Ethics Commission Penalizes Merolla $3,500 for Marcum Votes
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Councilman Steve Merolla speaks during the ground breaking for the new Potowomut Fire Station Oct. 29, 2014 at 225 Potowomut Road.](https://northamerica.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Merolla-Potowomut-2014-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI Ethics Commission has penalized former city councilman Steve Merolla $3,500, settling an ethics complaint by Warwick resident Rob Cote that he failed to recuse himself […]