Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I want to indicate that I also cannot support this recommendation. I took the time yesterday to review the report presented to us and I cannot find anywhere in there that there is a clear-cut case, that there is a bias. The words reasonable apprehension that the Conflict of Interest Commissioner may be bringing a bias perspective is as close as it comes to. That, however, does not satisfy me that there were grounds for a bias.
I think the committee found in their work that the Commissioner handled this investigation poorly, did not keep proper notes and other things came up which led them to believe that there is no confidence in her work and her work ethics. However, I have the concern that this individual did not realize that she was going through an evaluation process in terms of her work other than the bias complaint. The Board of Management should be the body that we turn to and have a proper job evaluation done, a proper performance evaluation. I think we as a legislative body and the 14th Assembly have to practice due diligence and we have to turn this matter over to ensure that this person is properly evaluated.
The end result may be the same, Mr. Chairman, but I do not agree that this is the proper channel to proceed on and the proper way to handle it. Therefore, I will not be supporting it, Mr. Chairman.