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Trash Talk in Tulsa
... his knowledge, is turned by a competing vendor into an ethics issue. The result so far is that the trash board member was passed ... by the mayor's office (even though the city does have an ethics advisory committee, which is intended to provide ethics advice). ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A County Attorney At War with the County: The Conflicts Fly in Maricopa County
Body: The Council on Governmental Ethics Laws has great instincts for meeting where the ethics problems are greatest. Last year it met in Chicago. This year it will be ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How to Paint Yourself into a Corner By Not Responsibly Handling Your Conflict Right Up Front
... sought advice from the city attorney rather than the city ethics board, and then the mayor said he would put the matter before the ethics board. His father's company has a refuse contract with the mayor's city. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Chinese Walls or Chinese Screens?
... I will focus on the November 2009 Office of Congressional Ethics report on Rep. Norman Dicks , who sat on the House Appropriations ... PAC affects the ultimate receipt of the earmark. The House Ethics Manual is unclear as to what obligations, if any, are placed on a Member ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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What Is Free Speech?
... the public campaign financing program in New Haven, CT. These programs are intended to prevent candidates from being seen to owe ... to them. These goals are similar to the goals of government ethics laws. So let's try out what these gentlemen said by applying it to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... to having a former colleague on staff. For government ethics, it's not the dead bodies, but the live ones that matter. ... The best approach to this problem is to allow the ethics board, after a public hearing, to waive the requirement after a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethical Governance Day in Miami-Dade County
Body: The Miami-Dade County ethics commission has been a leader in reaching out to the community. In 2011, it co-sponsored a local government ethics conference , which attracted people from all over Florida. In 2012, it ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Jersey Sting
... The actual sting operation is not really a local government ethics story, but rather a tale of an ethics environment that is so poor, criminal conduct is just waiting for the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Law vs. Function, and Oversight
... It involves an important distinction in government ethics, between law and function. According to an AP article this weekend , the Louisiana Board of Ethics found that a state board of education member may keep both this ... (but then it correctly sought an advisory opinion from the ethics board; self-regulation is not the responsible way to handle an ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Conflicts of a Newspaper Owner with Governmental Interests
... to protect can lead one to thoughts of extending government ethics into the fourth estate. This is the case in Philadelphia, according to ... or do serious business with government. If I were running an ethics program, I would invite all of them to ethics training and ask them to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
