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Miscellaneous Provisions
... date of this section, and thereafter as appropriate, the Ethics Commission will transmit to the [chief executive official] of the city, ... for posting, those provisions of this code which the Ethics Commission deems necessary for posting. Within thirty days after receipt ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:27 - 0 comments
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The Conflicts in Upcoming Venice (FL) Council Vote on Settlement of Suit Against Its Members
... Recently, I wrote a bit about the odd Venice, FL ethics program, which puts the city manager completely in charge. Now Venice is making news with respect to open government issues, and this has led to a very interesting conflict of interest ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Great Column About a City Planner Moonlighting As a Developer
Body: It's exciting to read a column on a local government ethics matter that shows as deep understanding and as clear explanation as ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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The Oversight Relationship
Body: Here's an interesting local government ethics scenario from Ottawa that deals with the often neglected oversight ... not want to rock the marriage boat. If an official or government consultant finds himself in a position of oversight over a family ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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First Round of Changes to Model Code Project
... that although state law governs this area, it is a local government ethics matter, as well. I supply two provisions, one that is positive and ... . The paragraph already required cooperation with the ethics commission in its investigation. The additional language emphasizes this ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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A New Twist to a Baltimore Legislative Immunity Case
... provision entitled "Action for defamation against local government official" was not relevant to the case. Here is the text of ... 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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Public Works Misconduct in Tulsa and Montreal
... The mayor took this to mean that the new ethics code is working, even though the code did not tell the director not to ... he doesn't see a need to tighten the rules. "We have a good ethics code for our public servants, but if someone wants to do things that are ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Going Rate, Statutes of Limitations, and Spousal-Dealing
... senator who reached a settlement this week with the state's ethics commission that included a fine of $21,000, according to an article in ... five years, it appears to be very generous. But the ethics violation ended in 2008, and was not discovered, presumably, until 2011. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New Lobbying Regulation Report
... Some of the professional lobbying associations have refined ethics codes for lobbyists from general concepts to specific behavioural ... “frequent” or “occasional” problem strongly favour a government-run lobbyist transparency program. Lobbyists who believe that ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Lobbying Firm Wears Two Hats in Its Relationship with NYC Council Speaker
... his job for his firm's lobbying clients. What can a government official do? The speaker might have said to the lobbyist/consultant, ... firm should, at the very least, ask the official to get the ethics adviser's permission. But since this situation falls outside most, if ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
