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1. Why Hilary Krieger Is Wrong About City Machines

   ... so often, someone comes along and says, What's so bad about government officials' ethical misconduct? Isn't it worth having ethical ... misconduct should be dealt with by the District's government ethics program or by District or federal law enforcement. That is why they have ...

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

2. The Cost of Low-Quality Ethics Laws

   ... It's about the mayor's future. If not for the city's ethics law, crafted partially by the current mayor when she was council ... mountains, and enforcement requires a tenacity and waste of government resources rarely seen outside politics. Robert Wechsler ...

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

3. The Broward County Commission Should Not Be Challenging the Constitutionality of a Lobbying Provision

   ... county commission that lobbying provisions in the county ethics commission's proposed ethics code are unconstitutional and, ... The county attorney starts by stating that lobbying the government is a core first amendment right, citing a case involving a ...

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

4. Blind Spots I — Unconscious Unethical Conduct

   Body:  Although it is not a book about government ethics, Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It ...

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

5. Legislative Immunity Goes Local: The Defense Was Just Used in an Ethics Matter in Baltimore

   ... a legislative immunity defense has been used in a local government ethics matter, albeit in a city where violations are criminally prosecuted. I ...

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

6. Trust and the Us-Them Mentality

   ... each other more. In other words, one could argue that local government ethics seeks to increase the release of oxytocin in the brains of people when ...

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

7. Lewis Hyde's New Observations on Civic Virtue, Mixing Values, and the Freedom to Listen

   ... about gift-giving and -receiving, an issue of relevance to government ethics. I just finished Hyde's book Common As Air: Revolution, Art, and ...

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

8. Is a Jackson County Ethics Compromise For Real?

   ... that Jackson County (MO) legislators will allow the county ethics commission to have jurisdiction over them, after a very ugly series of incidents, including the resignation of the entire ethics commission and the false presentation of the jurisdiction issue at ...

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

9. Passing or Improving Ethics Codes: Problems and Solutions

   ... about problems faced in passing or improving municipal ethics codes, and possible solutions to these problems. Forums:  ... clause takes effect, it leads to a great deal of distrust of government, when people realize the ethics reforms they applauded were passed ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-01-23 11:35 - 1 comment

10. Revolving Door or Merry-Go-Round?

    ... $86,000 in salary and the prospect of a second government pension. Not bad. But not enough. You set up a lobbying firm, ... 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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