Over a year ago, Doug Diny , the mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin, stole the city's ballot drop box and hid it from the city clerk, thereby keeping people from exercising their right to vote. Diny claimed that he did it because he was worried about the security of the box, but did not explain why he took the time to put on a suit and make a photo op of his thievery.

It took all this time for the Wausau Ethics Board to vote unanimously that Diny did violate the city's ethics policy, not for election interference, but for the vague "exceeded his lawful authority."

Besides taking them forever to come to an obvious conclusion, the board added insult to injury by not even giving Diny a slap on the wrist:

In its conclusion, the ethics board did not choose to impose fines on Diny. It also declined

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