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1. Following the Spirit of an Intra-Governmental Revolving Door Law in Louisiana

   ... & Water Board made the wise decision to ask the state ethics board, which has jurisdiction over local officials, whether it could ... the board is irrelevant. Therefore, it is good that the ethics board's staff, in a draft opinion (which I haven't read, but which is ...

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

2. Moral Clarity I - Reason and Ideals

   ... 2008) and found a lot there of value to government ethics, even though government ethics doesn’t generally involve the big questions of moral philosophy (see ...

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

3. Moonlighting for a Vendor and Donations of Sick Time from Subordinates

   ... undermine the morale in a department. The City Ethics Model Code , and many ethics codes across the county, have a provision that deals expressly with ...

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

4. Quote of the Day

   Body:  "I don't think we need to have an ethics officer. ... I feel we already have three ethics officers." — Fernandina Beach Commissioner Jeffrey Bunch, ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-11-11 08:26 - 0 comments

5. SERVICES

   ... citizens and government officials see the need to strengthen ethics programs in their cities, towns, and counties. But how do you get ... lawyer to understand and work through this process? City Ethics has delivered many programs across the U.S. to help people change the ...

   donmc - 2015-05-15 13:28

6. A Problematic Baltimore Legislative Immunity Decision

   ... in my April blog post, this is not a pure local government ethics situation. The ethics code is local, but it is being enforced criminally ... 820 A.2d 587, 591-593, cert. denied, 540 U.S. 948, 124 S.Ct. 398, 157 L.Ed.2d 279 (2003); Housing Authority v. Smalls, 369 Md. 224, 798 ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

7. A City Commissioner's Criminal Circus, and The Choice Confronting Her

   ... somewhere would decide to do an exhaustive study of a poor ethics environment. Broward County, Florida would not be a bad choice as the ... official in this southern Florida county to be indicted on ethics charges in the last five years. Only last month, I wrote about the ...

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

8. The Rotten Tree Known as Parliament

   ... trust in a public institution. Too often, government ethics is seen as dealing with bad apples. But the biggest problem in government ethics is not the bad apples, but the bad ethics environments, the environments ...

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

9. A County Attorney Disbarred for Ethical Misconduct

   ... attorneys are rarely held to account for providing poor ethics advice, or poor advice on any topic. They are rarely held to account for ... it is wrong to bring criminal enforcement into government ethics, and this is a good example of what can happen when you do. Here is what ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

10. Disclosure by Lawyer-Legislators

    ... is to have the client lists given confidentially to an ethics commission or officer, which would be required to check each ... But let's face it:  this is an almost impossible task. The ethics officer or commission staff simply has too little information, and ...

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

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