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Ethics Commissions Need to Look at the Reasons Behind Gift Rules
... a day in taxpayer funded per diem payments. If they get a free lunch or dinner, they get to keep the money. Therefore, taking meals ... reported last week . A state rep who does not accept free meals put it well: “If you have this friendly, comfortably thing where ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Colleges, Knowledge, Gifts to Officials' Relatives, and Advice Regarding Past Conduct
... of the state legislature as an attorney, and it has provided free tuition to that legislator's sister-in-law. That same legislator ... on the donee's behalf." Did the sister-in-law accept the free tuition on her brother-in-law's behalf? That is a question that would ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Carrigan Oral Argument: How to Deal with Vagueness
... ethics. Topics include the application of First Amendment free speech and association protections to conflict and withdrawal provisions, ... official recusal for conflict of interest do not abridge free speech because a legislator's vote, however expressive, is not protected ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 5 comments
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What It Takes to Bring Down Government Leaders -- Thailand and Detroit
... in prison. To read all about it, check out the Detroit Free Press's "Mayor in Crisis" pag e. Here's an excerpt from ... by Mitch Albom , author of Tuesdays with Morrie and Free Press columnist: Keep walking, Kwame. Out the door, off the stage ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Municipal Ethics Task Force in CT Bows to Town Officials
... disclosure and the arguments against it. Rules are free, advisory opinions cost little or nothing, and even enforcement, rare as ... So ethics training was ignored, as well. Rules may be free, but too many rules get town officials upset. In Connecticut, town ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A New Local Ethics Program's First Matter Raises Some Important Issues
... to explain their reasoning, show their work. All seem to be content to point out the problems and offer nothing to solve them. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments
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A Serious Sort of Local Government Preferential Treatment Is Before the Supreme Court Today
... the city to allow the monument in its park, but solely on free speech grounds. But this isn't about free speech, it's about preferring one religion (or group of religions) over ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Unpaid Legal Services to a Candidate Committee
... Such a poorly-heeled candidate would benefit greatly from free legal services, and since she is not likely to win, the contribution would ... that no one can force a local candidate to run up big bills. Free legal services are not the only way to protect candidates from putting a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Bullheadedness in the Face of Ethics Advice
... And the cable company goes and offers council members free tickets and access to a luxury suite for a University ... the luxury suite, with its special location, not to mention free food and drinks, is worth nothing at all (and any ticket can be hard to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Could Government Ethics Disclosure Be Found Unconstitutional?
... in fact certify that its products are conflict-mineral free has to disclose that fact. The appeals court held that the disclosure ... our city's ethics code interferes with my exercise of free speech under the First Amendment." Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court made ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
