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The Carrigan Free Speech Case Goes to the Supreme Court - The Florida Amicus Brief
... It is a case involving a council member censured by a state ethics commission for voting with a conflict of interest, as basic a local government ethics matter as there can be. The briefs can be found on the Scotusblog , ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
Body: Open Records Requests and Ethics Proceedings In an unusual twist on the confidentiality of ethics proceedings, counsel for the Colorado Springs mayor's former client, the ... an open records request for all documents related to the ethics proceeding against the mayor, according to an article in the Colorado ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Nepotism and Withdrawal
... a nepotism situation in Valparaiso, IN. The city's ethics commission found that the hiring of the fire chief's son would be in violation of the ethics code, because the chief would be directly involved in personnel matters ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Irresponsible Handling of a Possible Conflict by Four Local Government Officials
Body: One problem in government ethics is that when conflict situations are dealt with responsibly, there is ... They pass quietly, failing to end up in the newspaper, at an ethics commission, or in court. So generally we're stuck learning from the ... The council decided to refer the allegations to the city's ethics board. A responsible decision. Four months later, the ethics board ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Enforcers or the Perpetrators?
... occasions, criticized the criminalization of government ethics. But are Delay and I talking about the same thing? I don't think ... crimes undermines "our very system." (Note that government ethics professionals similarly talk about unethical conduct undermining our ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Why Hilary Krieger Is Wrong About City Machines
... misconduct should be dealt with by the District's government ethics program or by District or federal law enforcement. That is why they have greatly improved the ethics program in recent years. I think the right question is, Is it ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: Government Lawyers and Confidentiality
... decision-making authority." This is true, for example, of ethics commission directors, in certain situations. It is appropriate for these ... Clark doesn't say is whether "the government" includes an ethics commission, that is, whether alerting an ethics commission, at least ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... in yesterday's Business Journal Daily , the Ohio Ethics Commission, which has jurisdiction over local government ethics, is investigating the Western Reserve Port Authority's lease of property ... this investigation that should be of interest to government ethics professionals. The most interesting is something one rarely sees: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Judicial Decision Involving the Language of "Interest" and Non-Financial Benefits
... "interests," and this should be reflected in the language of ethics codes. The clash of these two kinds of language is the subject of a ... But it so happens that "interest" is often defined in ethics codes in terms of "benefits" and "relationships." That's one reason why ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind IV: Accountability
... why it is the principal indirect goal of local government ethics. This can be more clearly seen in the results of Phil Tetlock's ... would be nothing like they are. In a government ethics context, the three conditions of accountability can be met when ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
