An independent ethics pledge is gaining notoriety in Santa Clara’s elections, while some candidates call it a political tool. The pledge — created by Tom Shanks, former Santa Clara ethics advisor and former executive director for the Santa Clara University Markkula Center for Applied Ethics — has been touted as a way to restore public trust and confidence in city government. But Shanks no longer has any no affiliation with the city and his suggested language in the pledge has some candidates, like incumbent Councilmember Suds Jain, calling it unfairly biased and questioning the motives. Jain said he signed off…
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