Ethics Commission Looks At State Treasurer
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A second complaint against state Treasurer
Gus Wingfield filed with the state Ethics Commission questions
whether he broke the law in hiring, promoting and raising the pay
of two daughters.
Also questioned in the complaint filed by a Maumelle woman were
the reassignment and later dismissal of a woman who once held a
post in Wingfield`s office now occupied by one of his daughters.
A letter dated Tuesday by Ethics Commission director Graham
Sloan said the agency would investigate whether Wingfield violated
two state laws with his actions. One law at issue bars hiring
anybody to a state job in return for election assistance, and the
other bars a public official from using the office to secure
special privileges for a child.
The complaint was filed by Kimberly Barnett of Maumelle. In
November, Karen Aymond of Fordyce filed a complaint with the
commission claiming that Wingfield`s decision to raise the pay of
one of his daughters by 30 percent was unethical.
