Dodaro v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Smith,

Frank Dodaro (Petitioner) appeals an order of the State Ethics Commission (Commission) which concluded that Petitioner had used his public office to obtain a financial gain for a member of his immediate family, thereby violating Section 3(a) of the State Ethics Act (Act).1

Petitioner, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Borough of Ambridge Water Authority, voted to hire his minor son for summer employment in the years 1982, 1983, and 1984.2 By preliminary order dated July 28, 1987, the Commission found that Petitioner violated the Act by using his position to…