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1. Funding Ethics Commissions

   ... to section 207 of the model code, cutting the funding of ethics commissions is a popular way for politicians to prevent investigations from happening. Therefore, ethics reformers are always looking for new ways to ensure funding. In ...

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

2. Trenton's Ethics Environment in a Timeline

   ... contributor. For those interested in government ethics, the best thing about the raid is the timeline that went up on the ... this morning. The timeline provides a play-by-play of a poor ethics environment characterized by the worst sort of cronyism, ...

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

3. The Top Municipal Ethics Film of All Time

   ... City, and I believe it should hop up to the top of City Ethics’ list of Top Ten Ethics Films . Hands Over the City is a dramatic film that is about ...

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

4. A Misguided Attempt to Provide More Due Process in FL

   ... of state legislative interference with local government ethics programs in Florida continues with a newly amended bill in the state ... Joe Abruzzo, whose antagonism to the Palm Beach County ethics program has been the subject of three City Ethics blog posts in the ...

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

5. Too Conflicted to Sit on an Ethics Commission

   ... organization has been appointed to the North Carolina Ethics Commission. But sadly, it is not. Francis X. De Luca is the ... taken strong stands for improving North Carolina's state ethics program. He is, therefore, someone who should understand government ethics and act to improve the program from within. But he is also the ...

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

6. Anti-Government Anger Is Misplaced With Respect to Local Government Ethics Programs

   ... There was a fascinating editorial in the Waterbury (CT) Republican-American yesterday. The editorial turns anti-government anger against the idea of a local government ethics program, and yet it has some valuable things to say about government ...

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

7. About City Ethics

   CITY ETHICS is a non-profit organization formed in 2000. Its purpose is to provide a ... information and resources for all forms of local government ethics programs. City Ethics was started by attorney and former federal ... COGEL, the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws . (See: www.cogel.org ) It was felt that there was a real need to provide assistance ...

   donmc - 2022-11-10 12:09

8. How to Make Colorado's Ethics Program More Functional

   Body:  Colorado has an extremely dysfunctional ethics program, everyone is complaining about it, but approaches to fixing it ... ( total gift ban ; lack of independence, including ethics commission members making campaign contributions ; and ethics code in ...

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

9. Government Ethics Enforcement: An Experiment Worth Trying

   Body:  Can the government ethics enforcement community learn anything from a successful experiment in the ... in cheek, I will try to show ways in which the government ethics enforcement community could learn a thing or two. This week's New ... rather than arbitrary and capricious. Government ethics enforcement fulfills only half of the classical deterrence theory: its ...

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

10. A Cincinnati Council Member's Situation Touches on a Number of Important Ethics Issues

    ... council member that touches on many important government ethics issues, which I will deal with it in multiple blog posts over the next ... council member sought an advisory opinion from the Ohio Ethics Commission , which has jurisdiction over local government ethics ...

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

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