Local Government Ethics Conference To Be Held This Week in Miami

It's not every day that there is an all-day conference on local
government ethics. It's not even every year. So I'm happy to be
able to share with you the fact that, this week, there will be such a conference in
Miami, convened by the Center for Ethics at St. Thomas University (a
center about which there appears to be no information online), in
conjunction with the St. Thomas University School of Law, the
Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics & Public Trust, and the
Daily Business Review. Here are links to <a href="http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/ethicsflyer…; target="”_blank”">the
flyer</a> and <a href="https://www.stu.edu/WhenPoliticsandLawCollide/tabid/3159/Default.aspx&q…; target="”_blank”">the
application form</a>.<br>
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The conference, to be held on April 15 from 8-3
at the St. Thomas University Law School, costs only $40 in advance ($50
at the door), a bargain. CLE credits are available.<br>
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Four panels are scheduled, on the following topics:<ul>

South Florida’s Climate of Corruption: Better Weather Ahead?<br>
What Hat Do I Have on Today? Lawyers, Lobbyists & Elected Officials<br>
Judges and Other Politicians: Learning From Each Other<br>
The Appearance of Impropriety: Undermining the Confidence of the Public</ul>

The panelists include:<ul>

Executive Director of the Miami-Dade County EC Robert Meyers<br>
<div>Florida Atlantic Univ. Public Ethics Academy Director and Former
West Palm Beach Ethics Officer Norm Ostrau<br>
Former County Commissioner and President of the University of Miami
Good Government Initiative Katy Sorenson<br>
Retired Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald Kogan</div>
<div>Broward County Mayor Sue Gunzburger</div>
<div>Assistant Miami-Dade State Attorney Joe Centorino</div>
<div>Former Miami-Dade County Manager and School Superintendent Merrett
Stierheim</div>
Former Miami Mayor and Miami-Dade County Commissioner Maurice Ferre</ul>

Thanks to the <i>Sun-Sentinel</i> for putting up the flyer for what appears to
be an insufficiently publicized conference.<br>
<br>
Robert Wechsler<br>
Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics<br>
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