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An Undisciplined Nevada Supreme Court Legislative Immunity Decision
... jurisdiction over its ethics to an independent commission, how can one legislator limit the application of the Separation of Powers Clause ... And yet not a single justice appears to have considered how radical this decision is. Robert Wechsler Director of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Many Reasons Why a City or County Attorney Should Not Provide Ethics Advice
... on ethics advice. Why? Because every one of them recognizes how harmful it is for ethics advice to provided by two offices, and especially ... the public does not think officials are secretly being told how to act in their personal interests. There is no doubt that it is in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Grand Jury Lays Into Broward County (FL) School Board
... report (pp. 40-41) details one instance of intimidation and how it was dealt with by the board: ...an attack on a person using the ... pet projects that it's best not to interfere with, no matter how wasteful or unjustifiable the project may appear to be. The report ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Attacks and Ethics Reform
... and the attacker attacked right back, it's hard to know how self-policing could change anything. Also, it's not just a matter of ... and reform their government's ethics program, it is amazing how many ethics reformers end up in ethics trouble. Those who focus their ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind III: The Social Nature of Moral Judgment
... at making post hoc fabrications. The best way to see how important emotions are to ethics is through people whose emotions are ... An ethics officer is more likely to explain why and how the inner lawyer is wrong. But even ethics officers should consider ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Chicago Task Force Second Report IV — Confidentiality and False Information
... owns property near a proposed subway stop. It doesn't matter how much the company pays her, whether she gets along with her brother, or who ... is necessary. In fact, if officials were regularly reminded how responsible it is to seek ethics advice, and how much their constituents ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Why Are Council and School Board Seats Incompatible?
... to provide ethics waivers. Another issue is understanding. How likely is it that those who vote would understand the concepts behind the ... interpretation of the incompatible offices prohibition, and how likely is it that this would be the actual reason for their vote? In other ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Lawsuits, Legal Fees, and County Attorney Conflicts in El Paso Ethics Complaints Battle
... Paso doesn't seem like much. But it does sheds some light on how much El Paso government is about the players rather than the citizens. And ... a dispute says he depended on the county attorney's advice, how can an ethics board turn to the same attorney's office for advice in making ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals II - Gifts, Ethics Advice, and Training
... the message that they're okay, and that the only issue is how much one's constituents will notice or care enough to vote gift receivers ... must defer to the opinion of that attorney, no matter how accurate her or his opinion was. The State agency that has the ultimate ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Interesting City Lobbyist/County Election Board Member Conflict
... would do the same thing. If the lobbyist wasn't sure that is how he would handle another conflict, he should have considered alternatives ... he most likely failed to consider what he was giving up, and how that might lead to problems down the line, when suddenly he realized he was ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
