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1. A Miscellany

   ... to have the council member's actions found to violate the ethics provision. The council member is arguing that he should have ... But the city has the following nepotism provision in its ethics code : No family member of a public official may be employed by the ...

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

2. A Miscellany

   Body:  The Boss of the Ethics Director's Bosses According to an article this week in the Free Times , an FOI lawsuit was filed against South Carolina's ethics commission, because its director had said that a letter informing the governor of an ethics violation had not been sent and had been destroyed, when in fact it was ...

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

3. Lobbying, Influence, Bribery, and Gift-Giving in Alabama

   ... the Senate Committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics and Elections, wrote a long piece last weekend for the Montgomery ... issues with respect to the relative roles of criminal and ethics laws. From Fun to Function: The Constitution and Gift Exceptions ...

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

4. A Miscellany

   ... On January 25, Philadelphia Mayor Nutter signed three ethics-related executive orders, which I would love to link you to, but ... effective, except as a way to get the council moving on ethics reform, are executive orders that can't be found online? These orders ...

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

5. Quote of the Day

   Body:  "The worst thing you can do is read the [ethics] law like a lawyer and look for loopholes." —Richard H. A. ... in a training session with St. Lawrence County's new ethics board and other officials, according to an article in this week's ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-09-01 15:22 - 0 comments

6. Confidentiality vs. Transparency in Colorado -- A Court Decision

   Body:  Government ethics policies sometimes clash. The most common clash involving ethics ... sessions rather than executive sessions. See these CT FOI Commission decisions: http://www.state.ct.us/foi/2001fd/20011010/FIC2001-056.htm ...

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

7. A Conflict Regarding Conflicts

   ... Nor did anyone seek advice from the Louisiana Board of Ethics, which has jurisdiction over local government officials. It's worth ... new because the old members had mistakenly believed that the ethics reforms made them subject to new personal financial disclosure ...

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

8. The Politicization of Montana's Political Practices Commissioner

   ... approved by the state legislature. Her office, which handles ethics, campaign finance, and lobbying matters, has jurisdiction over local ... is not one to increase public confidence in the state's ethics program. Legislative Nominations of Ethics Professionals ...

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

9. An EC's Immune System

   ... courts have given legislators from enforcement actions by ethics commissions, I now can write about a court decision that gives ethics commissions and their staff immunity from suits by respondents in ethics ...

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

10. Fitting Conflicts to Agencies and Departments

    ... One of the rarely questioned truisms of local government ethics is, "One size does not fit all." Usually this means that one ethics code is not right for every city or county, that every jurisdiction ...

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

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