Nevada Center for Public Ethics Town Hall Meeting

The Nevada Center for Public Ethics (NCPE) is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization whose purpose is to serve the public interest of Nevada citizens.  The NCPE functions in the following three ways:

(1) A think-tank for research and policy analysis concerning public ethics questions;

(2)  A source of information concerning public ethics issues for the media, both externally (television, radio, newspapers, etc.) and via NCPE’s own internally produced media (newsletter, website, etc.);

(3) An advocate through the media and public forums that promotes high standards of public ethics in Nevada government.

In 2005 Dr. Craig Walton founded the Nevada Center for Public Ethics.  "He has been the conscience of the state," said his friend, state Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas.

He initiated the Ethics and Policies Studies Program at UNLV, and upon retiring from teaching, continued his work in ethics by founding the Nevada Center for Public Ethics. Dr. Walton passed away in October 2007. 

In November 2007 the NCPE Board of Trustees met to discuss the direction we should go.  The Board decided that the work Dr. Walton began was very important to Nevada and that Nevada still needed a conscience.  The decision was made to carry out Dr. Walton’s dream of a more ethical Nevada: to continue to educate, research, and advocate for more ethical leadership in Nevada.

The Nevada Center for Public Ethics (NCPE) is holding its Town Hall Meeting on January 10, 2008, at 10 am at the Clark County Flamingo Library, at 1401 E. Flamingo.  Please join us.  Our topic of discussion will be “What Our Legislators Do and What Role Ethics Plays.” Mitch Fox of PBS Nevada Week in Review will be the moderator for the event. Assemblyman Lynn Stewart and Assemblywomen Ellen Koivisto and Marilyn Kirkpatrick have committed to be panel members.