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1. EC vs. Corp. Counsel in Honolulu

   Body:  Many local ethics programs are caught up in an ongoing battle with the city or county ... I devoted a long section of my book Local Government Ethics Programs to the conflicts of interest and other problems that accompany the participation of city and county attorneys in ethics programs. In smaller jurisdictions, it is difficult to keep government ...

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

2. A Miscellany

   Body:  Time Limitations on Ethics Proceedings in Louisiana, and Why They're Bad The Louisiana ethics board handles ethics, disclosure, campaign finance, and lobbying for the state and for the ...

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

3. Political Use of Ethics Enforcement

   Body:  Ethics complaints are often brought for purely political reasons, and election ... Flint Journal, a Thetford Township Supervisor brought an ethics complaint before his own board against a township Trustee who is ... but it is clearly not a violation of the township's ethics code. Click here to read the rest of this blog entry. The ...

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

4. A Miscellany

   Body:  A Resignation from an Ethics Board for a Possible Future Conflict A member of the Philadelphia Board of Ethics resigned recently, according to an article in the Philadelphia ... failed to report more than $100,000 since 2006. The ethics board has jurisdiction over campaign finance matters. In his ...

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

5. A Government Attorney Ethics Advice Case Study from Florida

   ... problem of allowing local government attorneys to provide ethics advice that protects local officials, a problem that Florida state ... an article in yesterday's Sun-Sentinel , the state ethics commission found probable cause that a county sheriff had failed ...

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

6. The Ethics of Today's Municipal Pension Plan Problems

   ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired City Ethics, Inc. Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

7. Collecting Ethics Commission Fines

   Body:  What's an ethics commission to do? Even ethics commissions with teeth, that is, with the ability to fine officials, ... can make things look unfair. Take South Carolina, whose ethics commission has jurisdiction over local government officials.  According ...

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

8. Government Ethics Arguments Against Prayer at Local Government Meetings

   ... separation of church and state, there are government ethics questions involved. This post will consider those ethics questions. Justice O'Connor emphasized the government ethics ...

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

9. Lobbyist-Oriented Ethics Reform in Chicago

   ... Mayor Rahm Emanuel continues to make small government ethics improvements in Chicago. Yesterday, according to a city press release , the council passed five ethics reforms, all but one of them involving lobbyists. The principal reform ...

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

10. New National Government Ethics Survey Shows That Too Few Local Governments Have Strong Ethical Cultures

    Body:  The Ethics Resource Center’s first National Government Ethics Survey has just come out, and is available free at the ERC’s website ... employees, and is part of a series of polls looking at ethics in different sorts of workplaces. City Ethics' Founder, Carla Miller, ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-02-01 10:09 - 0 comments

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