I find it interesting that you looked at $1,250, but you didn't look at the fact that it increased by 900% in value after he voted to funnel $400,000 to a company that he had an interest in. He knew he had an interest in it at the time, and all of a sudden, his so-called trivial 1% interest increases nearly 900%.
How is that a conflict of interest is too small to matter? It is a fact that Mr. Ouimet, with the greatest of respect, profited handsomely in part because of his conflict of interest at the green slush fund.