- The Northern Kentucky Regional Ethics Authority has issued an opinion that there is insufficient evidence to suggest City Commissioner Tim Acri violated ethics codes.
- The issue arose earlier this year after members of the public expressed concerns that Tim Acri and his family may financially benefit from the establishment of a public drinking area.
- The future of the drinking area itself is in flux, but Acri said he was pleased with the Authority’s decision.
The Northern Kentucky Regional Ethics Authority has issued an opinion on alleged violations of ethics codes by Covington Commissioner Tim Acri: Available information “does not establish a violation of the applicable code of ethics.”
“The whole thing was just strange, but they’ve rendered their opinion now, and I feel comfortable,” Tim Acri said.
The opinion follows rumblings earlier this year that Tim Acri and his family may benefit financially from the establishment of a public drinking area, known officially as a common consumption area, or CCA, in Covington’s Central Business District.
Essentially, the Authority argued there was insufficient evidence to establish that conflicts of interest or financial benefit for Tim Acri or his family might arise from the establishment of a CCA…