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CA Gov. Brown Points to 50-Year-Old Essay To Defend His Veto of Ethics Reforms
... back fifty years to find someone who agreed with his view of government ethics reform. According to an article in the San Diego Mercury-News ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Moral Clarity VI - Independent Ethics Enforcement
... my last blog post , is paralleled in the independence of government ethics enforcement. Neiman writes, “When it comes to matters of justice ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Juggling Two Types of Ethics Reform in DuPage County (IL)
... Chicago (its largest town is Naperville), is juggling two ethics ordinance revision processes, one for the county, the other for the ... to have attracted some controversy. County Ethics Ordinance The county board is not seeking major ethics reforms. The ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Analysis of League City TX's Ethics Program
... Body: This is the first of a series of looks at the ethics programs of smaller cities, towns, and counties. These local governments ... established an Ethics Review Board in 2011. Texas has local government ethics laws, but the League City council decided to supplement them. ...
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Grand Jury Report on Manipulation of the Suffolk County (NY) Ethics Commission
Body: For the second time in a year, a local ethics commission has been the subject of a grand jury report. The first was ... the middle between the two front lines. If any local government official can read this report and still insist that officials are ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Advice, Power, and Ideology
... come to me for permission (what is commonly referred to as "ethics advice") when I was the administrator of a public campaign ... my past role as administrator, and in my current role as a government ethics adviser at large, I have never thought about advice as a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New Wayne County, MI Ethics Code Falls Short
... in Wayne County, MI (which includes Detroit) passed a new ethics ordinance (attached; see below), following multiple scandals. It contains many good provisions, but it does not create a government ethics program. By this, I mean that it does not provide ... other areas where individuals and businesses benefit from government are ignored. And like so many attempts at ethics reform, this one ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Is "Ethics" the Best Word for Conflicts of Interest?
Body: “Ethics” is an unfortunate name for what appears in government ethics codes. When people think about ethics, they think about right ... and upright, about the Golden Rule. This isn’t what government ethics deals with. Government ethics deals with a limited area of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Advice on Ethics Advice Falls on Deaf Ears
... it much more complicated than it had to be. Not only did the ethics board, mayor, and council show a lack of understanding of government ethics, but sadly, none of them seemed to want to gain ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Reform: League of Women Voters Versus Town of Greenwich
... by the myriad ways in which local governments approach ethics reform. An article in the Greenwich Time last week sheds some ... that I know of; and the article cites a study of local CT government ethics codes I did several years ago for Connecticut Common Cause, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
