John, Natalie: Here is where I am coming from when I say that the City needs to have a philosophical examination regarding ethics:

Simply put, the leaders I speak of in my piece is you both and the thousands of voters that will elect the members of the Council and Mayor. It is that very large body that needs to demand that a certain level of ethics be held to, and make their displeasure known when those standards are not held to.  Their philosophy needs to be spoken, loud and clear, at the ballot box. 

What I am afraid of is, despite all the news coming out about what happened to Charles Totto, the electorate philosophy on this is not changing enough. The electorate, I would hope, will put the elected officials on notice that this is a important issue that will sway their vote, with the higher ethical candidate getting the vote.