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1. Humor and Government Ethics

   Body:  What role does humor play in a government ethics program? It looks like this is the principal issue in a Broome County, NY ethics case. According to an article put up yesterday afternoon on the ...

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

2. Criminal vs. Ethics Enforcement of Lobbying Laws: A Case in Massachusetts

   ... is the office that prosecuted the case. Because the state ethics commission is not given authority to pursue allegations under the ... settling for a smaller sum than in an administrative, ethics enforcement process, which has lower evidentiary standards and lower ...

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

3. The Image Consultant's Role in Local Government Ethics

   ... be that the first thing you did when you found out the local ethics commission was investigating you was hire a lawyer (which is itself a ... hiring such a company is old news. But in local government ethics, it's new news. As is the question of who's paying for the firm's ...

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

4. An Ethics Reform Online Presentation

   Body:  The Missouri Ethics Commission has put up a nice slideshow-with-audio presentation on the many changes made to its ethics and campaign finance laws in Senate Bill 844 (it used Adobe ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Ethics Reform ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-09-10 06:38 - 0 comments

5. Oakland Ethics Reform Initiative Passes

   Body:  I left out one big local ethics/election story from my blog post yesterday:  the approval of an excellent ethics reform initiative in Oakland, with an approval percentage of 72%, ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Ethics Reform ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2014-11-06 08:17 - 0 comments

6. Judicial Review of Ethics Commission Decisions

   ... your opinions of and experiences with judicial review of Ethics Commission decisions. For example, who should be able to seek judicial ... Any person or entity aggrieved by a decision of the Ethics Commission may seek judicial review and relief pursuant to ----- of ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:26 - 0 comments

7. Local Legislators Investigate an Ethics Commission in Suffolk County

   ... back in July, I didn't realize that another interesting ethics issue was going on there. In late June, the county legislature had instituted an investigation of the county ethics commission. One reason for this investigation appears to be the ...

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

8. Illinois Ethics Reform Poll and Blagojevich News

   ... with the state." But more interesting to government ethics watchers are the results of a poll of Illinois citizens done by the ... in the attachment below). Support for political and ethics reforms starts at 78% (with 8% don't know) for legislative leader ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-10-21 08:35 - 0 comments

9. A Model Ethics Advisory Opinion and Links to Major City and State Advisory Opinions

   ... number of scenarios to which it applies the city's relevant ethics provisions. The opinion goes beyond any single request for advice to ... themselves to the facts of a request. The more guidance an ethics commission can give on a matter, not only to the one ... an advisory opinion can be. It's a good idea for ethics commissions and their staff to read the opinions of commissions and ...

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

10. Independent Redistricting (and Ethics) Works

    Body:  In ethics, there are two basic approaches: (1) an ends-based approach, also ... government, generally use the former, while government ethics uses the latter. This causes a lot of problems. Therefore, it is ... shows how hard it is justify such approaches. I prefer the ethics approach, which is how I have been looking at local redistricting since ...

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

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