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The Class Exception
... No, the class exception does not except classy people from ethics codes. It excepts people from recusing themselves when the interests ... Island. In September, Governor Carcieri wrote the state ethics commission, which has jurisdiction over both state and municipal ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-22 09:15 - 0 comments
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Hartford Mayor Says the Right Things Upon News of His Arrest
... has the potential to undermine public confidence in government. In other words, it may or may not have been criminal, but there ... 2007, shortly after the mayor paid for them. At that time, ethics proceedings should have begun, and a mayor who realized what he had done ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Next Stage in the Baltimore Legislative Immunity Case
... The real problem here, and yet another reason why ethics proceedings should not be criminal, is that a criminal defendant can ... be accepted. That is how our legal system works. Our government ethics system is different. She wouldn't be tried for perjury, but ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Conflicts Do Not Only Involve the Official's Direct Financial Interests -- The Charity Case
Body: Most ethics codes effectively define a conflict of interest as a conflict between ... members to accept gifts from those doing business with the government, but it is the rare ethics code that also includes charities with ... the rules clearly have to be amended, just as most local government's ethics codes, to make sure that the official's personal financial ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Resignation Due to a Conflict of Interest
... the MetroWest Daily News , the Massachusetts state ethics commission advised that a recently appointed Marlborough school ... be a hard sell and will, therefore, undermine trust in local government. There are no hard and fast rules here, but when an official's ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Disclosing Lobbyists' Language
... principal value of lobbying, according to both lobbyists and government officials, is the expert information lobbyists provide. The view is ... 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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Top EC Officials' Obligations Relating to Discussions of Their Personnel Matters
Body: Ethics commission leaders are falling like flies in Hawaii. I recently wrote ... exception to sunshine laws for personnel issues, do an ethics commission (including FOI and campaign finance commissions) and its top ... Another way to phrase the question is, does a high-level ethics official have an ethical obligation to refuse an executive session to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Conflicts: The Devil's in the Verbs
Body: As we know, the devil's in the details. In government ethics codes, this means the language. In the case I will look at here, the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Stock Ownership by Local Officials and Conflicts of Interest
... might create a conflict of interest. In addition, local government conflict provisions usually require a minimum 5% ownership in a ... This is the sort of consideration that has no place in an ethics code, but should be an important element of ethical leadership. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Insufficiently Bid Contract in Essex County, NJ
... are one of the most serious signs of corruption in local government. The requirement of competitive bidding of local government ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics 203-859-1959 Robert Wechsler's blog Story ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
