The waning of City Council ethics.
Tuesday’s vote of the Stockton City Council to censure Councilmember Michele Padilla may be the last instance of self-policing by the council for years to come.
The Council voted 5-0, with Mayor Kevin Lincoln absent, to rebuke Padilla for allowing political candidates to take the stage and speak at a July get-together in her district on which she spent $10,000 of public money. Using public money to boost candidates violates the city’s municipal code…