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1. Ethics Reform in Tallahassee, Rejection of Election Overspending by Big Contra Costa Employer

   Body:  Two big local ethics/election stories come from Contra Costa, CA and Tallahassee, FL. Ethics Reform Package Features a Different Sort of Public Campaign Financing ... a charter amendment that will (1) create a seven-member ethics board with the power to investigate ethics complaints and levy civil ...

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

2. A Call for Academics to Provide Assistance to Government Ethics Programs

   ... very exciting today in the April 1 newsletter of the Ethics Section of the American Society for Public Administration. In a short essay entitled "Living in Glass Houses: Ethics Commissions in the United States," Stuart C. Gilman, who has had an ...

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

3. American Government Ethics Enforcement by . . . Russia

   ... as delineated in Moran's Wikipedia page , include ethics and ethics-related criminal allegations that have been dismissed by the House ...

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

4. Intimidation as an Ethics Violation

   ... Orlando Sentinel last week, the Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause that the Osceola County Clerk of the Court "[used] ... the issue of whether intimidation can be considered an ethics violation. The provision under which probable cause was found is ...

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

5. The Cost of Low-Quality Ethics Laws

   ... It's about the mayor's future. If not for the city's ethics law, crafted partially by the current mayor when she was council ... the matter would have been handled long ago by the city's ethics board at a minimal cost. But a criminal conviction would mean the ...

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

6. Ethics Waivers by a Legislative Body

   Body:  I am a proponent of ethics waivers. But only if they are provided by an independent ethics commission. When they are provided by high-level officials or their ... enable those who make the precedents to themselves get ethics waivers. Westchester County, NY has an ethics waiver process that ...

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

7. An Inadequate Ethics Settlement in Dade County, FL

   Body:  Settlements of ethics proceedings are usually a good thing for everyone involved. They save ... are usually more harmful to the public trust than any ethics violation. They save taxpayers the cost of a proceeding and of possible ... the pain of going through an extended fight over an ethics violation, which can hurt its reputation, escalate, and have long-term ...

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

8. Ethics Commissions Need to Look at the Reasons Behind Gift Rules

   Body:  The Washington state Legislative Ethics Board has been discussing how many meals a state legislator should be ... under the "infrequent" meals exception in the state ethics code. The exception allows legislators to accept food and beverage when ...

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

9. County Attorney Defends Anti-Transparency Rule in Ethics Program

   ... the city or county attorney is in charge of the government ethics program. I have written a great deal about why this is not a best ... a now defunct state commission. "Because Tioga County’s ethics law was originally enacted in 1990 — before the former state ethics ...

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

10. It's Easy As ABC to Create Poor Ethics Environments

    ... positions for their personal benefit. There is talk about ethics reform in the ABC system, and even some talk about taking the state out ... and local governments to give up, or provide independent ethics enforcement for, such a nice cash cow, especially at a time when ...

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

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