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1. Quotes of the Day

   ... was made:  Saunders was pushing for an amendment to a new ethics law that required a one-year cooling-off period for former legislators ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Ethics Reform Gifts Lobbyists ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-07-22 08:22 - 0 comments

2. Speech and Debate Clause Used to Shield Legislators from Public Integrity Investigations

   ... that applied the Speech and Debate Clause to ethics investigations and decisions, effectively preventing state ethics commissions from investigating or enforcing ethics laws against state legislators, even if they voted for the ethics ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-11-02 14:19 - 0 comments

3. Quote of the Day: Everybody Does Not Do It

   ... it, and you should all be in fear of your lives from the ethics committee, is poppycock.  I repeat, regretfully, that the statement is ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Ethics Commissions/Administration ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-09-04 08:38 - 0 comments

4. Lack of a (moral?) compass?

   ... the educational system to establish the differences between ethics, morals and justice. We expect the courts to provide justice, we deplore ... but we as a group do not understand or apply or discuss ethics. Ethics, from the Greek "Ethos" or reason, had been the gold standard ...

   richardnorton - 2007-03-13 10:05 - 0 comments

5. 2005 COGEL Annual Conference

   ... the 2005 Annual COGEL Conference [Council on Governmental Ethics Law] on December 4-7, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston ! For details, see the COGEL website at www.cogel.org ALSO, the National Municipal Ethics Summit , with a ...

   donmc - 2008-06-23 16:02

6. Application of Code

   ... the place to discuss different levels of application of an ethics code's provisions to different levels and types of official and ... Forums:  General Issues Relating to Model Ethics Code Story Topics:  Model Code ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-02 17:16 - 0 comments

7. Letter to the Editor, Philadelphia Weekly April 13th 2005

   I am an attorney, the ethics officer for the city of Jacksonville, Fla., officer of COGEL (Council on Governmental Ethics Laws) for the United States and founder of City Ethics. I'm also originally from Philly. I'm aware of the struggles many ...

   donmc - 2005-05-02 12:00 - 0 comments

8. The Results of Jefferson County's Unethical Behavior

   ... played games, something that usually goes along with a poor ethics environment. For example, "a tax the county relied on for more than a ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

9. Indirect Conflicts Involving Appointments

   Body:  Election time makes public many ethics situations that make valuable case studies. One involves Florida ... The same thing would be true with a local government ethics commission. If a complaint was filed against a mayoral candidate, the ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

10. Leing (sic) Down a Gift Law

    ... , "Can Too Much Aloha Be a Bad Thing? Ask Hawaii's Ethics Commission." As in so many state and local governments, elected officials and ethics commissions rarely see eye to eye about limits on gifts. But in Hawaii ...

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

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