics complaint
for $12,000. See Providence
Journal article by Bruce
Landis ...
September
12, 2007:: Operation Clean
Government reaction to the
Montalbano
settlement. Read
our press release HERE ...
September
1, 2007 :: Montalbano files
appeal to block charges
initiated by OCG. See Providence
Journal article by
Bruce Landis ...
August
21, 2007: OCG's ethics
complaint against Senate
President Montalbano will
proceed to an adjudicative
hearing. See Providence
Journal article by Bruce
Landis and
Woonsocket
Call article by
Jim Baron.
Opinion:
The RI Challenge: Electing
reps
who don't routinely
follow the leader (Rod
Driver, OCG Legislative
Chair, Warwick Beacon,
7-05-07)
Letter
to the Editor: $140 an Hour
Commissioners?
(Beverly Clay, OCG Board
of Directors, Providence Journal,
6-24-07)
Opinion: R.I.
Constitution winks at corruption?
(Arthur “Chuck” Barton,
President of Operation
Clean Government, Providence
Journal, 6-20-06)
Ethics
panel sets dates for briefs
in Montalbano case
(W. Zachary Malinowski,
Providence Journal 6-20-07)
Ethics
case on hold over legal
entanglements
(Jim Baron, Pawtucket
Times, 6/20/07)
Panel’s
case against Montalbano
stalls
(Bruce Landis, Providence Journal, 6/01/07)
Rhode
Islanders will look to
Montalbano and Irons for
a good tanning this summer
(Jim Baron, The Woonsocket Call, 05/21/2007)
Irons,
Montalbano replace casino
as summer drama
(Jim Baron, Pawtucket Times, 05/21/2007)
Ciccone
disputes ethics complaint
(Bruce Landis, Providence
Journal, 5/16/07)
Senate
president wants his own ethics
trial
(Jim Baron, Pawtucket
Times, 5/16/07)
Hearing
for Montalbano moves ahead
(Bruce Landis, Providence
Journal, 5/16/07)
Complaint accuses senator
of conflict of interest
(Bruce Landis, Providence
Journal, 5/15/07)
Can
R.I. corruption finally be
crushed
(Letter to
the editor by R.B.Ziegler,
Providence Journal, 5/13/07)
Inspector
general could save R.I. plenty
(Letter to the editor By Roy
Pruett, Providence
Journal, 5/13/07)
Montalbano
seeks jury trial on ethics
charges
(Bruce
Landis, Providence Journal,
5/12/07)
Opinion:
Bad government root of
R.I. woes
(Bruce
Landis, Providence Journal, 5/11/07)
Can
R.I. Corruption be crushed?
(Russ Olivo, Woonsocket Call
5/6/07)
Panel
on Corruption looks at ‘Buddy’
(Gregory Smith, Providence
Journal, 5/6/07)
Irons
wants jury trial
(Bruce Landis, Providence
Journal, 5/2/07)
