Conn. ethics chief to resign from post

Conn. ethics chief to resign from post

By Associated Press | July 13, 2007

HARTFORD -- The state's top ethics official, who faced complaints from employees and criticism for violating state motor vehicle laws, said yesterday that he will resign.

Benjamin Bycel, executive director of the newly reorganized Office of State Ethics, said he will remain with the agency no later than Oct. 11.

"I have completed my work in helping to establish the Office of State Ethics. It's time for another challenge and time for me to return to my home state," Bycel wrote in a brief resignation letter.

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He apologized in June for failing to obtain a Connecticut driver's license and registration after he moved from Vermont to Hartford about a year and a half ago, The Hartford Courant reported. Because he didn't register his car, Bycel owes back property taxes, city officials have said.

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