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September 11, 2007

Update: Montalbano attributes ethics case to paperwork failure

Following the settlement of the ethics case against him this morning, state Senate President Joseph Montalbano said later today the outcome means “that I failed to complete my paperwork.”

He said in a statement that he regrets contributing “to a cynical view held in some quarters that something is just not right in Rhode Island government, and that for some elected officials, private interest takes precedence over the public good,” a view that he said isn’t true.

Montalbano was accused of engaging in a conflict of interest by voting to put a casino proposal before voters while he was profiting from legal work for the town of West Warwick involving real estate next to the proposed casino site.

The North Providence Democrat said he will continue as Senate president and will run for re-election next year.

Read the full text of the settlement here.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer Bruce Landis

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 5:23 PM | Permalink

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