Ethics Commission Raps McMahan's Knuckles

The Ethics Commission issued a "public reprimand" today against former Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan for soliciting a campaign donation from an employee in his office.

The employee, Martha Grubb, is one of the dozens of McMahan employees identified by The McCarville Report Online in 2006 as donors to his campaign.

McMahan was convicted in June on three counts of conspiracy and accepting public bribes.

The Ethics Commission said that on July 14, 2005, McMahan sent the letter in violation of an ethics rule which states than an elective officer shall not knowingly solicit, directly or indirectly, a campaign contribution from an employee.

The reprimand does not carry a fine or any other punishment except for the issuance of a letter from the Ethics Commission.

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