QUESTION
What evidence exists that modifying post-employment restrictions would impact recruitment and retention?
1:31:07
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General Counsel Ethan Carrier states that the Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) does not have direct evidence that modifying post-employment restrictions would impact recruitment and retention.
- COIB advocates for a cautious approach to modify these restrictions
- They want to avoid unintended consequences affecting many public servants
- Council Member Lincoln Restler argues for immediate action to address corruption
- Restler expresses urgency, contradicting the slow approach proposed by Carrier
Lincoln Restler
1:31:07
So what proof or evidence do you have beyond your anecdotal insight that modifying post employment restrictions would have any impact on recruitment and retention.
Ethan Carrier
1:31:20
Kaltzmera, I'm sorry that that's the message that you've taken away from my testimony today.
1:31:25
I I don't think that that's what I've testified to I think that what we've been trying to articulate on behalf of our board is just a slower approach to making changes to this restriction to make sure that we're getting it right.
1:31:43
Because we think that there are a lot of public servants who would be affected by a lot of positions in city government.
1:31:49
It would be affected by this proposal in a way that would have some significant unintended consequences.
Lincoln Restler
1:31:56
I hear you, but when I see corruption taking place, I don't believe that a slow approach is appropriate.
1:32:01
We have to step up, intervene, and fix it.
1:32:04
That I'm not here to sit around and watch paint dry to see if maybe in a few years things might get better.
1:32:09
We see broken systems today.
1:32:11
They need to be fixed today.
1:32:14
That is my approach to governing, and it's the approach of the city council.