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1. When Transparency Gets Sneaky

   ... editorial on a city council's handling of an important ethics issue begins with "Sneaky. Real sneaky." it's something worth sharing with those interested in local government ethics. The newspaper is the Jacksonville Times-Union , and ...

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

2. Financial Disclosure Requirements Are Minimal

   Body:  Update: May 14, 2011 (see below) An ethics controversy in Hartford presents a perfect opportunity to show the difference between ethics and law, and the right way to approach financial disclosure ... 8 program and to give the money to the landlord. An ethics complaint has been filed by a state representative who is apparently ...

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

3. Two Pleasant Surprises

   Body:  The Partisanship of Ethics The first pleasant surprise involves a blogger (Advance Indiana) ... of his own party's ethical problems. Government ethics is nonpartisan, but it is too often handled in a partisan manner. I ... power in most of our country's larger cities. Too many ethics complaints are brought for partisan purposes, sometimes even by party ...

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

4. Free Speech and the Difference Between Elected Officials and Ordinary Citizens

   ... to overturn an advisory opinion of the state ethics commission in a case I carefully reviewed in a July blog post . ... the Supreme Court of Nevada in Carrigan v. Commission of Ethics (July 29, 2010). I'll refer to it as Carrigan I , as opposed to the ...

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

5. A New Sort of Regional EC in Utah

   ... In early 2009, I started out a blog post , "Type 'ethics' into the search line at utah.gov, and all that comes up is Archery Ethics Course Online." That is no longer ...

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

6. Why It is Important to Make It Clear That Conflicts of Interest Are Not Wrong

   ... Inquiry into Past Use," I thought of local government ethics, even though the article was about torture. Okay, I suppose I spend too much time thinking about local government ethics, but bear with me for a minute. The C.I.A. used, and the Justice ...

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

7. Three Preventative Approaches to the Legislative Immunity Defense

   ... legislator insists that he does not have to appear before an ethics commission, and that the commission cannot consider evidence even of the ... One alternative is to seek to have all members of an ethics commission appointed (although, preferably, not selected) by the local ...

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

8. Rules Disallowing Complaints Before Elections

   ... jurisdictions have a rule that disallows the filing of an ethics complaint against an elected official within so many days before ... The purpose of such a rule is to prevent the abuse of the ethics process for political purposes. But is this the best solution to this ...

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

9. The Desire for Good Relations as a Conflicting Interest

   ... this week raises two interesting government ethics issues. One involves conflicts based on a business-related desire to ... campaign contributions to elected officials who serve on an ethics commission. Good Relations A police watchdog group filed an ...

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

10. An End-of-Year Miscellany

    ... year, but there has still been some news on the government ethics front. The Boston Globe has called for the state to ... at least according to the Globe editorial board. Ethics Reform in Spokane According to an article in the Inlander , ...

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

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