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1. An EC's Immune System

   ... courts have given legislators from enforcement actions by ethics commissions, I now can write about a court decision that gives ethics ... lawsuits." Interestingly, the court uses the principal government ethics goal as a principal reason for its decision:  "The ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

2. Being Too Careful About Conflicts

   ... to members of the community and you miseducate them about government ethics. This is what happened this week in my own town of North ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

3. Unethical Harassment and Wearing Logos

   ... from the Anchorage Daily News, "Palin Calls Blogger's Ethics Complaint Bogus," and saw that it had to do with clothing the governor ... of taking note. And there's even an issue here that local government officials could learn from. First the complaint. It involved ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 11 comments

4. Lobbyists for Local Governments

   ... years is lobbying higher-level governments. Since every government is at a higher level than a local government (think not just ... gifts and they should be required to seek advice from the ethics commission relating to any possible conflicts they have. They should ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

5. The Actual Use of "Benefit" and "Interest" Language in Conflict Provisions

   Body:  In my book Local Government Ethics Programs , I have argued for the language of "benefit" instead of the ... eye-opening research. Here are the results, based on the ethics codes in my computer's database (in other words, the information is not ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

6. A Florida Legislative Committee Calls for the Suspension of the Palm Beach County EC

   ... as anything I have seen in seven years of following local government ethics matters nationwide. From about 20 minutes into the video, the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

7. Partial Withdrawal Taints a Proceeding in NJ, But Only If It's an Attorney

   ... When it comes to conflicts of interest, is a local government attorney primarily an attorney or a local government official? ... as an attorney or judge. Similarly, they show no interest in ethics laws, but only in the Rules of Professional Conduct. The Supreme Court ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

8. The Ethical Responsibility of a Local Party Committee

   ... too many elections. The chair's concern is not about ethics, of course, but about the competence and sanity of selected candidates. ... knowledge provision could be applied to them as well as to government officials and employees. But it would be best if they would embrace ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

9. The Cincinnati Situation III - Indefinite Benefits and Proximity

   ... like indirect benefits, are often not dealt with by ethics codes, and this means that they can cause confusion and controversy. ... of feet from a property or project being dealt with by a government official or body (I have written three blog posts on proximity ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

10. A Miscellany

    Body:  Model Ethics Code Promotion As Community Service I promise you that I did not write the City Ethics Model Code in order to shorten my prison sentence. According to ... service requirement that the developer pay for a model ethics code and "stump around the state to publicize it," as the developer ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

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