Corporation Commission ethics code a long time coming as scandal swirls

By Rachel Leingang | Arizona Capitol Times

he Arizona Corporation Commission is still without an ethics code, despite an initial pledge a year ago to come up with one and a federal bribery case casting a shadow over the regulatory body. Chairman Tom Forese first announced a plan to create a code of ethics one year ago, when it became public the FBI was looking into 2014 election spending involving former Commissioner Gary Pierce.

The conversation about creating a code of ethics reignited again after Pierce was indicted in May for an alleged bribery scheme unrelated to election spending.

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