Councilman Van Pearlberg Quotes

What I like best is that we're including every member of the council, the mayor and the city attorney. No one person has capitalized on the process. - Councilman Van Pearlberg

There's nothing preventing us from making stronger rules. - Councilman Van Pearlberg

The key is establishing probable cause. I think that's what we need to work on to make this thing work. - Councilman Van Pearlberg

The council is concerned about spending any amount of money on this. - Councilman Van Pearlberg

Most of this council believes a stronger ethics code will go a long way toward promoting transparency in Marietta government. - Councilman Van Pearlberg

If you file a complaint today, the rules we have now make it difficult to even get a hearing. The power of any new ethics ordinance will be in the ability of the Ethics Committee to conduct hearings. - Councilman Van Pearlberg

I really can't say for sure what the consensus might be at this time. Obviously, the (landlord ordinance) is not a good one because it violates state law. I think we need to start off with that premise with anything we do. - Councilman Van Pearlberg

Anything we do should be in the spirit of transparency and open government. - Councilman Van Pearlberg

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