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Post by Logan on Dec 27, 2016 1:41:45 GMT -6
Lawmaker questions why pornography site can use state photos, but she can’tAn explicit website isn’t the focus of state Rep. Melanie Stambaugh’s ongoing ethics case, but she says it underscores a point she’s been trying to make all along. That is, if anyone — including the owners of a pornography site — can access and use official legislative photos online, why is she accused of 44 ethics violations for doing the same? The issue has emerged as a curious sideshow to Stambaugh’s case before the state’s Legislative Ethics Board, which held a rare hearing this month to determine whether the Puyallup Republican broke ethics rules by posting legislative photos and videos on a campaign Facebook page. Buried amid more than 30 exhibits Stambaugh submitted to the board was a screenshot of another Republican lawmaker’s official photo, plastered next to pornographic advertisements on a mysterious website. Read more here: www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article122747214.html
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