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Cases from the Salkin Roundup I
... schedule a public hearing, which had nothing to do with the content of the matter. But the town charter requires disclosure of a conflict ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Zygmunt Bauman on Responsibility, Trust, Self-Deception, and More
... We seek freedom from constraint, and when we feel free, we seek freedom from responsibility. In government ethics, being ... many people to shoulder. In historical terms, we are more free than we have ever been. But can anyone expect to be free from both constraint and responsibility? Bauman believes that the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Not Much to Get Excited About in Baltimore's Ethics Reforms
... by its elected officials, who seem perfectly content arguing over whether the mayor should get two or three ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Officials Accepting Tickets to Events Where They Have a Ceremonial Function
... disclosed or considered gifts at all. The result is lots of free, undisclosed tickets to sporting events, especially for mayors, and then a ... it would seem reasonable to allow the official to attend free (it is common, if the official is on the list of speakers, that no ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Logical Fallacies III - The Straw Man Wears Camouflage
... residential neighborhoods were to be protected. The actual content of the Master Plan and the details of the vision it puts forward then ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Scrutinizing Strict Scrutiny in a Government Ethics Context
... to. What this decision does is apply a First Amendment free speech strict scrutiny standard to an ordinary revolving door ... our democracy places no demands on them whatsoever. Their free speech rights are the same as anyone's, and anything they can consider ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Legislative Immunity, Local Government Attorneys, and Bell, California
... is that state EC decisions are usually not about the content of a vote, such as the amount of an official's salary, but rather about ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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NJ's Ineffective Local Government Ethics Program Is Up for Renewal
... them. All aspects of information, counseling and website content should parallel that of the State Ethics Commission." This ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Indirect Benefits, Expertise, and the Responsibility for Poor Ethics Advice
... of time volunteers have able to spend, without having deep content expertise and knowledge – is a bad model." A better model, and a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Local Candidates Promoting Their Company
... should they be able to go around promoting the business with free hamburgers and Harley t-shirts, and even free Harleys to one lucky person at each appearance? This turns an ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
