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1. A Cook County Ethics Reform Proposal

   ... Body:  According to an article in yesterday's Chicago Daily Observer , Cook County commissioner Tony Peraica has proposed a series of improvements to the ethics code . Here's a summary of the proposed amendments, taken from ...

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

2. Winter Reading: Rick Hasen's "Lobbying, Rent-Seeking, and the Constitution"

   ... on the 2011 report of the ABA Administrative Law Section task force . One recommendation is to prohibit lobbyists from fundraising for ...

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

3. An Exemplary Ethics Officer Report on a Specific Ethics Matter

   Body:  An Ethics Matters newsletter from the Atlanta ethics officer is always a ... the local chamber of commerce, which meant that no report was legally due on gifts made for the occasion. After the local ... solicitation must be made for a city purpose, project, or program • The fund-raising campaign should make a broad public appeal ...

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

4. Current Ethics Reform I - Orange County and Oakland, CA

   ... few weeks, while I was putting the finishing touches on the second edition of the book Local Government Ethics Programs , there was ... on the Voice of Orange County website , a grand jury report laid out a 40-year chronology of corruption in the county, and ...

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

5. Legislative Immunity's Effect on Recent Investigations of Members of Congress

   ... former representative Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) (see a second article on what happened to these investigations). But the worst ... of the last few years, this is increasingly true of ethics commissions, as well. Absolute legislative immunity, such as ...

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

6. Current Ethics Reform II - Phoenix

   ... step toward ethics reform, based on the recommendations of a task force (I critiqued the task force recommendations in an April post entitled ...

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

7. Lessons to share from ethics reform in Winter Park

   ... commissioners accepted the recommendations of an ethics task force on which I served. The reforms approved are modest. Essentially, they ...

   donmc - 2007-12-18 10:27 - 0 comments

8. Report on Annual Reports II

   Body:  Because local governments' annual ethics reports serve so many purposes -- publicizing the ethics program's ... them up on the local government's website. My first report on annual reports focused on big cities and counties, and one state. ...

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

9. The Fort Worth Council, Mayor, and City Attorney Deal Irresponsibly With a Conflict Situation

   ... post of mine ). One of those changes is to allow members of task forces to serve even if they have a conflict of interest. Here is the ... is, in some way, tied to the issues before the task force.  In fact, these professional connections typically are not only known ...

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

10. How to Paint Yourself into a Corner By Not Responsibly Handling Your Conflict Right Up Front

    ... ethics board should have refused to give an opinion. Second, Pooh-Pooh an Independent Report and Issue a False Apology Instead of turning the matter wholly over ...

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

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