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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Responding to Arguments Against Significant Restrictions on Pay-to-Play

    ... to candidates for Mayor or City Council in the previous 12 months. Enforcement would rest with the contracting office. Companies or ...

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

  5. Definitions

    ... for necessary expenses, including travel expenses.. 12. "Personal benefit" includes benefits other than those that are directly ... whether a shareholding is large or small. Subsection 12 ("personal benefit"): Many ethics codes require the expenditure of funds ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:04 - 1 comment

  6. Bond Advisers: Pay-to-Play, Phantom Bonds, and a Serious Lack of Transparency

    ... FL, a local housing authority issued $200 million in bonds, $12 million of which went to pay financial advisers and companies. The rest sat ...

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

  7. Willful Ignorance by Government Attorneys

    ... Professional Conduct deal with willful ignorance. Model Rule 1.2(d) says that "A lawyer shall not counsel a client to engage, or assist a ...

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

  8. Toward Better Ethics Rules, Training, Oversight, and Enforcement in a Florida School District

    ... Limit School Board members to 3 Terms of Office (12 years) Create an independent Auditor’s Office which ...

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

  9. Broward County Legislators Drag the County's Ethics Feet

    ... on an IG, was tabled, for fear it too wouldn't pass. Only 12 of the 25 legislators showed up to vote on this important issue. ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18

  10. The Witch Hunt Argument Against Ethics Commissions with Teeth

    ... a big corruption scandal unearthed in 2005 ( "at least 12 separate investigations involving as many as 80 'persons of interest,' ...

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

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