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1. Centralized vs. Disbursed Ethics Programs

   Body:  Is discomfort with a centralized ethics program by various parts of a local government something that should stand in the way of creating one? According to ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

2. A New Book on the Worst Recent Ethics Scandal

   ... themselves big bucks. This was considered the big local government ethics story of the last few years. The Los Angeles Times won a Pulitizer ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

3. Disappointing Report from Ethics Task Force in Phoenix

   ... has followed Chicago in taking a task force approach to ethics reform. As in Chicago, the mayor selected the task force. The Ethics ... Phoenix is one of the largest American cities without a government ethics program. It has limited ethics guidelines (see the city's ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

4. Is Motive Relevant to Lobbying?

   ... Rarely is a non-politician celebrity the subject of a local government ethics matter. So with David Beckham the subject of a Miami-Dade County ethics ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

5. How Lobbying Is Changing

   ... regulation and sanctions of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. It is also, according to Edsall, a response to the ... a lobbying chapter to add to my book Local Government Ethics Programs . I will certainly take these new trends into account. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

6. The Big Picture

   ... the serious consequences that can result from not giving ethics commission members a clear understanding of what government ethics is, and what it is not. The occasion was the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

7. New Cuyahoga County Ethics Code

   ... , Cuyahoga County (which includes Cleveland) passed a new ethics code, largely based on the recommended code drafted in October by ... (the transition referred to is a change in form of government; see my blog post on this). I could not find the final ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

8. A Local Ethics Law Without Local Ethics Enforcement

   Body:  Here's the situation. There is a state ethics program that applies to local governments, and an ethics issue relating ... would have hopefully sent a warning letter about use of government property for campaign purposes. If the council member complained, ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

9. Trying to Do Too Much in an Ethics Code

   ... Body:  One problem local governments have in drafting ethics codes is that they want it to be too many things, to serve too many ... it to be an aspirational code of conduct, making local government more civil and government officials more honest and fair. They want ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

10. An Ethics Emergency in Corpus Christi?

    Body:  Update below An ethics emergency was declared in Corpus Christi on Tuesday, according to ... changes post-election, the lame-duck council declared an ethics emergency in order to amend the ethics code (click and go to pages 47ff) in order to prevent council members, ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

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