The appearance of impropriety may well be just that appearance instead of reality.
She flatly denies any impropriety, saying she doesn't associate with Pineda or his crowd.
Last month Cynthia Ruccia, Kasich's Democratic challenger, called for a Justice Department investigation of what she said was "a serious appearance of impropriety" because Kasich .
Mo. high court orders judge off death row case The state Supreme Court has ordered a southeast Missouri judge to step aside from a case involving a death row inmate because of the appearance of impropriety.
June 11, 2013 - St. Joseph News-Press