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  1. An Appreciative Look at the Draft Broward County Ethics Code for County Commissioners

    Body:  Update: May 12, 2010 (see below) According to an article in Tuesday's Sun-Sentinel ... and self-interest of elected officials. Update: May 12, 2010 County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman called me in response to this ...

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

  2. Best Practices from the Book "Local Government Ethics Programs"

    ... exchange arrangement, or by a state ethics commission. 12. Recognition that ethical misconduct usually involves teamwork, and that ... formal role except, perhaps, as a witness, if called. 12. Limitations on ex parte communications with the ethics commission and ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2013-06-20 08:35 - 0 comments

  3. Lawyer Exceptions and Preferential Treatment

    ... itself. Los Angeles and San Jose (Art. 12, Ch. 12) have no exception for lawyers of any kind. The Press Democrat ...

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

  4. A Miscellany

    ... enforcement is rare. The Ethics Commission ... has dismissed 12 of the 15 complaints for unregistered lobbying since the law took effect, ...

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

  5. A Ninth Circuit Decision on Legislative Immunity and Legislative Acts

    ... at every level of government. As the court said on p. 12, "Because the protections of the Clause apply absolutely when they apply, ...

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

  6. An Important Local Campaign Finance Decision in San Diego

    ... corporations and labor unions c. the 12-month temporal limitation on contributions to candidates, whereby candidates cannot solicit or accept contributions more than 12 months prior to the primary for the position they are seeking The court ...

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

  7. Legislative Immunity: The Constitutional Approach in R.I. and the Discipline Clause

    ... Advisory Opinion to Governor (Ethics Commission), 612 A.2d 1,2 (R.I. 1992), "widespread breaches of trust, cronyism, impropriety, and ...

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

  8. Lobbyists' Emergence Reflects Shift in Capital Culture

    ... B. Edsall Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 12, 2006; A01 Corporate lobbyists Mark Valente III and Troup ...

    donmc - 2006-01-12 12:05 - 0 comments

  9. Mayor Peyton speech - Jacksonville City Council, 28 August, 2007

    ... tradition of fiscal responsibility. For the past 12 years, we have enjoyed the lowest property tax rate of any major city in ...

    donmc - 2007-08-29 23:06

  10. A Miscellany: Misuse of Government Employees and Legislative Immunity

    ... for political purposes. The administration "excused 12 county transit employees from their regular jobs to participate full time ...

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

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