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Shorstein: lobbyist rules should be enforced
... As of Tuesday, discussions between the City Ethics Commission and Office of General Counsel were ongoing about how to ... are representing — all in the goal of a more transparent government, according to Miller and other ethics officials. Harden ...
donmc - 2008-04-16 18:44 - 0 comments
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Arguments For and Against "Resign to Run" Laws
... According to the Committee of Seventy , a Philadelphia good government organization, other cities that have such laws, such as Phoenix ... reelection (as they can now). When the Philadelphia Board of Ethics discussed 'Resign to Run' at a recent meeting, its Executive Director ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Jurisdiction Over a Mayor-Elect, and Misconduct Disclaimers
... , a former Forest Park public works director alleged in an ethics complaint that, in an e-mail message, the mayor had illegally ordered ... to remove him. If true, this would be both a charter and an ethics violation in Forest Park. Jurisdiction over Elected Officials Who ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Powerlessness of the Powerful
... also doesn't seem able to refuse a salary from his county government, so he gives it to charity (he's allowed to hold two government ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Three Recusal Case Studies
... himself from window and door requests like this, but an ethics commission would have a difficult time deciding whether to find against ... township association have any authority over or expertise in government ethics?). She says that voters knew who her husband was when she ran ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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The Making of a Model Website and Blog in My Hometown
... Connecticut, and then devote myself full-time to municipal ethics by coming to work for City Ethics. Sadly, it takes a big scandal to ... into high gear, with the goal of achieving complete local government transparency (the town website, although extensive, does not even ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New York City Council Member Indicted for Misuse of Slush Fund, But He Was Enabled by Many Other Officials
... not clear whether the program was a zombie or instead every government official who sat there and let the program be created and continue. ... The Conflicts of Slush Funds Form of Government Ethics Issues Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Gift
... Gift disclosure and limitations are an important part of government ethics. But rarely do we think of what gifts mean. Usually this goes little ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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The Dallas Council Facilitates Pay to Play In Secret Based on Questionable Legal Advice
... under the prodding of the mayor at the time, passed some ethics reforms. According to a Dallas News editorial last month , only ... Contractors and Vendors Ethics Reform Local Government Attorneys Lobbyists Pay-to-Play Transparency ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Attacking Instead of Asking
... the words of Colorado's Secretary of State after the state ethics commission found him in violation of an ethics provision, on account of using state funds to attend the Republican ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
