Ethics Complaint Filed Against Green

Louisville Metro Councilwoman Judy Green is the target of an ethics complaint.Retired police officer Ray Barker Sr.—who challenged Green in the Democratic primary for her seat last year—filed the complaint with the Metro Ethics Commission. He's seeking Green's resignation over her involvement in a summer jobs program that, according to auditors, benefited some of her relatives.LEO Weekly reports that the Ethics Commission will meet on the 24th and decide whether to hold a hearing or dismiss the charges. The commission could also choose to launch its own investigation. The complaints cite an internal audit of a $55,000 grant Green appropriated to the nonprofit LIFE Institute to fund “Green Clean Team,” a summer program for at-risk youth in her district. It criticizes the city lawmaker for hiring her husband, James Green, as the program manager, along with other relatives.Green has declined to comment on the matter, but says she has no interest in resigning.