As previewed in this Tweet from earlier this week, WDEL reports that NCCo PD Chief Elmer Setting doesn’t pay rent at the house he lives in on Lisa Dean Mosley’s property.
I could have sworn I read that here at DL awhile ago, but I can’t find it. Still — John Flaherty speaks for me here:
“What he has done wrong is, he has an appearance of impropriety–accepting something of value and not paying for it,” he said. “If you look at the New Castle County Ethics Code, they stress that county public officials need to avoid an appearance of impropriety, and I think having the county police chief living rent-free or having special privileges on somebody’s house in Chateau Country, I think he needs to explain his actions to New Castle County Council–at, probably, a meeting of the public safety committee–to try to regain trust and confidence in his judgement.”
And I don’t get how he is providing security at this place if he already has a more than full-time job. Seriously. At the very least he needs to report this housing as a gift.
