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Oakland County commissioners ask state to require financial-disclosure rules after public outcry
Summary
After extended public comment demanding mandatory ethics rules, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted 15–2 to ask the Michigan Legislature to authorize and require financial disclosure for county elected officials; critics said the measure shifts responsibility away from the board.
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted 15–2 to adopt a resolution asking the Michigan Legislature to authorize and require financial-disclosure rules for county-elected officials, a move the board framed as a path to stronger, enforceable transparency.
Public-comment speakers urged mandatory, enforceable disclosure rather than voluntary forms. Charles Simcchino, a former Royal Oak city commissioner and prosecutor, told the board, “We urgently need an enforceable mandatory financial-disclosure policy for public officials” and said recent media reporting had exposed what he called “one of the…
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