Word: vorenbergs
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Chaired by Harvard Law professor James Vorenberg '49, the commission consists of three gubernatorial appointees, one selection of the attorney general and a fifth member chosen by the secretary of state. Currently, one Independent, two Democrats, and two Republicans hold commission seats. Despite its non-partisan composition, however, many state officials still view the commission with a mixture of fear and distrust. "Some people here perceive us as a horror story imposed on the legislature," David Brickman, commission member, explained recently. "But we are not a band of J. Edgar Hoover Jr.'s and we will do our job professionally...
Furthermore, Chairman Vorenberg feels that an additional problem with borrowing investigators from the State Police is the threat of leaks. "After all, there is a very high degree of confidentiality in our investigations and I wouldn't feel comfortable unless the direction of it was under our own staff," Vorenberg explains...
When former Governor Michael S. Dukakis went shopping for a State Ethics Commission last fall, Harvard Law professor James Vorenberg '49, of Watergate prosecution fame, immediately came to mind...
...broadest terms, the purpose of the commission is to try to end the influence of money in the decision-making process within state government," Vorenberg said yesterday...
...Vorenberg, a former master of Dunster House, served as an associate special prosecuter in the Watergate probe from 1973 to 1975 and later served as an adviser to the state Senate Ethics Committee...