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THE PRESS SECRETARY WHO ALTERED FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVID DAVIS’ INFORMATION ON WIKIPEDIA WILL ATTEND CLASSES ON APPROPRIATE CONDUCT. THIS COMING IN LIGHT OF TIMOTHY HILL’S CHANGING HIS BOSS’ PROFILE AND THAT OF HILL’S BROTHER, STATE REPRESENTATIVE MATTHEW HILL, ON THE ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA BY DELETING SOME INFORMATION. DAVIS’ DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED AFTER THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE COMPLETED A REVIEW OF HILL’S CONDUCT AND SAID IT WAS UP TO DAVIS TO DECIDE IF DISCIPLINE WAS NEEDED. HILL ACKNOWLEDGED USING A COMPUTER IN HIS OFFICE TO REVISE ONLINE ITEMS ON DAVIS AND HIS BROTHER. SOME OF THE INFORMATION HILL TRIED TO ERASE INVOLVED POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTH HIS BROTHER AND DAVIS BY FORMER KING PHARMACEUTICAL’S C-E-O JOHN GREGORY AS WELL AS OTHER TIES TO HIS FAMILY.