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1. A Stamford Ethics Controversy Involving Time Limits, Enforcement of Policy Declarations, and More

   ... October 8, 2010 (see below) There's a fascinating ethics controversy going on in Stamford, CT which raises a number of issues involving time limits, the enforcement of ...

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

2. Moral Clarity VI - Independent Ethics Enforcement

   ... blog post , is paralleled in the independence of government ethics enforcement. Neiman writes, “When it comes to matters of justice ... This is why politically involved people should not sit on ethics commissions. And because politically involved people tend to know other ...

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

3. Selecting Ethics Commission Members in a Poor Ethics Environment

   ... It happens that one of the principal goals of a government ethics program is to increase and maintain the public's trust in their local ... D.C. mayor was to have nominated members for the city's new ethics commission, and yet no nominations have been made. An aide to the mayor ...

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

4. Common Errors Involving Ethics Commission Jurisdiction

   ... I recently wrote about the problem of having a toothless ethics commission in a Connecticut city. According to an article in ... the ethics commission's jurisdiction. Take Brookfield, CT. The old ethics code said that it governed "the conduct of all elected and ...

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

5. Lawsuits, Legal Fees, and County Attorney Conflicts in El Paso Ethics Complaints Battle

   ... of a big corruption probe , a pair of back-and-forth ethics complaints filed with a nearly toothless ethics commission in El Paso doesn't seem like much. But it does sheds some ... everywhere, including the use of lawsuits to cripple ethics commissions, legal fees for ethics defense, local government attorney ...

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

6. The Death of a Government Ethics Activist and a March on a City Ethics Commission

   ... battles that have gone on in and around the San Francisco ethics commission. I did, however, start a piece in August 2009, which I have ... a memorial service, and march to or upon the San Francisco ethics commission, in memory of Joe Lynn, a former EC campaign finance officer ...

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

7. NY State Comptroller Reports on Local Government Ethics and Provides a Model Code

   ... for an overview). The 26-page report is entitled Ethics Oversight in New York State Municipalities , and it comes complete with a model local government ethics code that, unlike some of the other recent model codes ( Michigan and ...

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

8. Atlanta Schools Ethics Controversy Decimates Ethics Commission

   Body:  An ethics controversy involving the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) has led to the resignation of four of the seven members of the APS ethics commission, a failure to replace them, and a threat to the ... status. The story starts in 2010, when ethics complaints were filed against school board members for misuse of credit ...

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

9. The Collateral Damage of No Ethics Program

   ... money to spend and contracts to enter into, require not just ethics policies, but a comprehensive, independent ethics program. This rarely acknowledged fact has been made clear once again by ...

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

10. Bullheadedness in the Face of Ethics Advice

    ... second loss of the season). The chair of the city ethics commission told the council that "it would certainly raise the ... That question, he said, should be considered by the full ethics commission." In addition, the council president "told his ...

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

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