Fundraising group assails the Doolittles

[Ernesto]

WASHINGTON - Rep. John Doolittle's practice of paying a 15 percent fundraising commission to a company owned by his wife violates the ethical standards of the industry, a national group of fundraising professionals told the congressman this week.
The 27,000-member Association of Fundraising Professionals said in a letter to Doolittle that its long-standing ethics code "explicitly prohibits percentage-based compensation" and urged his campaign to cease doing so with Julie Doolittle's company, Sierra Dominion Financial Solutions.
Over the past three years, Doolittle has accepted more than $70,000 from lobbyists and businesses linked directly to both the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and the bribery of former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.


http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/projects/watchdog/doolittle/story/14245562p-15063706c.html

[marbuc]

1. Percentage based compensation is absolutely common practice

I do take issue with Doolittle's wife getting paid for nothing, as it appears.

[central scrutinizer]

2. oxymoron

You can't put "fundraising industry" and "ethical standards" in the same sentence without using the word NO.