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1. Municipal Attorneys' Conflicting Obligations: A Case Study

   ... generally they can be trusted to keep matters separate. But how do lawyers' rules work for towns? Click here to read the rest of this ... lose respect for the law. They talk amongst themselves about how lawyers write their own rules of professional conduct, judges (who are all ...

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

2. San Diego: A Great Case Study in Conflicts of Interest

   ... error regarding what pension "surplus earnings" are and how they can or cannot be used. The self-serving part is that most city ... to fix whatever problem it most wants to fix, no matter how unrelated. When the money is part of a pension plan, there are fiduciary ...

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

3. Today Nevada Legislature Is Debating Its Own Legislative Immunity, and Local Legislators', Too

   ... One thing that fascinates me about this amendment is how often and in how many different ways it repeats the fact that state legislators ...

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

4. Does Recusal Require Action and/or Words?

   ... with conflicts to publicly disclose them. Really? How Other Cities Have Dealt with the Problem This issue is handled in a ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-10-05 16:11 - 3 comments

5. Advice on Ethics Advice Falls on Deaf Ears

   ... have council members' own colleagues determine whether and how to penalize them for an ethics violation. With respect to the issue of ... Record-Journal last week, Ms. Salerno reported on how officials in local towns felt about ethics board member selection and ...

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

6. Government Ethics and the Limits of Mental Bandwidth

   ... includes both "fluid intelligence" (a resource that affects how we process information and make decisions) and executive control (what ... is not going to make it onto many academics' plates. How can those who feel government ethics is important deal with its exclusion ...

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

7. Threats to Officials' Focus on the Public Interest

   ... their own. Two recent judicial decisions show how far campaign finance law has been moving away from government ethics law. ... officials. ...     The Farmers example shows exactly how independent expenditures can create the same appearance of corruption ...

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

8. A Miscellany

   Body:  It's amazing how much local government ethics activity there is in this July. Here is a ... that it has saved money, but it controls the numbers. How can one trust a company that provides managers, doctors, and hospitals, ... lives in the borough,” she said. Foot Dragging How many years does it take to set up an ethics program once it has been ...

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

9. Participatory Budgeting as Solution to Council District Discretionary Fund Problems

   ... work. But what is exciting about this experiment is how many of the citizens who have become involved were not politically active before. And also how, in some cases, individuals sat together and moved from projects they ...

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

10. Massachusetts Catches the Legislative Immunity Virus - Is it Time to Take a Fresh Look at the Ancient Speech & Debate Clause?

    ... the legislator should have recused himself. In those cases, how the legislator voted is not important, only the fact of voting, which is ... office. In other words, there may not be a judicial look at how the state's Speech and Debate Clause affects ethics commission ...

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

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