Legislators clash over ethics of "pledge"

An interim meeting of the Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee became the unexpected venue for a discussion of ethics on Monday. Crook County’s two legislators found themselves at loggerheads over a “pledge” that had been sent out by Representative Chip Neiman asking legislators to promise support for bills that would alter how elections take place in Wyoming.

While Neiman felt that his actions were part of his overall goal to promote the desires of the people who voted for him, Senator Ogden Driskill and his cohorts on the committee – and County Clerk Linda Fritz –...