The Oregon Government Ethics Commission has several active cases in western Oregon. But what does the commission do, and what penalties does it hand out? KLCC’s Karen Richards spoke with Casey Fenstermaker, the Compliance and Enforcement Coordinator at the commission. Fenstermaker said the agency has jurisdiction over Oregon government ethics laws, public meetings law, and lobbying regulations.

Casey Fenstermaker: What we do is, we are a complaint-based organization on the enforcement side. That means that citizens or other public officials can reach out and file a complaint regarding a public official or a lobbyist.

Karen Richards: How do you decide whether to move forward with a complaint. Does every complaint get followed up on?

Casey Fenstermaker: With ethics, it has to be tha

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