State ethics panel charges Boissiere with violation
by MARSHA SHULER - Advocate (excerpt)

Public Service Commission Chairman Lambert Boissiere III is in hot water with the Louisiana Board of Ethics for failure to timely file a required personal financial disclosure report. Boissiere faces a fine of up to $2,500 for his tardiness in filing a report reflecting his 2008 personal finances. The Ethics Board made the violation public. The board released a certified letter to Boissiere notifying him of the charge and setting a public hearing.

Boissiere chairs the five elected commissioners who regulate companies that provide utilities, telephone and trucking services in Louisiana. His position oversees compliance to the PSC’s ethics rules, many of which are far more restrictive than state law, that apply to the commissioners and the nearly 100 staffers who work for them.

Boissiere, of New Orleans, is running for re-election in Oct. 2 balloting. He is being opposed by former PSC member John Schwegmann in the race for the District 3 seat.