A D.C. Council committee will vote on Mayor Vincent Gray’s picks for the city’s new ethics board Tuesday.
The council’s government operations committee is expected to approve the nomination of Robert Spagnoletti to serve as the ethics panel’s chairman, Wilson Building aides said. The committee will likely also sign off on the selections of Deborah Lathen and Laura Richards to the board.
After months of delays, Gray picked the trio in June to lead the board that will investigate allegations of misconduct by city employees and craft ethics rules.
While their nominations were generally well received, Spagnoletti took mild criticism for having once served as Gray’s personal attorney and for his work with a law firm that does business with the city.
Spagnoletti, though, said he wouldn’t take part in cases involving the law firm, and noted he represented Gray in a property matter and not on an ethics issue.
The full D.C. Council is likely to consider the nominations on July 10.
