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1. Is Courtesy Professional?

   ... Or, put another way, the Bronx police force has an ethics environment that embraces preferential treatment to VIPs and their ... money, power, and personal connections. Jeopardizing Government Credibility As an article in today's New York Times ...

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2. Opposing Public Sector Union Conflicts — Out of Context

   ... interest when any individual or entity that is involved with government makes a contribution to or otherwise supports a candidate who might ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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3. The Problems with a Mayoral Booster Organization

   ... is a way for those seeking special benefits from the city government to get around campaign finance and gift limitations (and for the ... charity (see the section of my book Local Government Ethics Programs on pet charities). Large contributions to CONY were made ...

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4. Extension of Legislative Immunity in Recent Case of New York Municipality

   ... old a constitutional concept and a serious threat to local government ethics enforcement that, I feel, the government ethics community should start ...

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5. Michigan Women's Rights Statute and an Official's Personal Interests

   ... It is important to recognize that the interest in having government officials both make and be seen to make decisions in the ... members and business associates would have be treated by ethics commissions as though they were "entire strangers" to the officials. ...

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6. The Real versus The Ideal

   ... existed in a ideal form, divorced from reality. Many government ethicists, including me, see conflicts of interest as things that ... associates. What is odd about the real world of government ethics is that it exists in the form not of something rock solid, but in the ...

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7. How Loudly, Personally, and Ignorantly Money Can Speak

   ... which he has been a principal patron. And rarely has a good government advocate shown so clearly that he doesn't even know what government ethics is. According to an article in today's New York Times , ...

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8. Misuse of the Baltimore City Foundation

   ... 11, 2009 (see below) Is there any worse way to skirt government ethics rules and misuse public money and position than via a charitable ...

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9. Labor Peace Through Unethical Conduct

   Body:  Rarely does an ethics commission get a clear chance to show it has no favoritism. The Nevada ... case or guts the ethics commission's jurisdiction over local government legislators, the city attorney will just have done his job. ... Ethics Commissions/Administration Local Government Attorneys Recusal/Withdrawal In the news ...

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10. Pension Board Reform in California

    ... of the Education Code, Sections 20098 and 31528 of the Government Code, with the addition of Sections 7508.5, 7513.8, 7513.85, 7513.9, ... finance law. For another approach to pension board ethics reform, affecting some municipal pension funds, see the Illinois ...

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