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1. A One-Way Prohibition on Misuse of Office for Clients

   ... Fairness is one of the most important aspects of government ethics. With respect to fairness, the lobbying prohibition is a total failure. ... of Miami, and longtime member of Miami-Dade County's ethics commission, told Man that, "because legislators are in a position to ...

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

2. Fire, Smoke, and Snowballs

   Body:  It's valuable to put government ethics in the larger context of the use of public office for private purposes ... it is so important to have a good, independent government ethics program, not just to enforce the laws, but to stop the snowball from ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

3. The Self-Serving Nature of Cook County Township Governments

   ... It's been a year since the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL), the association of state and local government ethics professionals, met in Cook County, IL. But the day before COGEL meets in ...

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

4. Large Contracts, Bid Rigging, and Pension Boards in Detroit

   Body:  What can local government ethics professionals learn from what has come out in the recent indictments ... contract. Kilpatrick had already mastered the ways around ethics and bribery laws, involving two charities and a board he didn't even sit ...

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

5. A Pattern of Behavior Investigated, Secretly, as Distinct Acts

   Body:  Investigations of purported ethics violations by the Middlesex County (MA) sheriff apparently led to his ... told the Globe he was being investigated by the state ethics commission about the use of employees for campaign purposes. He denied ...

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

6. How Loudly, Personally, and Ignorantly Money Can Speak

   ... so clearly that he doesn't even know what government ethics is. According to an article in today's New York Times , ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

7. Quote of the Day

   Body:  I have to admit that [the proposed ethics code and disclosure form] made me nervous because I kept seeing ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Ethics Reform ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-11-21 11:14 - 0 comments

8. Michigan Disclosure Proposal Doesn't Go Very Far, Locally Speaking

   ... blog Story Topics:  Disclosure Ethics Reform States and Municipal Ethics In the news ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-09-02 08:21 - 0 comments

9. Dealing with Placeholders on Boards and Commissions

   ... voting the same as each other. Is this a government ethics issue? I think it is. It involves a confusion of person and office. An ... Much better is an independent body, such as an independent ethics commission. This takes the appearance of bias, the politicization, and ...

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

10. The Value of Applicant Disclosure

    ... in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , Atlanta's ethics office dismissed allegations that a council member had sponsored ... he had never seen the e-mail. And there is no way that the ethics office could prove that there was such a relationship (unless the ...

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

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