Missouri Ethics Commission in name only?

The Kansas City Star does another great job this morning (sorry, TKC) with an article about candidates for office who still have debts from earlier campaigns but haven't closed down the accounts, even though it's required by a 1997 law. Once again, this proves what newspapers can and should do best and why we still need them, in some form or another. Hopefully, they can somehow make it profitably to the online, digital age successfully. The biggest problem for me on this, I think, is that we need this Ethics Commission to be and do more than just their name. We need the Missouri State Ethics Commission to do their assigned jobs. We need them to follow through on their mandates. We need the Ethics Commission to keep tabs on the candidates and campaign contributors so the laws are followed and their mandates are fulfilled. That clearly didn't happen here and they--the Ethics Commission--failed us. It makes you wonder what else they're not doing. Hopefully there's nothing else they've missed or let us down on. Fortunately, in this case, we have The Kansas City Star, this time, to follow up on this for us. Who or what will it be in the future to keep them honest and law-abiding? Note to Missouri Ethics Commission: You only have one job--you may have many tasks but you only have one job--and that is to keep politicians, possible politicians and the associated organizations within the laws regarding ethics. Please do so. Link to original story:http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/04/2200330/missouri-ethics-reforms-raise.html