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The Pay-to-Play Culture of Prince George's County, MD
... his wife, who is a new member of the county council, shows how wrong it is to give the county executive and individual council members ... Post columnist Robert McCartney took a look at "how the [county government's] illicit culture functions and why it persists." ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind VI: Fairness and Moral Disgust
... and elevation/degradation. What is interesting is how active divinity is when government ethics issues arise. Clearly there is ... feelings of disgust, even though no food is involved. To see how important disgust (normally applied to food) is to divinity, consider all ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Limits of Disclosure
... fact, you would likely be lauded for doing this. And yet how many officials do it? Put another way, how many high-level officials take a leadership role in going beyond the law to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Conflicts of Local Government Associations
... such an association use tax dollars to discuss, for example, how best to protect elected officials from state interference in ... from laws that apply to other corporate employees? And how would their corporate employers feel about paying for this lobbying effort? ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Importance of Characterizing an Ethics Provision
this or that.jpg Body: How you present an ethics provision can make all the difference. Take a ... both sides of a matter. Even if the AG disagrees with how a city has characterized its proposed ordinance, it has to state this view ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Alternatives to Allowing Conflicted Individuals to Sit on Advisory Boards
... the issue itself. The second blog post will deal with how Forth Worth has mishandled the issue. Although there are occasions ... the city to act. That's a relatively clear definition of how an advisory board may be distinguished from other boards, but does it do ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Awards
... "If the honoree is plagued by subsequent moral failings, how effective will the award be in inspiring a new generation? Should we hold ... and, it is said, used hand signals at meetings to tell them how to vote. You don't give an ethics award to someone with whom you have a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Debate About the EC Selection Process
... County, GA's county commission is having a debate on how to select its three-member ethics board and its alternates. Unfortunately, ... reflecting the citizens' views. Whether true or not, this is how it appears. The two commissioners prefer the following selection ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Attempt to Get Rid of New Ethics Provisions in Three Broward County Cities
... What is notable about changing this particular provision is how self-serving it is for mayors to waste the public's time on a question that ... fully support giving residents the opportunity to choose how their city is governed.” And yet city voters already voted for the ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Local Government Attorney Ethics Advice
... happened last week in La Quinta (CA) shows how dangerous and wrong it is to ignore both a judicial opinion and the ... as standing by her consideration of the law only, and not of how such participation would appear. While city residents were publicly ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
