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1. A Miscellany

   Body:  Targeting Ethics Reform In May, I wrote a blog post about ethics reforms proposed ... Lo and behold, according to an article in the Chicago Tribune this week , these reforms passed the Board's finance ... Luckily, I wasn't alone in wondering this. A Chicago Tribune editorial dated yesterday evening says, "The phrases ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

2. Report on Preferential Treatment Accusations Regarding Seattle Mayor

   Body:  The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission has published its report on the infamous Seattle snow scandal of last winter. There were ... city department, in this case public works. The EC's report is worth reading (it's only five pages). The conclusion is that there ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-06-19 07:04 - 0 comments

3. Report on Loopholes and End Runs Around Campaign Finance Laws from Center for Governmental Studies

   Body:  End runs around ethics and campaign finance laws are one of my favorite topics to write about. ... Governmental Studies in California has just published a report on this very topic (although focused on the campaign finance side), ... fundraising, and reimbursed travel. Although the report is 52 pages long, it's not at all daunting, because most of it consists ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

4. The Government Attorney-Client Privilege in a Local Government Investigatory Context

   ... investigation of misconduct in city government, "sacred," as Chicago's corporation counsel insists? Is it even appropriate? This is a ... counsel's privilege; it is her client's privilege. Second, no privilege is sacred. As one of the appellate court judges told the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

5. Blagojevich's Realtor Wife and Lobbyist Tipper

   Body:  I was in Chicago for the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws annual conference for a week, which is why I haven't been blogging ... and the tales of selling a Senate seat and blackmailing the Chicago Tribune are old news now. But there are a couple of interesting ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

6. An Important Court Decision on Limiting and Banning Campaign Contributions from Restricted Sources

   ... Contribution limits are an important part of government ethics, because contributions from those doing business with local ... and immediate family members, is well summarized in the Second Circuit's decision in Green Party v. Garfield (July 13, 2010). ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

7. Human Rights Watch Report on the Effects of Probation Company Conflicts

   ... Human Rights Watch has just published a harrowing report entitled " Profiting from Probation ," which shows how the ... on page 5 of the report: [M]any courts delegate the task of determining whether an offender possesses the financial means to pay ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

8. An Ethics Board Chair Who Should Not Have Been on the Board Refuses to Discuss His Own Conflict

   ... of the newly elected assessor, Joseph Berrios, by WGN-TV, Chicago magazine and the Better Government Association (BGA), one of ... lawyer is somehow involved in county affairs. This is the second most populous county in the United States. Few lawyers there have ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

9. Gwinnett County Ethics Reform II - Recommendations by the Vinson Institute and the Grand Jury

   Body:  In this second of three blog posts on ethics reform in Gwinnett County, Georgia, I will look at recommendations for ethics reform made by a grand jury in its October 2010 report , and by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

10. Ethical Governance Day in Miami-Dade County

    Body:  The Miami-Dade County ethics commission has been a leader in reaching out to the community. In 2011, ... EC's executive director, Joseph Centorino. This year the second Ethical Governance Day will be held on Tuesday, October 22. ... government is a major long-term goal of a government ethics program. It is also a great thing to have something like this available when ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

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