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Garbage Ethics Reform in Chicago Sets an Example
... make sure that garbage pickup is done well. In Chicago, the members of the board of aldermen wanted to be given credit for ... but it's worth considering because too often government ethics reform is seen as limited to changes to the ethics code or enforcement ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Judge Allows Employees to Vote for Boss as Mayor in Chicago Heights
Body: Two days ago, I wrote about a Chicago Heights (IL) situation where two council members who work under a third ... so the court could not act. More evidence that ethics can be enforced only as part of an ethics program. Good ethics training, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Does Recusal Require Action and/or Words?
... advice on amendments to the ethics code (one from a task force , the other from the League of Women Voters ). There is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2010-10-05 16:11 - 3 comments
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Grand Jury Report on Manipulation of the Suffolk County (NY) Ethics Commission
Body: For the second time in a year, a local ethics commission has been the subject of a grand jury report. The first was San Francisco's (see my blog post ). There, it was a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Mayoral and Council Interference with EC Member and Staff Selection
Body: The independence of ethics commissions and their staff is the single most important aspect of a government ethics program. Who selects the commission members and their staff, and how, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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DeKalb County (GA) Grand Jury Report on Procurement-Related Misconduct
... back in November 2010. It led to an 83-page grand jury report in August 2013 , which set out the misconduct involving the DeKalb ... not only for indictments, but also for an improved ethics program. The story that the grand jury tells in its report is a classic ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Quote of the Day
... "Trying to protect public officials from warrantless ethics complaints is a fruitless task; there will always be some who make outrageous claims about the behavior ...
Robert Wechsler - 2012-06-12 08:49 - 0 comments
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An Interesting Three-Headed Potential Conflict
Body: Here's an interesting potential conflict. Chicago's Civic Federation , a "non-partisan government research ... Tribune . Most of the work on the Civic Federation's report was done by L.E.K. Consulting . The report's conclusion was "that ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New Robert S. Bennett Report on D.C. Council Earmark Grants et al.
Body: Special Counsel Robert S. Bennett 's report on the District of Columbia council's earmark grants and personal ... recommendations, I should disclose that City Ethics was asked by the D.C. council to advise them on related ethics issues, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Enforcement of Ethics Laws Against Local Government Legislators
... enforcement. Helstoski and Brewster involve the content and motive of the legislative act, and would require the presentation ... waiver. A 2007 Congressional Research Service report on recent developments in Speech or Debate Clause law has a good list ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
