Longtime Oregon Lawmaker Repeatedly Broke Ethics Laws to Secure Hefty Raise, Commission Finds

Oregon ethics commission finds Rep. Greg Smith violated state ethics laws in pursuit of raise

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Longtime Oregon lawmaker repeatedly broke ethics laws to secure hefty raise, commission finds

Republican Greg Smith got his salary raised from $129,000 to $195,000 without his bosses’ authorization, an investigator concluded.

Oregon lawmaker violated government ethics laws, commission finds

State Rep. Greg Smith failed to disclose conflict of interests and violated the prohibited use of office rules to arrange a pay raise for himself.

Ethics commission finds sufficient evidence Smith in violation of statutes, move to next steps

SALEM – The Oregon Ethics Commission has found sufficient evidence that CDA Executive Director Greg Smith was in violation of two statutes, moving the investigation to either a contested case proceeding or a negotiated settlement. The commission’s decision, reached Friday, followed an investigation that found a “preponderance” of evidence that Smith failed to properly disclose a conflict of interest and engaged in a prohibited use of his positio…

Ethics commission finds Greg Smith repeatedly violated state law in boosting his pay

A leading Republican state legislator in Oregon illegally manipulated his job at a small public entity to arrange a significant pay raise and then improperly kept excess pay, a state agency has concluded. The Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted 7-0 Friday that there was “sufficient evidence” to establish that Greg Smith broke state law against using his public office for personal gain and failed to disclose he had a conflict as he directed…