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1. Pension Board Reform in California

   ... finance law. For another approach to pension board ethics reform, affecting some municipal pension funds, see the Illinois Municipal League's summary of Illiinois' 2009 Pension Ethics Reform Law , which includes disclosure, conflict, and ethics training ...

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

2. Hatch Act Bill Amended to Let Local Government Employees Run for Office

   ... a bill that will have a serious effect on local government ethics: the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 According to a ... so that, according to Kathleen Clark in a Legal Ethics Forum post , the District will be treated like other municipalities, ... ." Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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3. Public Servants and Free Speech

   ... unsuccessfully seeking an injunction against his ethics proceeding. The decision on his motion for a preliminary injunction ... court questioned whether what was being considered by the ethics board was in the sphere of the finance board member's sphere of ... can be raised by other local government officials. Ethics Terms Constitutionally Vague? On the First Amendment issue, the ...

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4. Scientists Lead the Way to Refusing Honoraria

   Body:  Many municipal codes of ethics, including the City Ethics Model Code (Section 100(15)) , contain a provision prohibiting the ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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5. Jurisdiction Over a Mayor-Elect, and Misconduct Disclaimers

   ... , a former Forest Park public works director alleged in an ethics complaint that, in an e-mail message, the mayor had illegally ordered ... to remove him. If true, this would be both a charter and an ethics violation in Forest Park. Jurisdiction over Elected Officials Who ...

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

6. Attacking Instead of Asking

   ... the words of Colorado's Secretary of State after the state ethics commission found him in violation of an ethics provision, on account of using state funds to attend the Republican ...

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

7. Cities Indirectly Accepting Funding from Interested Parties

   ... be found in a complaint that was filed with Philadelphia's ethics board yesterday by a group called Parents United for Public Education ... city's lobbying law. This is an interesting way to get the ethics board to investigate this situation. If it were to find conflicts, ...

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8. The Quid Pro Quo of Social Relationships

   ... looks at a proposal by the federal Office of Governmental Ethics (OGE) to limit two exceptions to the prohibition on accepting gifts ... obtain a more sympathetic hearing for clients. Government ethics is not about bribes, with their quid pro quos, but about special ...

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

9. Gifts: Prohibition, Disclosure, or Both?

   ... One of the most contentious topics in local government ethics is prohibition vs. disclosure of gifts to officials. As with so many government ethics issues, the best answer is both, but reaching the best answer requires a ...

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

10. Ethical Obligations Do Not End at the Line Drawn By Jurisdictional Language

    ... morals to the following story. One involves law, the other ethics. Last August, the Nevada Policy Research Institute ran a long ... not filing financial disclosure statements with the state ethics commission, something required of all the state's "public officers." ...

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

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