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Yuma Ethics Proposal, Plain-English Guide (September 2026, historical copy)
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Preserved three-page Yuma Transparency Club plain-English guide to an earlier ethics discussion draft. It describes organizer-appointed provisional commissioners, two-year terms, signed complaints and a conditional $5,000-or-three-times-benefit penalty. The original campaign URL now serves the revised six-page September 24 explanation. This guide is not filed Charter-amendment text. The preserved copy ends mid-sentence on page 3.
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- VerifiedThe earlier September 2026 Yuma Transparency Club framework proposed a civil fine of up to $5,000 or three times the unlawful financial benefit, whichever was higher, if legally authorized.
Historical claim: the earlier framework used a $5,000-or-three-times penalty formula.
- VerifiedThe earlier September 2026 Yuma Transparency Club framework proposed a seven-member Ethics Commission, with temporary members appointed by petition organizers and all seven elected by Yuma voters beginning in 2028.
Historical claim: the earlier framework described organizer-appointed temporary members before the 2028 election.
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- Primary source · Public statementYuma Transparency Club: Yuma Ethics Proposal, Plain-English Guide (September 2026)
Historical three-page September 2026 Yuma Transparency Club plain-English guide documenting the earlier ethics-reform framework. Adams for Yuma later published a revised YTER explanation on September 24, 2026 and states that the updated version replaces this earlier framework. This source is preserved as evidence of what was publicly proposed at the time, not as a description of the current proposal. The campaign URL now serves the revised six-page PDF; the linked Document is the preserved three-page historical copy.
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