QUESTION
Why does Amy Millard want to serve on the Conflicts of Interest Board?
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Amy Millard aims to serve on the Conflicts of Interest Board due to the board’s role in promoting public trust, ensuring fairness in city government, and maintaining high ethical standards.
- Millard sees the board as a crucial element in fostering public trust and government transparency.
- The adherence to high ethical standards by public servants is a priority for her.
- She values the fairness and perceived fairness that the board's guidelines ensure in city government operations.
- Millard highlights her lifelong commitment to public service and views this opportunity as a continuation of that commitment.
Amanda Farías
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So you've spent the last 27 years as a white collar criminal defense lawyer defending individuals accused of financial fraud, securities fraud, market manipulation, mail, and wire fraud, making false statements, and obstruction of justice.
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Why do you now want to sit on a board that punishes people from misuse of position?
Amy Millard
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The reason that I want to sit on this board is because this board is an incredibly important public service.
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It's important because it promotes public trust and city government.
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It's important to be cause it ensures that public servants adhere to high ethical standards.
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It's important because the board's The guidelines and standards that the board maintains ensure that city government is fair and that it's perceived as fair, which is equally important.
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I've always been involved in public service.
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I've been in public involved in public service month throughout my entire career.
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And this is seems to me like an incredible incredibly important opportunity to continue that in a significant way.
Amanda Farías
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Thank you so much.
