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Confidentiality vs. Transparency in Colorado -- A Court Decision
Body: Government ethics policies sometimes clash. The most common clash involving ethics commissions is with transparency laws. Like any government body, ethics commissions would prefer not to discuss many sorts of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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EC Member Conflicts, Anonymous Complaints, and the Relocation of an Airport
... act), two anonymous complaints were filed with the city's ethics commission regarding the letter. It appears that the city's EC deals ... This statement shows a lack of understanding of basic government ethics concepts. Having an apparent conflict says absolutely nothing ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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The Problems with EC Jurisdiction Over Charter Violations
... or county charter. But such a violation is usually not a government ethics violation, because it has nothing to do with conflicts of interest. It ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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No Enforcement Against the Complicit in a California Case
... especially when combined with criminal enforcement of ethics violations, can be very harmful to local government ethics. The court in a Monterey County case involving a serious ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Local IG Makes Charges About Campaign Treasurer Acting As Auditor
... New Orleans' Inspector General, who works for the city's ethics board, sent off two letters relating to the auditor for the Orleans ... give rise to a conflict situation that may be enforced by a government ethics program. And yet no one wants to see a government ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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HUD Secretary Seems to Have Developed Urban Ethics Problems
Body: Not all municipal ethics problems arise from a municipality. One place where there is a great ... HUD officials can put a great deal of pressure on municipal ethics. When these officials have been in the business for a long time, they ...
Robert Wechsler - 2008-04-01 10:22 - 0 comments
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Serious Penalties — Criminal vs. Civil
... going to keep showing how wrong the criminal enforcement of ethics laws is until there is at least some sign of movement away from it. This ... and tooth-for-a-tooth punishment has no place in government ethics. Nor is it good to allow people with little interest in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Ethics of Contingency-Fee Arrangements
Body: Many municipal ethics codes have a provision similar to this one: Contingent Fees No ... problems should be recognized when putting together an ethics code, as well as when considering any contingency-fee arrangement. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-07-14 07:32 - 0 comments
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Unpaid Advisers and the Misuse of Inside Information
... others. Thus, she falls through the cracks of just about any ethics program. And yet there is a clear conflict situation here. The ... that is valuable to those seeking special benefits from a government. What people are looking for is not just facts, but the likelihood ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Official's Possibly Conflicting Interests Are Public Information
... The city of 540,000 does not appear to have an ethics officer or commission, so this was the most reasonable alternative. ... that I just wrote about in NYC . The official tells the government attorney, instead of the public, what his interest in a matter is, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
