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Dealing with "Independent" Expenditures at the Local Level
... will be a great relief: "I'm concerned about a zealous ethics staff chasing down rabbit holes when there is no rabbit." These are ... He was referring to proposed amendments to the Philadelphia ethics board's campaign finance regulations concerning the coordination ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Dallas Council Facilitates Pay to Play In Secret Based on Questionable Legal Advice
... under the prodding of the mayor at the time, passed some ethics reforms. According to a Dallas News editorial last month , only ... as possible. Perhaps Dallas needs a rule that prohibits ethics amendments without a public hearing, on at least one week's notice, and ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Relations Between Superiors and Subordinates: Three Cases from New York City
... one of the most important aspects of local government ethics. What is especially interesting is that two of these cases involve ... the other of vendors. These cases were included in COGEL's ethics update last week. Co-opting Subordinates The first case ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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North Carolina Enters the Dark Ages
Body: North Carolina's 2006 state ethics reform turned out the lights, according to an article in yesterday's ... that there will be no public hearings before the new state ethics commission unless the accused asks for one. In many cases, when a case ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Today Nevada Legislature Is Debating Its Own Legislative Immunity, and Local Legislators', Too
... protected by legislative immunity with respect to the state ethics commission. For a body that was afraid, without a court's blessing, to exclude its members from the state ethics commission's jurisdiction (to the extent a member is involved in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Massachusetts Catches the Legislative Immunity Virus - Is it Time to Take a Fresh Look at the Ancient Speech & Debate Clause?
Body: This week, another state ethics commission is facing a defense of legislative immunity. The state ... laws. DiMasi has refused to turn over to the ethics commission records relating to passage of the 2007 bill, arguing ... is allowed to say anything he or she wants, according to the ethics commission. But making this argument does allow DiMasi to say that he's ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How Lobbying Is Changing
... a lobbying chapter to add to my book Local Government Ethics Programs . I will certainly take these new trends into account. 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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Personal, Non-Financial Interests
... of my pet peeves is that many if not most local government ethics codes limit the definition of "conflict of interest" to situations where ... this several years ago, before I was involved in government ethics work, when I made a motion to censure the first selectman in my town. He ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18
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Over-reaction to an Alleged Conflict
Body: Over-reaction to an alleged ethics violation can be as bad as under-reaction. In Bergen County, NJ, after ... a bank owned by the parent of the company he works for, an ethics complaint was filed and then the county administrator called on all ...
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Gifts to Officials' Family Members
... or parent. And yet in a search through local government ethics codes, I found some important jurisdictions with good ethics programs, where gifts to members of an official's immediate family are ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
